List of submarines of the Royal Navy

This is a list of Royal Navy submarines, arranged chronologically. Submarines that are currently active and commissioned are shown below in bold.

Pre-First World War

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* B class
** 11 boats, 1904–1906
* C class
** 38 boats, 1906–1910

First World War

* D class
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* E class
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* F class
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* S class
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* V class
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* W class
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* G class
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* H class
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* ''Nautilus'' class
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* ''Swordfish'' class
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* J class
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* K class
** HMS ''K1''
** HMS ''K2''
** HMS ''K3''
** HMS ''K4''
** HMS ''K5''
** HMS ''K6''
** HMS ''K7''
** HMS ''K8''
** HMS ''K9''
** HMS ''K10''
** HMS ''K11''
** HMS ''K12''
** HMS ''K13''
** HMS ''K14''
** HMS ''K15''
** HMS ''K16''
** HMS ''K17''
** HMS ''K26''
* L class
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* M class
** HMS ''M1''
** HMS ''M2''
** HMS ''M3''
** HMS ''M4''
* R class
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Interwar years

* HMS ''X1''
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* ''Odin'' class
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* ''Parthian'' class
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* ''Rainbow'' class
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* S (''Swordfish'') class
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* River or ''Thames'' class
** HMS ''Thames'' (N71)
** HMS ''Severn'' (N57)
** HMS ''Clyde'' (N12)
* ''Grampus'' class
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* T (''Triton'') class
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* U (''Undine'') class
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Second World War

* S (''safari'') class (War Emergency Programme)
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* T (''Tempest'') class (War Emergency Programme)
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* U (''Umpire'') class (War Emergency Programme)
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* ''P611'' class
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* United States R-class submarine
** HMS ''P511''
** HMS ''P512''
** HMS ''P514''
* U (''Uproar'') class
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Cold War

To mid-1950s

* ''Amphion'' class
** ''Amphion'' (P439/S39/S43) (laid down as ''Anchorite'' but name changed before launch)
** ''Astute'' (P447/S47/S45)
** ''Auriga'' (P419/S19/S69)
** ''Aurochs'' (P426/S26/S62)
** ''Alcide'' (P415/S15/S65)
** ''Alderney'' (P416/S16/S66)
** ''Alliance'' (P417/S17/S67)
** ''Ambush'' (P418/S18/S68)
** ''Anchorite'' (P422/S22/S64)
** ''Andrew'' (P423/S23/S63)
** ''Affray'' (P421)
** ''Aeneas'' (P427/S27/S72/SSG72)
** ''Alaric'' (P441/S41)
** ''Artemis'' (P449/S39/S49)
** ''Artful'' (P456/S56/S96)
** ''Acheron'' (P411/S11/S61)
** ''Ace'' (P414)
** ''Achates'' (P433)
* ''Explorer'' class
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* ''Stickleback'' class (midget submarines)
** X51 Stickleback
** X52 Shrimp
** X53 Sprat
** X54 Minnow
* Foreign Built
** ''Graph'' (P715) – German Type VII U-boat
** ''Meteorite'' – German Type XVII U-boat
** ''N2'' – German Type VII-C/41 U-boat
** ''X2'' – Italian, ''Archimede''-class submarine

Late 1950s to late 1980s

From HMS ''Porpoise'' Royal Navy submarines were given their own "S" pennant numbers.


