List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy
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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English This is a list of submarine classes of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. Dates of construction given. Template:Royal Navy ship types
Petrol-electric
| No. | First ship laid down | Last ship commissioned | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Sclass2 | 5 | HMS Holland 1
2 October 1901 |
HMS Holland 5
1902 |
First submarines of the Royal Navy |
| Template:Sclass2 | 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 |
|
| 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
- Template:HMS — 1 boat, 1921
- Template:Sclass — 9 boats 1926–29 (subclasses Oberon 1 boat, Oxley 2 boats, Odin 6 boats)
- Template:Sclass — 6 boats, 1929
- Template:Sclass — 4 boats, 1930
- S class — 62 boats (subclasses Swordfish 4, Shark 8, Seraph 33, Subtle 17), 1931–1945
- Thames class — 3 boats, 1932
- Template:Sclass — 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
- Template:Sclass — 16 boats, 1945–1947
- Template:Sclass — 2 boats, 1954–1955
- Template:Sclass — 4 boats, 1954–1955
- Porpoise class — 8 boats, 1956–1959
- Template:Sclass — 13 boats, 1959–1966
- Template:Sclass — 4 boats, 1986–1992
Midget
- Template:Sclass2 — 20 boats, 1943–1944
- Template:Sclass2 — 12 boats, 1944
- Template:Sclass — 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<ref name="uboat">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="uboat2">Template:Cite web</ref>
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
- Template:HMS — one boat, 1959–1962
- Template:Sclass — 2 boats, 1962–1965
- Template:Sclass — 3 boats, 1967–1970
- Template:Sclass — 6 boats, 1969–1979
- Template:Sclass — 7 boats, 1979–1991
- Template:Sclass — 7 boats planned (6 commissioned of which 5 in service), 2001 to 2029
- SSN AUKUS class - 12 boats planned, building from latter 2020s/early 2030s
Ballistic missile
- Template:Sclass — 4 boats, 1964–1986
- Template:Sclass — 4 boats, 1986–1998
- Template:Sclass<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> — 4 boats planned, 2016 to mid/latter 2030s