| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | P |
| Pennant | N 29 |
| Built by | Vickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 18 Jul 1928 |
| Launched | 23 Jul 1929 |
| Commissioned | 17 Jun 1930 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Sold to be broken up for scrap to West of Scotland Shipbreaking on 26 February 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Proteus (N 29)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| E. P. Gage, RN | |||
| George Edward Lynton Foster Edsell, RN | |||
| 1 | Randal Thomas Gordon-Duff, RN | 12 Dec 1938 | 26 Sep 1940 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Lawrence St George Rich, RN | 26 Sep 1940 | 15 Apr 1941 |
| 3 | Lt. John Symons Huddart, RN | 15 Apr 1941 | 15 May 1941 |
| 4 | Lt.Cdr. Philip Stewart Francis, RN | 15 May 1941 | 29 Jun 1942 |
| 5 | Lt. Robert Love Alexander, RN | 29 Jun 1942 | Nov 1942 |
| 6 | Lt. Peter Minet Staveley, RN | 30 Nov 1942 | Nov 1942 |
| 7 | Lt. Anthony Robert Profit, DSC, RN | 8 May 1943 | 8 Aug 1943 |
| 8 | Henry Denys Verschoyle, RN | 8 Aug 1943 |
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Noteable events involving Proteus include:
3 Nov 1941
HMS Proteus (Lt.Cdr. P.S. Francis, RN) torpedoes and damages the Italian tanker Tampico (4958 GRT) east of Andros Island, Greece in position 37º53'N, 24º30'E. Proteus is depth-charges by the Italian torpedo boats Monzambano and Castelfidardo but manages to escape. (see map)
10 Nov 1941
HMS Proteus (Lt.Cdr. P.S. Francis, RN) torpedoes and sinks the German troop transport Ithaka (1773 GRT) 2 miles south-west of Milos, Greece.
7 Dec 1941
HMS Proteus (Lt.Cdr. P.S. Francis, RN) sinks a sailing vessel with scuttling charges in the Kythira channel.
30 Dec 1941
HMS Proteus (Lt.Cdr. P.S. Francis, RN) torpedoes and damages the Italian merchant Citta di Marsala (2480 GRT).
5 Jan 1942
HMS Proteus (Lt.Cdr. P.S. Francis, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Citta di Palermo (5413 GRT) off Cape Dukato, Greece in position 38º33'N, 20º36'E. (see map)
8 Feb 1942
HMS Proteus (Lt.Cdr. P.S. Francis, RN) attacks ' what is thought to be ' an enemy submarine west of Lefkada Island, Greece in position 38º41'N, 20º30'E. It was however not a submarine but the Italian torpedo boat Sagittario. The ships collided and were both damaged.
(see map)
28 Mar 1942
HMS Proteus (Lt.Cdr. P.S. Francis, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian troop transport Galilea (8040 GRT) 9 nautical miles south-west of Antipaxo, Greece in position 39º04'N, 20º05'E. (see map)
30 Mar 1942
HMS Proteus (Lt.Cdr. P.S. Francis, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Bosforo (3648 GRT) off Sapienza, Greece in position 36º38'N, 21º15'E. (see map)
2 May 1942
HMS Proteus (Lt.Cdr. P.S. Francis, RN) torpedoes and damages the German merchant Otto Leonhardt (3682 GRT, former Greek Arethusa) west of Lefkada, Greece in position 38º41'N, 20º34'E. (see map)
5 May 1942
HMS Proteus (Lt.Cdr. P.S. Francis, RN) sinks the Greek sailing vessel Domenico Evangelista with gunfire about 25 nautical miles north-west of Navarino, Greece in position 37º07'N, 21º20'E. (see map)
30 May 1942
HMS Proteus (Lt.Cdr. P.S. Francis, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Bravo (1570 GRT, former Yugoslavian Junak) west of Bengasi, Libya in position 32º21'N, 18º54'E. (see map)
31 May 1942
HMS Proteus (Lt.Cdr. P.S. Francis) torpedoes and damages the Italian merchant Gino Allegri (6836 GRT) west of Bengasi, Libya in position 32º31'N, 18º36'E. The damaged ship is finally sunk by bombs from British aircraft. (see map)
4 Aug 1942
HMS Proteus (Lt. R.L. Alexander, RN) sinks a small Greek sailing vessel with gunfire in the Gulf of Nauplion.
6 Aug 1942
HMS Proteus (Lt. R.L. Alexander, RN) sinks a Greek sailing vessel with gunfire off Rhodos.
7 Aug 1942
HMS Proteus (Lt.Cdr. R.L. Alexander, RN) torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Wachtfels (8467 GRT) about 10 nautical miles north-west of Milos, Crete in position 36º55'N, 24º10'E. The Italian merchant Rondine (6079 GRT) is missed.
Proteus also claimed the sinking of three sailing vessels this day. (see map)
8 Aug 1942
HMS Proteus (Lt. R.L. Alexander, RN) sinks the Greek sailing vessel Firesia (approx. 200 GRT) with gunfire south of Naxos, Greece in position 36º49'N, 27º31'E. (see map)
13 Nov 1942
HMS Proteus (Lt. R.L. Alexander, RN) fires four torpedoes against the Italian merchant Sivigliano (1270 GRT) north of Marettimo Island. All torpedoes fired missed their target.