List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy

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This is a list of submarine classes of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. Dates of construction given.

RN Ensign
Ships of the Royal Navy

A - B - C - D - E - F - G
H - I - J - K - L - M - N
O - P - Q - R - S - T - U
V - W - X - Y - Z

aircraft carriers
amphibious assault shipping
battlecruisers
battleships
corvettes and sloops
cruisers
destroyers
frigates
mine countermeasure vessels
monitors
patrol and attack craft
Royal Yachts
submarines
support ships
survey vessels
fleet bases
shore establishments
hospitals and hospital ships
air stations
aircraft wings
fleets and major commands
squadrons and flotillas

Contents

[edit] Petrol-electric

[edit] Diesel-electric

  • D class — 8 boats, 1908–1912
  • E class — 58 boats, 1912–1916
  • F class — 3 boats, 1913–1917
  • S class — 2 boats, 1914–1915
  • V class — 4 boats, 1914–1915
  • W class — 4 boats, 1914–1915
  • G class — 14 boats, 1915–1917
  • H class — 44 boats, 1915–1919
  • J class — 7 boats, 1915–1917
  • M class — 3 boats, 1917–1918
  • Nautilus class - 1 boat, 1917
  • L class — 34 boats, 1917–1919
  • R class — 12 boats, 1918
  • HMS X1 — 1 boat, 1921
  • Oxley class — 2 boats, 1926
  • Odin class — 6 boats, 1928–1929
  • Parthian class — 6 boats, 1929
  • Rainbow class — 4 boats, 1930
  • S class — 62 boats (subclasses Swordfish 4, Shark 8, Seraph 33, Subtle 17), 1931–1945
  • Thames class — 3 ships, 1932
  • Grampus class — 5 boats, 1935–1938
  • T class — 52 boats (subclasses Triton 15, Tempest 15, Taciturn 22), 1937–1945
  • Undine class — 3 boats, 1937–1938
  • P611 class — 4 boats, 1940
  • Umpire class — 37 boats, 1940–1943
  • Vampire class — 22 boats, 1943–1944
  • Amphion class — 16 boats, 1945–1947
  • Explorer class — 2 boats, 1954–1955
  • Stickleback class — 4 boats, 1954–1955
  • Porpoise class — 8 boats, 1956–1959
  • Oberon class — 13 boats, 1959–1966
  • Upholder class — 4 boats, 1990–1994

[edit] Midget

[edit] Steam-electric

  • Swordfish — 1 boat, 1916–1922
  • K class — 22 boats, 1916–1919

[edit] Nuclear powered

[edit] Fleet

[edit] Ballistic missile

[edit] See aslo

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