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List Of Submarine Classes
This is a list of submarine classes, sorted by country. The navies of 46 states operate submarines. Algeria * Raïs Hadj Mubarek class (Type 877EKM Kilo) * Raïs Hadj Slimane class (Type 877EKM Kilo) * 2 Project 636 (in order) Albania * Whiskey-class Argentina Armada de la República Argentina: * ''Santa Fe'' class (1930s built in Italy — decommissioned) * ''Santa Fe'' (1960s US-built Balao - decommissioned) * ''Santa Fe'' S-21 (1970s US-built Guppy - decommissioned) *''Santa Cruz''-class (German-built TR-1700 - one remaining boat inactive) *''Salta''-class (German-built Type 209/1200 - inactive; one used for dockside training) Australia Royal Australian Navy: * ''Oberon'' class ''(decommissioned)'' * ''Collins'' class (Type 471) Azerbaijan * Triton-1 class midget submarine * Triton-2M midget submarine Bangladesh Bangladesh Navy: * ''Ming'' class (Type 035/based on Romeo) Brazil Brazilian Navy: * ''Foca''-class (1913) - ''(decommissioned)'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilo-class Submarine
The Kilo class, Soviet designation Project 877 ''Paltus'' (russian: Па́лтус, meaning "halibut"), NATO reporting name Kilo, is a class of diesel-electric attack submarines originally designed in the 1970s and built in the Soviet Union for the Soviet Navy. The initial version of Kilo submarines entered operational service in 1980 and were built until the mid-1990s. Production was switched to the more advanced Project 636 ''Varshavyanka'' (russian: Варшавянка, meaning " Varsovian (inhabitant of Warsaw; feminine)") variant in the mid-1990s, also known as Improved Kilo class in the West. Role These attack submarines are mainly intended for anti-shipping and anti-submarine operations in relatively shallow waters. Original Project 877 boats are equipped with Rubikon MGK-400 sonar system (with NATO reporting name Shark Gill), which includes a mine detection and avoidance sonar MG-519 Arfa (with NATO reporting name Mouse Roar). Newer Project 636 boats are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foca-class Submarine (Brazil)
The ''Foca'' class, or simply F, was the first naval class of submarines operated by the Brazilian Navy. It consisted of the ''F1'', ''F3'' and ''F5'' submarines designed by Italian naval engineer Cesare Laurenti and built in La Spezia, Italy. The name ''Foca'' comes from the Portuguese vessel of the class. The class was part of Brazil's 1906 naval program to acquire warships to modernize its navy. The submarines were acquired to serve as a training and maintenance platform for the crews, with few naval actions during the 19 years they were active. The navy incorporated the class on 17 July 1914 and, as a result, expanded its naval structure to house these new vessels, such as the creation of the first naval school for submariners and the incorporation of ships designed to support submarines only. The Brazilian Navy was outdated in a period when the country wanted to be among the world powers of the time. At first, the acquisition of submarine means was left aside, as the governme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Type IX Submarine
The Type IX U-boat was designed by Nazi Germany's ''Kriegsmarine'' in 1935 and 1936 as a large ocean-going submarine for sustained operations far from the home support facilities. Type IX boats were briefly used for patrols off the eastern United States in an attempt to disrupt the stream of troops and supplies bound for Europe. It was derived from the Type IA, and appeared in various sub-types. Type IXs had six torpedo tubes; four at the bow and two at the stern. They carried six reloads internally and had five external torpedo containers (three at the stern and two at the bow) which stored ten additional torpedoes. The total of 22 torpedoes allowed U-boat commanders to follow a convoy and strike night after night. Some of the IXC boats were fitted for mine operations; as mine-layers they could carry 44 TMA or 66 TMB mines. Secondary armament was provided by one deck gun with 180 rounds. Anti-aircraft armament differed throughout the war. They had two periscopes in the towe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ships Of The Canadian Navy