* ''Porpoise'' class (Diesel-electric hunter-killer)
** ''Porpoise'', commissioned/decommissioned: 1958–1982
** ''Narwhal'', c/d: 1959–1977
** ''Finwhale'', c/d: 1960–1987 (harbour service from 1979)
** ''Cachalot'', c/d: 1959–1979
** ''Sealion'', c/d: 1961–1987
** ''Walrus'', c/d: 1961–1986
** ''Grampus'', c/d: 1958–1978
** ''Rorqual'', c/d: 1958–1976
* ''Oberon'' class (Diesel-electric hunter-killer)
** ''Oberon'', commissioned/decommissioned: 1961–1986
** ''Onslaught'', c/d: 1962–1990
** ''Orpheus'', c/d: 1960–1990 (harbour service from 1987)
** ''Odin'', c/d: 1962–1990
** ''Otter'', c/d: 1962–1991
** ''Olympus'', c/d: 1961–1989
** ''Oracle'', c/d: 1963–1993
** ''Ocelot'', c/d: 1964–1991
** ''Otus'', c/d: 1963–1991
** ''Opossum'', c/d: 1964–1993
** ''Opportune'', c/d: 1964–1993
** ''Osiris'', c/d: 1964–1989
** ''Onyx'', c/d: 1967–1991
* ''Dreadnought'' (Nuclear-powered hunter-killer), commissioned/decommissioned: 1963–1980
* ''Valiant'' class ( PWR1 nuclear-powered hunter-killer)
** ''Valiant'', commissioned/decommissioned: 1966–1994
** ''Warspite'', c/d: 1967–1991
* ''Resolution'' class (PWR1 nuclear-powered ballistic missile)
** ''Resolution'', commissioned/decommissioned: 1967–1994
** ''Repulse'', c/d: 1967–1996
** ''Renown'', c/d: 1967–1996
** ''Revenge'', c/d: 1969–1992
* ''Churchill'' class (PWR1 nuclear-powered hunter-killer)
** ''Churchill'', commissioned/decommissioned: 1970–1991
** ''Conqueror'', c/d: 1971–1990
** ''Courageous'', c/d: 1971–1992
* ''Swiftsure'' class (PWR1 nuclear-powered hunter-killer)
** ''Swiftsure'', commissioned/decommissioned: 1973–1992
** ''Sovereign'', c/d: 1974–2006
** ''Superb'', c/d: 1976–2008
** ''Sceptre'', c/d: 1978–2010
** ''Spartan'', c/d: 1979–2006
** ''Splendid'', c/d: 1981–2004
* ''Trafalgar'' class (PWR1 nuclear-powered hunter-killer)
** ''Trafalgar'', commissioned/decommissioned: 1983–2009
** ''Turbulent'', c/d: 1984–2012
** ''Tireless'', c/d: 1985–2014
** ''Torbay'', c/d: 1987–2017
** ''Trenchant'', c/d: 1989-2022
** ''Talent'', c/d: 1990-2022
** ''Triumph'', commissioned: 1991

1990s to present

* ''Upholder'' class (Diesel-electric hunter-killer) Transferred to Canada as the Victoria-class submarine
** ''Upholder'', commissioned/decommissioned: 1990–1994
** ''Unseen'', c/d: 1991–1994
** ''Ursula'', c/d: 1992–1994
** ''Unicorn'', c/d: 1993–1994

* ''Vanguard'' class ( PWR2 nuclear-powered ballistic missile)
** ''Vanguard'', commissioned: 1993
** ''Victorious'', commissioned: 1995
** ''Vigilant'', commissioned: 1996
** ''Vengeance'', commissioned: 1999
* ''Astute'' class (PWR2 nuclear-powered hunter-killer)
** ''Astute'', commissioned: 2010
** ''Ambush'', commissioned: 2013
** ''Artful'', commissioned: 2016
** ''Audacious'', commissioned: 2020
** ''Anson'', commissioned: 2022
** ''Agamemnon'', construction began: 2013/Expected commission: 2024
** ''Agincourt'', confirmed, steel cut/Expected commission: 2026
* ''Dreadnought'' class ( PWR3 nuclear-powered ballistic missile)
**''Dreadnought'', under construction - first elements of construction underway in 2016
** ''Valiant'', under construction
** ''Warspite'', ordered
** ''King George VI'', ordered

See also

* List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy
* Royal Navy Submarine Service
* List of submarines of the Second World War

References

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