HMS Seal
Three vessels of the
Royal Navy
have been named
HMS
Seal
:
HMS
Seal
(1897)
, an
Earnest
-class
destroyer
launched in 1897. She served in
World War I
and was sold in 1921.
HMS
Seal
(N37)
, a
Grampus
-class
mine-laying
submarine
launched in 1938. In
World War II
she was captured and commissioned into the
Kriegsmarine
as
UB
.
HMS
Seal
(5000)
was a recovery and support craft launched in 1967, originally belonging to the
Royal Air Force
, transferred briefly to the RN in 1991, and transferred again to the
Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service
the same year.