The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) is tasked to provide maritime security along the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic coasts of Canada, exercise Canada's sovereignty over the Arctic archipelago, and support Canada's multi-national and bilateral interests overseas. It comprises the Pacific Fleet at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Esquimalt, and the Atlantic Fleet at CFB Halifax. CFB Esquimalt is on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, and is home to 15 vessels and 6,000 staff, the headquarters for Maritime Forces Pacific, His Majesty's Canadian (HMC) Dockyard Esquimalt, Fleet Maintenance Facility – Cape Breton (FMF-CB), Fire Fighting and Damage Control School, the Naval Officer Training Centre (NOTC Venture), and extensive housing. CFB Halifax is home port for the 18 vessels of the Canadian Atlantic Fleet and situated in Halifax, Nova Scotia. CFB Halifax employs 7,000 civilians and military staff, and hosts the Canadian Atlantic Fleet headquarters, HMC Dockyard Halifax, FMF Cape Scott, exten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
U-boats
U-boats were naval submarines operated by Germany, particularly in the First and Second World Wars. Although at times they were efficient fleet weapons against enemy naval warships, they were most effectively used in an economic warfare role (commerce raiding) and enforcing a naval blockade against enemy shipping. The primary targets of the U-boat campaigns in both wars were the merchant convoys bringing supplies from Canada and other parts of the British Empire, and from the United States, to the United Kingdom and (during the Second World War) to the Soviet Union and the Allied territories in the Mediterranean. German submarines also destroyed Brazilian merchant ships during World War II, causing Brazil to declare war on both Germany and Italy on 22 August 1942. The term is an anglicised version of the German word ''U-Boot'' , a shortening of ''Unterseeboot'' ('under-sea-boat'), though the German term refers to any submarine. Austro-Hungarian Navy submarines were also k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CC-class Submarine
The CC-class submarine was the first class of submarines used by the Royal Canadian Navy. Designed as diesel-electric submarines for use as coastal defence, they were originally purchased by the province of British Columbia from a shipbuilder in Seattle, Washington, which had built the submarines for the Chilean Navy. Acquired by Canada they saw no battle while in service during the First World War and were paid off in 1920. They were the first Canadian warships to pass through the Panama Canal.Macpherson & Barrie, p. 15 Both ships were discarded in 1925. Design The two submarines were not identical. The design called for diesel-electric submarines for use as coastal defence. However, the Electric Boat Company employed two separate designs with the same internal machinery for the submarines. ''CC-1'' was built to the design 19E and ''CC-2'' was built to design 19B. The layout of the torpedo tubes within the boats led to different hull forms. ''CC-1'' was armed with five torpedo t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMCS CH-15
HMCS ''CH-15'' was a H-class submarine originally ordered for the Royal Navy as ''H15'' during the First World War. Constructed in the United States during their neutrality, the submarine was withheld from the Royal Navy until after the US entry into the war. Entering service at the very end of the war, the submarine saw no action and was laid up at Bermuda following the cessation of hostilities. The British government gave the submarine to Canada in 1919, and it was in service with the Royal Canadian Navy from 1921 to 1922 as ''CH-15''. The submarine was sold for scrap and broken up in 1927. Design and description Ordered as part of the War Emergency Programme for the Royal Navy from Bethlehem Steel of the United States, the H class were constructed at two shipyards, Canadian Vickers in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and the Fore River Yard in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States, based on the US H-class design. The boats displaced while surfaced and submerged. They were long ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMCS CH-14
HMCS ''CH-14'' was an H-class submarine originally ordered for the Royal Navy as ''H14'' during the First World War. Constructed in the United States during their neutrality, the submarine was withheld from the Royal Navy until after the US entry into the war. Entering service at the very end of the war, the submarine saw no action and was laid up at Bermuda following the cessation of hostilities. The submarine was gifted to Canada in 1919 and was in service with the Royal Canadian Navy from 1921 to 1922 as ''CH-14''. The submarine was sold for scrap and broken up in 1927. Design and description Ordered as part of the War Emergency Programme from Bethlehem Steel of the United States, the H class were constructed at two shipyards, Canadian Vickers in Montreal and the Fore River Yard in Quincy, Massachusetts based on the US H-class design.Gardiner and Gray, p. 92 The boats displaced while surfaced and submerged. They were long overall with a beam of and a draught of . They h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British H-class Submarine
