List of submarine operators

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The following countries operate or have operated submarines for naval or other military purposes.

Countries with currently operational submarines

File:S-120 Papanikolis 1.jpg Type 214 submarine]]

File:RIAN archive 187524 The crew of a diesel-powered Varshavyanka -Kilo--class submarine.jpg Kilo-class submarine]]

File:FNS Amethyste (S605) visits Naval Submarine Base New London 210901-N-GR655-368.jpg Rubis-class submarine]]

  • Algeria{{cite web|url=http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/africa/algeria.htm |title=World Navies Today: Algeria|website=hazegray.org}}
  • Australia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bangladesh
  • Brazil{{cite web|url=http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/americas/brazil.htm |title=World Navies Today: Brazil|website=hazegray.org}}
  • Canada
  • Chile{{cite web|url=http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/americas/chile.htm |title=World Navies Today: Chile|website=hazegray.org}}
  • Colombia{{cite web|url=http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/americas/colombia.htm |title=World Navies Today: Colombia|website=hazegray.org}}
  • Cuba - One indigenous design submarine was reported in service in 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2020/03/01/new-photo-reveals-cuban-navys-secret-submarine/|title=New Photo Reveals Cuban Navy's Secret Submarine|last=Sutton|first=H. I.|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2020-03-02}}
  • Ecuador{{cite web|url=http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/americas/ecuador.htm |title=World Navies Today: Ecuador|website=hazegray.org}}
  • Egypt{{cite web|url=http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/africa/egypt.htm |title=World Navies Today: Egypt|website=hazegray.org}}
  • France (list)
  • Germany (list)
  • Greece
  • India (list)
  • Indonesia
  • Iran
  • Italy (list)
  • Israel
  • Japan
  • Malaysia
  • Myanmar
  • Netherlands (list){{cite web|url=http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/ |title=Dutch Submarines: The Submarines of the Royal Netherlands Navy|website=dutchsubmarines.com}}
  • North Korea
  • Norway
  • Pakistan
  • People's Republic of China
  • Republic of China (Taiwan)
  • Peru{{cite web|url=http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/americas/peru.htm |title=World Navies Today: Peru|website=hazegray.org}}
  • Poland
  • Portugal (list){{cite web|url=http://www.fuelcelltoday.com/FuelCellToday/IndustryInformation/IndustryInformationExternal/NewsDisplayArticle/0,1602,5862,00.html |title=Fuel Cell Today - Portuguese navy orders two submarines with Siemens fuel cell technology|access-date=2005-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050817031250/http://www.fuelcelltoday.com/FuelCellToday/IndustryInformation/IndustryInformationExternal/NewsDisplayArticle/0,1602,5862,00.html |archive-date=2005-08-17|url-status=dead}}
  • Russia (list) (some ex-Soviet Union)
  • Singapore
  • South Africa
  • South Korea
  • Spain (list){{cite web|url=http://reference.allrefer.com/country-guide-study/spain/spain164.html |title=Spain - Navy|website=reference.allrefer.com}}
  • Sweden (list)
  • Thailand
  • Turkey (list)
  • United Kingdom (list)
  • United States (list)
  • Venezuela{{cite web|url=http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/americas/venez.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629103534/http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/americas/venez.htm |archive-date=2011-06-29 |title=World Navies Today: Venezuela|date=June 29, 2011}}
  • Vietnam

Ballistic Missile Submarines (SSBN)

File:Jin (Type 094) Class Ballistic Missile Submarine.JPG Type 094 submarine]]

File:Sub Marine.jpg Arihant Class Submarine]]

Ballistic missile submarines are larger than any other type of submarine, in order to accommodate ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads.

Countries previously operating submarines

  • Albania - all retired 1998
  • Argentina - Two submarines inactive (non-operational) in the Argentinian Navy.{{cite web|url=https://www.nuestromar.org/defensa-y-seguridad/estiman-que-la-llegada-del-proximo-submarino-operativo-para-argentina-demoraria-de-cinco-a-seis-anos/|title=Estiman que la llegada del próximo submarino operativo para Argentina demoraría de cinco a seis años|language=Spanish|work=Fundación Nuestro Mar|date=8 September 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.infodefensa.com/latam/2020/12/23/noticia-rossi-argentina-argentina-tiene-tener-fuerza-aerea-aviones-supersonicos.html|title=A. Rossi Argentina: Argentina tiene que tener una Fuerza Aérea con aviones supersónicos 2|work=Infodefensa|language=Spanish}}
  • Austria-Hungary (list)
  • Bulgaria - all retired by 2011
  • Cuba - Operated 3 {{sclass2|Foxtrot|submarine|2}}s retired.
  • Denmark{{cite web|url=http://www.navalhistory.dk/English/Naval_Lists/Types/Submarines.htm |title=Danish Submarines 1909-2004|website=navalhistory.dk}} - retired after 2003
  • Estonia (Kalev and {{ship|EML|Lembit||2}}) - decommissioned 1955 in the Soviet Navy
  • Finland - last subs decommissioned after World War II
  • Latvia - all submarines taken over by Soviet Union in 1940.
  • Libya - all Foxtrot-class submarines retired (1 non-commissioned remains docked)
  • Romania ({{ship|Romanian submarine|Delfinul||2}}, not operational; used for dockside training){{Cite web|last=Adamowski|first=Jaroslaw|date=2018-02-09|title=Romania to buy 3 sub, 4 ships to bolster Black Sea ops|url=https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2018/02/09/romania-to-buy-3-sub-4-ships-to-bolster-black-sea-ops/|access-date=2021-07-26|website=Defense News|language=en-US}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/europe/romania.htm |title=World Navies Today: Romania|website=hazegray.org}}
  • Serbia and Montenegro (ex-Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) {{cite web|url=http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/europe/yugo.htm |title=World Navies Today: Yugoslavia|website=hazegray.org}}
  • Soviet Union (list) (prior to 1991 collapse, many now operated by successor state Russia)
  • Syria - all {{sclass2|Romeo|submarine|2}}s retired around 1992
  • Thailand ({{sclass|Matchanu|submarine|4}} during the Franco-Thai War - built in Japan 1938 and retired 1951)
  • Ukraine ({{ship|Ukrainian submarine|Zaporizhzhia||2}} - lost to Russia in the annexation of Crimea){{cite web |url=http://korrespondent.net/ukraine/politics/3401903-korrespondent-na-malenkom-flotu-na-chto-seichas-sposobny-ostatky-ukraynskoho-flota |script-title=ru:Корреспондент: На маленьком флоту. На что сейчас способны остатки украинского флота |work=Korrespondent |last=Seleznev |first=Denis |language=ru |date=6 August 2014 |access-date=18 June 2015}}

See also

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