List of submarines of the Royal Navy

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

## Contents

* 1 Pre-First World War
* 2 First World War
* 3 Interwar years
* 4 Second World War
* 5 Cold War
* 5.1 To mid-1950s
* 5.2 Late 1950s to late 1980s
* 6 1990s to present
* 7 See also
* 8 References

## Pre-First World War

HMS Holland 1, the first submarine to serve in the Royal Navy A-class submarines, the first British-designed class

* Holland class
* Holland 1, launched: 2 October 1901, decommissioned: 5 November 1913
* Holland 2
* Holland 3
* Holland 4
* Holland 5
* A class
* A1, launched: 9 July 1902
* A2
* A3
* A4
* A5
* A6
* A7
* A8
* A9
* A10
* A11
* A12
* A13
* B class
* 11 boats, 1904-1906
* C class
* 38 boats, 1906-1910

## First World War

HMS G9 at Scapa Flow in 1917 HMS M2 with her sea plane HMS Thorn

* D class
*   * E class
*   * F class
*   * S class
*   * V class
*   * W class
*   * G class
*   * H class
*   * Nautilus class
*   * Swordfish class
*   * J class
*   * 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
*   * M class
* HMS M1
* HMS M2
* HMS M3
* HMS M4
* R class

## Interwar years

* HMS X1
*   * Odin class
*   * Parthian class
* HMS Pandora (N42)
* HMS Parthian (N75)
* HMS Perseus (N36)
* HMS Phoenix (N96)
* HMS Poseidon (P99)
* HMS Proteus (N29)
* Rainbow class
*   * S (Swordfish) class
*   * River or Thames class
* HMS Thames (N71)
* HMS Severn (N57)
* HMS Clyde (N12)
* Grampus class
*   * T (Triton) class
*   * U (Undine) class

## Second World War

HMS Alliance at Gosport (where she is now part of the submarine museum) in 1987 HMS Voracious in 1945

* S (safari) class (War Emergency Programme)
*   * T (Tempest) class (War Emergency Programme)
*   * U (Umpire) class (War Emergency Programme)
*   * P611 class
* HMS P611
* HMS P612
* HMS P614
* HMS P615
* United States R-class submarine
* HMS P511
* HMS P512
* HMS P514
* U (Uproar) class
*   * V (Vampire) class

## 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
* HMS Explorer
* HMS Excalibur
* 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.

A Valiant-class nuclear submarine. Whilst HMS Dreadnought had an American reactor, these were fully British-built HMS Tireless at the North Pole

* 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, c/d: 1991-2025

## 1990s to present

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* 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

HMS Astute being launched

* 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: 2025/26
* Achilles, steel cut/Expected commission: 2029
* Dreadnought class (PWR3 nuclear-powered ballistic missile)[1]
* Dreadnought, under construction - first elements of construction underway in 2016[2]
* Valiant, under construction
* Warspite, under construction
* King George VI, under construction

## See also

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

## References

1. ↑ "New Successor Submarines Named" (Press release). Gov.uk. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
2. ↑ "New nuclear submarine given famous naval name". BBC News. 21 October 2016. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37720580.

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