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Thank you so much everyone. I will certainly investigate your suggestions. Marvellous response. :-)

HMS Seraph was an S-class submarine built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Completed in 1942, she carried out multiple intelligence and special operations activities during World War II, the most notable of which was Operation Mincemeat. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mincemeat

HMS Seraph (P 219)
Submarine of the S class
Navy The Royal Navy
Type Submarine
Class S
Pennant P 219
Mod Third Group
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
History
Scrapped at Briton Ferry, Wales on 20 December 1965.
Former name P 69

Please note that we're still working on this section
and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.

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 5 Aug 1945
3 Lt. John Munro Crosland Fenton, DSC, RN 5 Aug 1945 18 Dec 1945


https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3438.html

Imperial War Museum website

https://www.iwm.org.uk/research/tracing-your-family-history/tracing-your-royal-naval-history/where-to-find-royal-navy-service-records

Seraph logs are available to view at Kew..........TNA results 63 records

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_q=Submarines%3A+Seraph&_p=1925&Refine+dates=Refine

"Ordering and viewing options
This record has not been digitised and cannot be downloaded.
This record is stored off site and will take four working days to be delivered to The National Archives.
You can order records in advance to be ready for you when you visit Kew. You will need a reader's ticket to do this. Or, you can request a quotation for a copy to be sent to you."

National Archives
"Service records (1929-present)
If a rating joined in 1929 or after, visit the GOV.UK website for information about how to request a summary of a service record from the Ministry of Defence. These are available to next of kin and members of the general public on request to the MOD, provided the subject is no longer living. An administrative fee applies. Please note, these records are not available to view online."

Have a look at this site - https://www.gov.uk/get-copy-military-records-of-service

Try googling for information - this came up -

https://www.shipsnostalgia.com/threads/hms-seraph.23083/
Further to Martin's post. It is also very worthwhile contacting the Submarine Museum at Gosport. They have a marvellous collection of record cards that provide details of hundreds of submariners and the boats in which they served.
I am sure they would also be very pleased to be able to obtain a copy of the crew photo you have posted!

This link was also given
http://www.submariners.co.uk/index.php

National Archives may hold reports and log books

Another place to try - The Imperial War Museum

http://rnsubs.co.uk
In Association with Barrow Submariners Association -This website is brought to you in association with the Barrow-in-Furness Branch of the Submariners Association and is the premier UK internet resource for Submariners and anyone interested in Royal Navy Submarines.
Put Seraph in the search box, but try contacting the Association

Also -https://submarinersassociation.co.uk

My uncle served on The Seraph submarine but I can't find any details about him.