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This is a list of
submarine classes of the
Royal Navy of the
United Kingdom. Dates of construction given.
Petrol-electric
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No.
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First ship laid down
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Last ship commissioned
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Notes
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Holland class
|
5
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HMS Holland 1
2 October 1901
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HMS Holland 5
1902
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First submarines of the Royal Navy
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A class
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13
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HMS A1
19 February 1902
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HMS A13
22 June 1908
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Royal Navy's first class of British-designed submarines
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B class
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11
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HMS B1
25 October 1904
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HMS B11
1906
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C class
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38
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HMS C1
13 November 1905
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HMS C38
10 February 1910
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Last class of petrol powered submarines of the Royal Navy
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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
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HMS X1 — 1 boat, 1921
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Odin class — 9 boats 1926–29 (subclasses Oberon 1 boat, Oxley 2 boats, Odin 6 boats)
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Parthian class — 6 boats, 1929
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Rainbow class — 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
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Grampus class — 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
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Amphion class — 16 boats, 1945–1947
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Explorer class — 2 boats, 1954–1955
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Stickleback class — 4 boats, 1954–1955
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Porpoise class — 8 boats, 1956–1959
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Oberon class — 13 boats, 1959–1966
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Upholder class — 4 boats, 1986–1992
Midget
Rescue submersible
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LR5 — leased to the Royal Australian Navy in 2009
Steam-electric
Foreign-built
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
Ballistic missile
See also
References
External links