List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy#Nuclear powered

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

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Petrol-electric

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!No.

!First ship laid down

!Last ship commissioned

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{{sclass2|Holland|submarine|4}}

|5

|HMS Holland 1

2 October 1901

|HMS Holland 5

1902

|First submarines of the Royal Navy

{{sclass2|A|submarine|41903}}

|13

|HMS A1

19 February 1902

|HMS A13

22 June 1908

|Royal Navy's first class of British-designed submarines

B class

|11

|HMS B1

25 October 1904

|HMS B11

1906

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C class

|38

|HMS C1

13 November 1905

|HMS C38

10 February 1910

|Last class of petrol powered submarines of the Royal Navy

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
  • L class — 34 boats, 1917–1919
  • M class — 3 boats, 1917–1918
  • Nautilus class — 1 boat, 1917
  • R class — 12 boats, 1918
  • {{HMS|X1}} — 1 boat, 1921
  • {{sclass|Odin|submarine|4}} — 9 boats 1926–29 (subclasses Oberon 1 boat, Oxley 2 boats, Odin 6 boats)
  • {{sclass|Parthian|submarine|4}} — 6 boats, 1929
  • {{sclass|Rainbow|submarine|4}} — 4 boats, 1930
  • S class — 62 boats (subclasses Swordfish 4, Shark 8, Seraph 33, Subtle 17), 1931–1945
  • Thames class — 3 boats, 1932
  • {{sclass|Grampus|submarine|4}} — 6 boats, 1932–1938
  • 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
  • {{sclass|Amphion|submarine|4}} — 16 boats, 1945–1947
  • {{sclass|Explorer|submarine|4}} — 2 boats, 1954–1955
  • {{sclass|Stickleback|submarine|4}} — 4 boats, 1954–1955
  • Porpoise class — 8 boats, 1956–1959
  • {{sclass|Oberon|submarine|4}} — 13 boats, 1959–1966
  • {{sclass|Upholder|submarine|4}} — 4 boats, 1986–1992

Midget

  • {{sclass2|X|submarine|4}} — 20 boats, 1943–1944
  • {{sclass2|XE|submarine|4}} — 12 boats, 1944
  • {{sclass|Stickleback|submarine|4}} — 4 boats, 1954–1955

Rescue submersible

  • LR5 — leased to the Royal Australian Navy in 2009

Steam-electric

Foreign-built

  • Archimede class — 1 boat, 1934
  • Type VIIC U-boat — 1 boat, 1941
  • Type XVII U-boat — 1 boat, 1943
  • Type XXIII U-boat — 2 boats, 1945{{cite web |last=Helgason |first=Guðmundur |title=U-2326 |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2326.htm |access-date=26 April 2016 |website=Uboat.net}}{{cite web |last=Helgason |first=Guðmundur |title=U-2353 |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2353.htm |access-date=30 April 2016 |website=Uboat.net}}

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 =

  • {{HMS|Dreadnought|S101|2}} — one boat, 1959–1962
  • {{sclass|Valiant|submarine|4}} — 2 boats, 1962–1965
  • {{sclass|Churchill|submarine|4}} — 3 boats, 1967–1970
  • {{sclass|Swiftsure|submarine|4}} — 6 boats, 1969–1979
  • {{sclass|Trafalgar|submarine|4}} — 7 boats, 1979–1991 (last vessel preparing for decommissioning as of late 2024)
  • {{sclass|Astute|submarine|4}} — 7 boats planned (5 in service), 2001 to 2026
  • SSN AUKUS class - undetermined number of boats planned, from early 2030s

= Ballistic missile =

  • {{sclass|Resolution|submarine|4}} — 4 boats, 1964–1986
  • {{sclass|Vanguard|submarine|4}} — 4 boats, 1986–1998
  • {{sclass|Dreadnought|submarine|4}}{{cite press release|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-successor-submarines-named|title=New Successor Submarines Named|publisher=Gov.uk|date=21 October 2016|access-date=21 October 2016}} — 4 boats planned, 2016 to early 2030s

See also

References

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