List of submarines of the Royal Navy

Pre-First World War

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• B class
• * 11 boats, 1904-1906
• C class
• * 38 boats, 1906-1910

  First World War

• D class
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• E class
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• F class
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• S class
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• V class
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• W class
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• G class
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• H class
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• Nautilus class
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• Swordfish class
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• J class
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• K class
• * HMS K1
• * HMS K2
• * HMS K3
• * HMS K4
• * HMS K5
• * HMS K6
• * HMS K7
• * HMS K8
• * HMS K9
• * HMS K10
• * HMS K11
• * HMS K12
• * HMS K13
• * HMS K14
• * HMS K15
• * HMS K16
• * HMS K17
• * HMS K26
• L class
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• M class
• * HMS M1
• * HMS M2
• * HMS M3
• * HMS M4
• R class
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  Interwar years

• HMS X1
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• Odin class
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• Parthian class
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• Rainbow class
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• S class
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• River or Thames class
• * HMS Thames
• * HMS Severn
• * HMS Clyde
• Grampus class
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• T class
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• U class
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  Second World War

• S class
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• T class
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• U class
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• P611 class
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• United States R-class submarine
• * HMS P511
• * HMS P512
• * HMS P514
• U class
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• V class
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  Cold War

To mid-1950s

• Amphion class
• * Amphion
• * Astute
• * Auriga
• * Aurochs
• * Alcide
• * Alderney
• * Alliance
• * Ambush
• * Anchorite
• * Andrew
• * Affray
• * Aeneas
• * Alaric
• * Artemis
• * Artful
• * Acheron
• * Ace
• * Achates
• Explorer class
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• Stickleback class
• * X51 Stickleback
• * X52 Shrimp
• * X53 Sprat
• * X54 Minnow
• Foreign Built
• * Graph – German Type VII U-boat
• * Meteorite – German Type XVII U-boat
• * N2 – German Type VII-C/41 U-boat
• * X2 – Italian, Archimede-class submarine

  Late 1950s to late 1980s

• Porpoise class
• * Porpoise, commissioned/decommissioned: 1958–1982
• * Narwhal, c/d: 1959–1977
• * Finwhale, c/d: 1960–1987
• * Cachalot, c/d: 1959–1979
• * Sealion, c/d: 1961–1987
• * Walrus, c/d: 1961–1986
• * Grampus, c/d: 1958–1978
• * Rorqual, c/d: 1958–1976
• Oberon class
• * Oberon, commissioned/decommissioned: 1961–1986
• * Onslaught, c/d: 1962–1990
• * Orpheus, c/d: 1960–1990
• * Odin, c/d: 1962–1990
• * Otter, c/d: 1962–1991
• * Olympus, c/d: 1961–1989
• * Oracle, c/d: 1963–1993
• * Ocelot, c/d: 1964–1991
• * Otus, c/d: 1963–1991
• * Opossum, c/d: 1964–1993
• * Opportune, c/d: 1964–1993
• * Osiris, c/d: 1964–1989
• * Onyx, c/d: 1967–1991
• Dreadnought, commissioned/decommissioned: 1963–1980
• Valiant class
• * Valiant, commissioned/decommissioned: 1966–1994
• * Warspite, c/d: 1967–1991
• Resolution class
• * Resolution, commissioned/decommissioned: 1967–1994
• * Repulse, c/d: 1967–1996
• * Renown, c/d: 1967–1996
• * Revenge, c/d: 1969–1992
• Churchill class
• * Churchill, commissioned/decommissioned: 1970–1991
• * Conqueror, c/d: 1971–1990
• * Courageous, c/d: 1971–1992
• Swiftsure class
• * Swiftsure, commissioned/decommissioned: 1973–1992
• * Sovereign, c/d: 1974–2006
• * Superb, c/d: 1976–2008
• * Sceptre, c/d: 1978–2010
• * Spartan, c/d: 1979–2006
• * Splendid, c/d: 1981–2004
• Trafalgar class
• * Trafalgar, commissioned/decommissioned: 1983–2009
• * Turbulent, c/d: 1984–2012
• * Tireless, c/d: 1985–2014
• * Torbay, c/d: 1987–2017
• * Trenchant, c/d: 1989–2022
• * Talent, c/d: 1990–2022
• * Triumph, c/d: 1991-2025

  1990s to present

• Upholder class Transferred to Canada as the Victoria-class submarine
• * Upholder, commissioned/decommissioned: 1990–1994
• * Unseen, c/d: 1991–1994
• * Ursula, c/d: 1992–1994
• * Unicorn, c/d: 1993–1994
• Vanguard class
• * Vanguard, commissioned: 1993
• * Victorious, commissioned: 1995
• * Vigilant, commissioned: 1996
• * Vengeance, commissioned: 1999
• Astute class
• * Astute, commissioned: 2010
• * Ambush, commissioned: 2013
• * Artful, commissioned: 2016
• * Audacious, commissioned: 2020
• * Anson, commissioned: 2022
• * Agamemnon, construction began: 2013/Expected commission: 2025/26
• * Achilles, steel cut/Expected commission: 2029
• Dreadnought class
• *Dreadnought, under construction - first elements of construction underway in 2016
• * Valiant, under construction
• * Warspite, under construction
• * King George VI, under construction