List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy

List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy

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

Petrol-electric

* "Holland" class — 5 boats, 1901–1902
* A class — 13 boats, 1902–1905
* B class — 11 boats, 1904–1906
* C class — 38 boats, 1906–1910

Diesel-electric

* D class — 8 boats, 1908–1912
* E class — 58 boats, 1912–1916
* F class — 3 boats, 1913–1917
* S class — 3 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
* K Class see below-Steam electric
* L class — 34 boats, 1917–1919
* M class — 3 boats, 1917–1918
* "Nautilus" class - 1 boat, 1917
* R class — 12 boats, 1918
* "Swordfish"-see below Steam Electric
* HMS "X1" — 1 boat, 1921
* "Odin" class — 9 boats 1926–29 (subclasses "Oberon" 1 boat, "Oxley" 2 boats, "Odin" 6 boats)
* "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

Midget

* X Class
* XE Class

Steam-electric

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

Nuclear powered

Land Based Prototype

*HMS Vulcan PWR 1 (Dounreay Submarine Prototype 1) 1965-1984
*HMS Vulcan PWR 2 (Shore Test Facility) 1987-present

Fleet

* "Dreadnought" — one boat, 1960
* "Valiant" class — 2 boats, 1963–1965
* "Churchill" class — 3 boats, 1968–1970
* "Swiftsure" class — 6 boats, 1971–1979
* "Trafalgar" class — 7 boats, 1981–present
* "Astute" class — future class

Ballistic missile

* "Resolution" class — Four boats, 1966–1996
* "Vanguard" class — 4 boats, 1992–present

See also

* List of submarines of the Royal Navy

External links

* [http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/great_britain/submarines/pages/class_overviews/holland_class_overview.htm MaritimeQuest Holland Class Overview]
* [http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/great_britain/submarines/pages/class_overviews/a_class_1902.htm MaritimeQuest A Class (1902) Class Overview]
* [http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/great_britain/submarines/pages/class_overviews/b_class_overview.htm MaritimeQuest B Class Overview]
* [http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/great_britain/submarines/pages/class_overviews/c_class_overview.htm MaritimeQuest C Class Overview]
* [http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/great_britain/submarines/pages/a_amphion_class_submarines.htm MaritimeQuest A Class (1943) Class Overview]
* [http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/great_britain/submarines/pages/class_overviews/trafalgar_class.htm MaritimeQuest Trafalgar Class Overview]


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