List of submarines of the Royal Navy

Short description: None

This is a list of Royal Navy submarines, arranged chronologically, that is, individual submarines are grouped according to their class and the classes are ordered chronologically according to when the first submarine of the class entered British service (for the first time); furthermore, the classes are grouped into historical eras, again chronologically according to when the first vessel of the class entered British service (for the first time). Within the class the indvidual submarines are chronologically ordered according to date of enter into British service (for the first time).

Submarines that are currently active and commissioned are shown below in bold.

Pre–First World War

HMS *Holland 1*, the first submarine to serve in the Royal Navy

Until 27 July 1914

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
- B1
- B2
- B3
- B4
- B5
- B6
- B7
- B8
- B9
- B10
- B11
C class
- 38 boats, 1906–1910

First World War

28 July 1914 - 11 November 1918

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

12 November 1918 - 31 August 1939 (for the purpose of this list, interwar period is understood to have started immediately after WW1 and lasted until WW2)

HMS X1
Odin class
Parthian class
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

1 September 1939 - 2 September 1945

U (Uproar) class; first vessel commissioned 2 April 1941
U (Umpire) class (War Emergency Programme); first vessel commissioned 10 July 1941
Foreign Built; first vessel commissioned 5 October 1941
- Graph (P715) – German Type VII U-boat
- N2 – German Type VII-C/41 U-boat
- X2 – Italian, Archimede-class submarine
United States R-class submarine; first vessel commissioned 4 November 1941
- HMS P511
- HMS P512
- HMS P514
P611 class; first vessel commissioned 1 December 1941
T (Tempest) class (War Emergency Programme); first vessel commissioned 6 December 1941
S (Safari) class (War Emergency Programme); first vessel commissioned 14 March 1942
V (Vampire) class; first vessel commissioned 19 August 1943
Amphion class; first vessel commissioned 27 March 1945
- 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)

Cold War

3 September 1945 - 26 December 1991 (for the purpose of this list, Cold War is understood to begin immediately after WW2)

To mid-1950s

3 September 1945 – 31 December 1956

Foreign Built
- Meteorite, commissioned/decommissioned: 1945–1949 – German Type XVII U-boat
Stickleback class (midget submarines)
- X51 Stickleback, commissioned/decommissioned: 1954–1958
- X52 Shrimp, c/d: 1954–1965
- X53 Sprat, c/d: 1954–1958/1966
- X54 Minnow, c/d: 1955–1966
Explorer class
- HMS Explorer, commissioned/decommissioned: 1956–1965
- HMS Excalibur, c/d: 1958–1968

Late 1950s to early 1990s

1 January 1957 - 26 December 1991

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, c/d: 1991–2025

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

After Cold War to present

27 December 1991 - Present

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, commissioned: 2025
- Achilles, under construction, 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

References

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

Template:Submarines

0.00

(0 votes)

Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List of submarines of the Royal Navy. Read more

[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.

[1]

[2]