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

Ships of the Royal Navy
Ships by name: A B C D–F G–H I–L M–N O–Q R–T U–Z
fleet aircraft carriers escort aircraft carriers seaplane carriers amphibious assault shipping battlecruisers dreadnought battleships pre-dreadnought battleships ironclads bomb vessels breastwork monitors corvettes and sloops cruisers destroyers torpedo boats fireships frigates gun-brigs gunboats and gunvessels mine countermeasure vessels monitors patrol and attack craft royal yachts ships of the line submarines support ships survey vessels shore establishments hospitals and hospital ships air stations aircraft wings fleets and major commands squadrons and flotillas early English ships (1409–1660) early Scots ships (1329–1707)
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Petrol-electric[edit]

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  Holland class — 5 boats, 1901–1902


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  A class — 13 boats, 1902–1905


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  B class — 11 boats, 1904–1906


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  C class — 38 boats, 1906–1910

Diesel-electric[edit]

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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[edit]

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  X Class — 20 boats, 1943–1944


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  XE Class — 6 boats, 1944


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  Stickleback class — 5 boats, 1954–1955

Rescue submersible[edit]

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  LR5 — leased to the Royal Australian Navy in 2009

Steam-electric[edit]

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  Swordfish — 1 boat, 1916–1922


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  K class — 22 boats, 1916–1919

Foreign-built[edit]

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  Archimede class — 1 boat, 1934


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  Type VIIC U-boat — 1 boat, 1941


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  Type XVII U-boat — 1 boat, 1943

Nuclear powered[edit]

Land Based Prototype[edit]

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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[edit]

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  Dreadnought — one boat, 1959–1960


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  Valiant class — 2 boats, 1962–1965


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  Churchill class — 3 boats, 1967–1970


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  Swiftsure class — 6 boats, 1969–1979


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  Trafalgar class — 7 boats, 1979–1991


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  Astute class — 7 boats planned (3 in service), 2001–present

Ballistic missile[edit]

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  Resolution class — 4 boats, 1964–1968


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  Vanguard class — 4 boats, 1986–1998


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  Dreadnought class^[1] — 4 boats planned, 2028 onwards

See also[edit]

• Royal Navy Submarine Service


• List of submarines of the Royal Navy

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• MaritimeQuest Holland Class Overview


• MaritimeQuest A Class (1902) Class Overview


• MaritimeQuest B Class Overview


• MaritimeQuest C Class Overview


• MaritimeQuest A Class (1943) Class Overview


• MaritimeQuest Trafalgar Class Overview