| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | River |
| Pennant | N 57 |
| Built by | Vickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 20 Nov 1932 |
| Laid down | 27 Mar 1933 |
| Launched | 16 Jan 1934 |
| Commissioned | 12 Jan 1935 |
| End service | 23 Dec 1944 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned on 23 December 1944 at Trincomalee. Sold to be broken up for scrap in 1946. Scrapped at Bombay, India. |
Commands listed for HMS Severn (N 57)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Bertram Wilfrid Taylor, RN | May 1939 | 30 Oct 1940 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Andrew Neil Gillespie Campbell, RN | 30 Oct 1940 | 7 Jan 1944 |
| 3 | Lt. Raymond Henry Bull, DSC, RN | 7 Jan 1944 | 5 Sep 1944 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Victor Henry Frank Drew, RNVR | 5 Sep 1944 | 6 Sep 1944 |
| 5 | Lt. Richard Femister Tibbatts, RN | 6 Sep 1944 | 21 Sep 1944 |
| 6 | Lt.Cdr. Russell Stanhope Brookes, DSO, DSC, RN | 21 Sep 1944 | 23 Dec 1944 |
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Noteable events involving Severn include:
4 May 1940
HMS Severn (Lt.Cdr. B.W. Taylor, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Swedish sailing vessel Monark (1786 GRT) off Lister, Norway in position 57º57'N, 06º13'E. The Monark was in German service at that time. (see map)
22 Jun 1941
HMS Severn (Lt.Cdr. A.N.G. Campbell, RN) fires torpedoes at, most likely, an Italian Argonauta class submarine in the Gulf of Naples in position 40º44'N, 14º20'E. (see map)
26 Jun 1941
HMS Severn (Lt.Cdr. A.N.G. Campbell, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Polinnia (1292 GRT) about 95 nautical miles south-west of Ischia Island, Italy in position 40º05'N, 12º08'E. (see map)
28 Jun 1941
HMS Severn (Lt.Cdr. A.N.G. Campbell, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Ugo Bassi (2900 GRT) 5 nautical miles bearing 185 of Cape Monte Santu, Gulf of Orosei, Sardinia, Italy.
7 Aug 1941
HMS Severn (Lt.Cdr. A.N.G. Campbell, RN) fires torpedoes at a so far unidentified enemy submarine in position 34º48'N, 13º04'W. All torpedoes missed their target and no German or Italian submarine in the area reported being attacked. U-93 was passing through this area roughly at this time but this is pure speculation on our part. Also the Italian submarines Finzi and Marconi were operating in this area. (see map)