Sealion

And the threat of invasion, the launching of the long-awaited operation 'Sealion' against our shores, was a looming peril that might at any hour of the night or day explode into devastating reality.

The Lonely Sea MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1985

Later they were lost at sea when the hellship Rakuyo Maru was torpedoed by the American sub Sealion in September 1944 en route to Japan.

Never Forgotten Newsletter 2009

On the 12th of September the Rakuyo Maru was torpedoed by the US submarine Sealion at around 5: 00am and the Kachidoki Maru received hits from the submarine Pampanito at around 11: 00pm.

The Story of the Taiwan POW's 2009

Marcher Baron - I would read up on the Battle of Britain and the German operational plans for Sealion.

Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

Their intention was to knock out British coastal defenses prior to a land invasion, Operation Sealion, that Hitler had planned for later that autumn.

Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010

Up Periscope gathers together the stories and exploits of a number of famous submarines —Spearfish, Sealion, Salmon, Ursula, Cachalot, Tigris, Thunderbolt, Rarqual.

David Masters Steve 2009

Both survived the sinking but were lost at sea in the days that followed. 159 men were eventually rescued by the Sealion and several other US submarines.

Never Forgotten Newsletter 2007

It was a sister-ship of this sub - the SS Sealion, which had sunk the hellship that my two Australian second cousins were on, resulting in them being lost at sea on September 12, 1944.

Never Forgotten Newsletter 2007

The islands are home to the rare Hooker's Sealion Phocarctos hookeri (VU) with an estimated population of 12,000-14,000 of which some 95% breed in the Auckland Islands, and the New Zealand Fur Seal Arctocephalus forsteri of which the largest breeding sites are in the Bounty Islands (20,000 in 1992).

Subantarctic Islands, New Zealand 2008

The bulk of the world population of the rare Hooker's Sealion breeds on Auckland Island

Subantarctic Islands, New Zealand 2008