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List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy

This is a list of submarine classes of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. Dates of construction given.

Contents

Petrol-electric

  • Holland class — 5 boats, 1901–1902
  • A class — 13 boats, 1902–1905
  • B class — 11 boats, 1904–1906
  • C class — 38 boats, 1906–1910

    • Diesel-electric

  • D class — 8 boats, 1908–1912
  • E class — 58 boats, 1912–1916
  • F class — 3 boats, 1913–1917
  • S class — 3 boats, 1914–1915
  • V class — 4 boats, 1914–1915
  • W class — 4 boats, 1914–1915
  • G class — 14 boats, 1915–1917
  • H class — 44 boats, 1915–1919
  • J class — 7 boats, 1915–1917
  • L class — 34 boats, 1917–1919
  • M class — 3 boats, 1917–1918
  • Nautilus class — 1 boat, 1917
  • R class — 12 boats, 1918
  • HMS X1 — 1 boat, 1921
  • Odin class — 9 boats 1926–29 (subclasses Oberon 1 boat, Oxley 2 boats, Odin 6 boats)
  • Parthian class — 6 boats, 1929
  • Rainbow class — 4 boats, 1930
  • S class — 62 boats (subclasses Swordfish 4, Shark 8, Seraph 33, Subtle 17), 1931–1945
  • Thames class — 3 boats, 1932
  • Grampus class — 6 boats, 1932–1938
  • T class — 52 boats (subclasses Triton 15, Tempest 15, Taciturn 22), 1937–1945
  • Undine class — 3 boats, 1937–1938
  • P611 class — 4 boats, 1940
  • Umpire class — 37 boats, 1940–1943
  • Vampire class — 22 boats, 1943–1944
  • Amphion class — 16 boats, 1945–1947
  • Explorer class — 2 boats, 1954–1955
  • Stickleback class — 4 boats, 1954–1955
  • Porpoise class — 8 boats, 1956–1959
  • Oberon class — 13 boats, 1959–1966
  • Upholder class — 4 boats, 1986–1992

    • Midget

  • X Class — 20 boats, 1943–1944
  • XE Class — 6 boats, 1944
  • Stickleback class — 5 boats, 1954–1955

    • Rescue submersible

  • LR5 — leased to the Royal Australian Navy in 2009

    • Steam-electric

  • Swordfish — 1 boat, 1916–1922
  • K class — 22 boats, 1916–1919

    • Foreign-built

  • Archimede class — 1 boat, 1934
  • Type VIIC U-boat — 1 boat, 1941
  • Type XVII U-boat — 1 boat, 1943

    • Land Based Prototype

  • HMS Vulcan PWR 1 (Dounreay Submarine Prototype 1) 1965–1984
  • HMS Vulcan PWR 2 (Shore Test Facility) 1987–present

    • Fleet

  • Dreadnought — one boat, 1959–1960
  • Valiant class — 2 boats, 1962–1965
  • Churchill class — 3 boats, 1967–1970
  • Swiftsure class — 6 boats, 1969–1979
  • Trafalgar class — 7 boats, 1979–1991
  • Astute class — 7 boats planned (3 in service), 2001–present

    • Ballistic missile

  • Resolution class — 4 boats, 1964–1968
  • Vanguard class — 4 boats, 1986–1998
  • Dreadnought class — 4 boats planned, 2028 onwards

    • References

    List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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