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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First World War
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Interwar years
editSecond World War
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- S (safari) class (War Emergency Programme)
- T (Tempest) class (War Emergency Programme)
- U (Umpire) class (War Emergency Programme)
- P611 class
- United States R-class submarine
- U (Uproar) class
- V (Vampire) class
Cold War
editTo mid-1950s
edit- 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
- 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
editFrom HMS Porpoise Royal Navy submarines were given their own "S" pennant numbers.
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- Porpoise class (Diesel-electric hunter-killer)
- 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)
- 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)
- Trafalgar class (PWR1 nuclear-powered hunter-killer)
1990s to present
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- Upholder class (Diesel-electric hunter-killer) Transferred to Canada as the Victoria-class submarine
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- 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)
- 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, ordered
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "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. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
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