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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 ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!
!No.
!First ship laid down
!Last ship commissioned
!Notes
|-
|{{sclass2|Holland|submarine|4}}
|5
|HMS Holland 1
2 October 1901
|HMS Holland 5
1902
|First submarines of the Royal Navy
|-
|{{sclass2|A|submarine|4||1903}}
|13
|HMS A1
19 February 1902
|HMS A13
22 June 1908
|Royal Navy's first class of British-designed submarines
|-
|[[British B-class submarine|B class]] 
|11
|HMS B1
25 October 1904
|HMS B11
1906
|
|-
|[[British C-class submarine|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 ==
* [[British D-class submarine|D class]] — 8 boats, 1908–1912
* [[British E-class submarine|E class]] — 58 boats, 1912–1916
* [[British F-class submarine|F class]] — 3 boats, 1913–1917
* [[British S-class submarine (1914)|S class]] — 3 boats, 1914–1915
* [[British V-class submarine (1914)|V class]] — 4 boats, 1914–1915
* [[British W-class submarine|W class]] — 4 boats, 1914–1915
* [[British G-class submarine|G class]] — 14 boats, 1915–1917
* [[British H-class submarine|H class]] — 44 boats, 1915–1919
* [[British J-class submarine|J class]] — 7 boats, 1915–1917
* [[British L-class submarine|L class]] — 34 boats, 1917–1919
* [[British M-class submarine|M class]] — 3 boats, 1917–1918
* [[HMS Nautilus (1914)|''Nautilus'' class]] — 1 boat, 1917
* [[British R-class submarine|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
* [[British S-class submarine (1931)|S class]] — 62 boats (subclasses ''Swordfish'' 4, ''Shark'' 8, ''Seraph'' 33, ''Subtle'' 17), 1931–1945
* [[River-class submarine|''Thames'' class]] — 3 boats, 1932
* {{sclass|Grampus|submarine|4}} — 6 boats, 1932–1938
* [[British T-class submarine|T class]] — 52 boats (subclasses ''Triton'' 15, ''Tempest'' 15, ''Taciturn'' 22), 1937–1945
* [[British U-class submarine|''Undine'' class]] — 3 boats, 1937–1938
* [[Oruç Reis-class submarine|''P611'' class]] — 4 boats, 1940
* [[British U-class submarine|''Umpire'' class]] — 37 boats, 1940–1943
* [[British V-class submarine|''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
* [[British Porpoise-class submarine|''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 ==
* [[HMS Swordfish (1916)|''Swordfish'']] — 1 boat, 1916–1922
* [[British K-class submarine|K class]] — 22 boats, 1916–1919

==Foreign-built==
* [[Archimede-class submarine|''Archimede'' class]] — 1 boat, 1934
* [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC U-boat]] — 1 boat, 1941
* [[German Type XVII submarine|Type XVII U-boat]] — 1 boat, 1943
* [[Type XXIII submarine|Type XXIII U-boat]] — 2 boats, 1945<ref name="uboat">{{cite web |last=Helgason |first=Guðmundur |title=U-2326 |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2326.htm |access-date=26 April 2016 |website=Uboat.net}}</ref><ref name="uboat2">{{cite web |last=Helgason |first=Guðmundur |title=U-2353 |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2353.htm |access-date=30 April 2016 |website=Uboat.net}}</ref>

== Nuclear powered ==
=== Land Based Prototype===
* [[HMS Vulcan|HMS ''Vulcan'']] PWR 1 (Dounreay Submarine Prototype 1) 1965–1984
* [[HMS Vulcan|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 
* {{sclass|Astute|submarine|4}} — 7 boats planned (6 commissioned of which 5 in service), 2001 to 2029
* [[SSN-AUKUS|''SSN AUKUS'' class]] - 12 boats planned, building from latter 2020s/early 2030s

=== Ballistic missile ===
* {{sclass|Resolution|submarine|4}} — 4 boats, 1964–1986
* {{sclass|Vanguard|submarine|4}} — 4 boats, 1986–1998
* {{sclass|Dreadnought|submarine|4}}<ref>{{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}}</ref> — 4 boats planned, 2016 to mid/latter 2030s

== See also==
* [[Royal Navy Submarine Service]]
* [[List of submarines of the Royal Navy]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==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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