This is a list of
submarine
A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability. The term is also sometimes used historically or colloquially to refer to remotely op ...
classes of the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against Fr ...
of the
United Kingdom
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. Dates of construction given.
Petrol-electric
Diesel-electric
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D class — 8 boats, 1908–1912
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E class — 58 boats, 1912–1916
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F class — 3 boats, 1913–1917
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S class — 3 boats, 1914–1915
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V class — 4 boats, 1914–1915
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W class — 4 boats, 1914–1915
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G class — 14 boats, 1915–1917
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H class — 44 boats, 1915–1919
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J class — 7 boats, 1915–1917
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L class — 34 boats, 1917–1919
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M class — 3 boats, 1917–1918
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''Nautilus'' class — 1 boat, 1917
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R class — 12 boats, 1918
* — 1 boat, 1921
* — 9 boats 1926–29 (subclasses ''Oberon'' 1 boat, ''Oxley'' 2 boats, ''Odin'' 6 boats)
* — 6 boats, 1929
* — 4 boats, 1930
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S class — 62 boats (subclasses ''Swordfish'' 4, ''Shark'' 8, ''Seraph'' 33, ''Subtle'' 17), 1931–1945
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''Thames'' class — 3 boats, 1932
* — 6 boats, 1932–1938
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T class — 52 boats (subclasses ''Triton'' 15, ''Tempest'' 15, ''Taciturn'' 22), 1937–1945
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''Undine'' class — 3 boats, 1937–1938
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''P611'' class — 4 boats, 1940
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''Umpire'' class — 37 boats, 1940–1943
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''Vampire'' class — 22 boats, 1943–1944
* — 16 boats, 1945–1947
* — 2 boats, 1954–1955
* — 4 boats, 1954–1955
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''Porpoise'' class — 8 boats, 1956–1959
* — 13 boats, 1959–1966
* — 4 boats, 1986–1992
Midget
* — 20 boats, 1943–1944
* — 12 boats, 1944
* — 4 boats, 1954–1955
Rescue submersible
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LR5'' — leased to the Royal Australian Navy in 2009
Steam-electric
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''Swordfish'' — 1 boat, 1916–1922
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K class — 22 boats, 1916–1919
Foreign-built
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''Archimede'' class — 1 boat, 1934
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Type VIIC U-boat — 1 boat, 1941
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Type XVII U-boat
The Type XVII U-boats were small coastal submarines that used a high-test peroxide propulsion system, which offered a combination of air-independent propulsion and high submerged speeds.
Background
In the early 1930s Hellmuth Walter had designed ...
— 1 boat, 1943
Nuclear powered
Land Based Prototype
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HMS ''Vulcan'' PWR 1 (Dounreay Submarine Prototype 1) 1965–1984
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HMS ''Vulcan'' PWR 2 (Shore Test Facility) 1987–present
Fleet
* — one boat, 1959–1960
* — 2 boats, 1962–1965
* — 3 boats, 1967–1970
* — 6 boats, 1969–1979
* — 7 boats, 1979–1991
* — 7 boats planned (4 in service), 2001–present
Ballistic missile
* — 4 boats, 1964–1986
* — 4 boats, 1986–1998
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— 4 boats planned, 2028 onwards
See also
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Royal Navy Submarine Service
The Royal Navy Submarine Service is one of the five fighting arms of the Royal Navy. It is sometimes known as the Silent Service, as submarines are generally required to operate undetected.
The service operates six fleet submarines ( SSNs) ...
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List of submarines of the Royal Navy
References
{{Reflist
External links
MaritimeQuest Holland Class Overview
Submarines
A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability. The term is also sometimes used historically or colloquially to refer to remotely op ...
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against Fr ...
Royal Navy submarines