| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | S |
| Pennant | P 219 |
| Built by | Vickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 4 Apr 1940 |
| Laid down | 16 Aug 1940 |
| Launched | 25 Oct 1941 |
| Commissioned | 10 Jun 1942 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Scrapped at Briton Ferry, Wales on 20 December 1965. |
| Former name | P 69 |
Commands listed for HMS Seraph (P 219)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Norman Limbury Auchinleck Jewell, RN | 28 Feb 1942 | 11 Mar 1944 |
| 2 | Lt. Trevor Russell-Walling, RN | 12 Mar 1944 | 2 Aug 1945 |
| 3 | Lt. John Munro Crosland Fenton, DSC, RN | 2 Aug 1945 | 18 Dec 1945 |
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Noteable events involving Seraph include:
29 Nov 1942
HMS Seraph (Lt. N.L.A. Jewell, RN) fires 4 torpedoes against a convoy about 30 nautical miles west of Marettimo Island, Italy missing the Italian passenger/cargo ship Citta di Tunisi (5419 GRT).
4 Dec 1942
HMS Seraph (Lt. N.L.A. Jewell, RN) fires 4 torpedoes against a convoy about 20 nautical miles west of Marettimo Island, Italy in position 37º59'N, 11º35'E missing the German transport ship Ankara (4768 GRT). (see map)
23 Dec 1942
HMS Seraph (Lt. N.L.A. Jewell, RN) tries to ram (and sink) the Italian submarine Alagi about 40 nautical miles north-east of Bone, Algeria in position 37º17'N, 08º27'E. (see map)
10 Sep 1943
HMS Seraph (Lt. N.L.A. Jewell, OBE, RN) claims the sinking of four small craft with gunfire east of Corsica.
5 Nov 1943
HMS Seraph (Lt. N.L.A. Jewell, OBE, RN) sinks the Greek sailing vessel Aghios Militiades (150 GRT) with gunfire off the Kaso Strait east of Crete, Greece.
6 Nov 1943
HMS Seraph (Lt. N.L.A. Jewell, OBE, RN) sinks the Greek sailing vessel Narkyssos with gunfire off Karpathos, Greece.