The British H-class submarines were Holland 602 type submarines used by the Royal Navy. The submarines constructed for the British Royal Navy between 1915 and 1919 were designed and built in response to German boats which mined British waters and sank coastal shipping with ease owing to their small size. The H class was created to perform similar operations in German waters, and to attack German submarines operating in British waters. Despite their cramped size and lack of a deck gun on some submarines, the class was popular amongst submariners, and saw action all around the British Isles, some being transferred as far as the Adriatic. Owing to the late arrival of most of the class, they were unable to have much impact in service, only destroying two German submarines and for the loss of four of their own number. Post-war, many were retained in the Royal Navy for training purposes, while four more were lost in accidents during the 1920s. At the outbreak of the Second Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Burrfish (SS-312)
USS ''Burrfish'' (SS/SSR-312) was a of the United States Navy named for the burrfish (''Chilomycterus schoepfi''), a swellfish of the Atlantic coast. The vessel entered service in 1943 and saw action during World War II and in the postwar era. In 1961 ''Burrfish'' was loaned to the Royal Canadian Navy where she served as HMCS ''Grilse'' (SS 71) and was used primarily as a training boat from 1961 until 1969. Construction and career ''Burrfish'' was launched on 18 June 1943 by Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine, sponsored by Miss Jane Elizabeth Davis, daughter of Senator James J. Davis from Pennsylvania. The boat was commissioned 14 September 1943. ''Burrfish''s war operations extended from 2 February 1944 to 13 May 1945 during which period she completed six war patrols, sinking one 5,894-ton German tanker ''Rossbach'' in Japanese waters on 7 May 1944 and, along with , a 200-ton patrol boat on 17 November 1944. Her operating area extended from the Western Caroline Is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Argonaut (SS-475)
USS ''Argonaut'' (SS-475) was a operated by the United States Navy (USN). Constructed at Portsmouth Navy Yard during the second half of 1944, ''Argonaut'' was commissioned into the USN in 1945 and operated during the final year of World War II, although her only contact with the Japanese was when she sank a junk in August. During the 1950s, the submarine was modified for greater underwater endurance, and to guide the Regulus I missile. From 1963 to 1965, ''Argonaut'' operated in the Mediterranean Sea. The submarine was sold to Canada in 1968, commissioned into Maritime Command as HMCS ''Rainbow'' (SS 75), and operated until the end of 1974. The submarine was returned to the United States, and scrapped in 1977. US service ''Argonaut'' was laid down at Portsmouth Navy Yard at Kittery, Maine on 28 June 1944. She was launched on 1 October 1944 sponsored by Mrs. Allan R. McCann and commissioned on 15 January 1945, Lieutenant Commander John S. Schmidt in command. ''Argonaut'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tench-class Submarine
''Tench''-class submarines were a type of submarine built for the United States Navy (USN) between 1944 and 1951. They were an improvement over the and es, only about 35 to 40 tons larger, but more strongly built and with a slightly improved internal layout. One of the ballast tanks was converted to carry fuel, increasing range from to . This improvement was also made on some boats of the previous two classes.Friedman through 1945, pp. 209, 351 Further improvements were made beginning with SS-435, which are sometimes referred to as the ''Corsair'' class. Initial plans called for 80 to be built, but 51 were cancelled in 1944 and 1945 when it became apparent that they would not be needed to defeat Japan. The remaining 29 were commissioned between October 1944 (''Tench'') and February 1951 (''Grenadier''). The last submarine of the ''Tench'' class, as well as the last submarine which served during World War II, remaining in service with the U.S. Navy was USS ''Tigrone'' (A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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