| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | R-1 |
| Pennant | P 512 |
| Built by | Union Iron Works (San Francisco, California, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 5 May 1917 |
| Launched | 24 Dec 1917 |
| Commissioned | 9 Mar 1942 |
| End service | 6 Sep 1944 |
| History | USS R-17 was transferred to the Royal Navy on 9 March 1942 at New London. She never left American waters, being stationed at Halifax (1942-43) and Bermuda (1943-44) for anti-submarine warfare training. She was refitted at Philadelphia. HMS P 512 was handed back to the United States Navy on 6 September 1944 and sold for scrap to the to the North American Smelting Co., Philadelphia on 16 November 1945. |
| Former name | R-17 |
Commands listed for HMS P 512 (P 512)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt. John Chaloner Ogle, DSC, RN | Feb 1942 | ||
| 2 | Lt. Roy Bowmaker Foster, DSC, RN | Ca. mid 43 | ||
| 3 | Lt. John Allan Wingate, DSC, RN | 20 Dec 1943 | ||
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