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Submarines that are currently active and commissioned are shown below in <b>bold</b>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pre-First_World_War">Pre-First World War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_submarines_of_the_Royal_Navy&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Pre-First World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Smfirstholland.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b8/Smfirstholland.jpg/220px-Smfirstholland.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b8/Smfirstholland.jpg/330px-Smfirstholland.jpg 1.5x, 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title="Holland-class submarine">Holland class</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Holland_1" title="HMS Holland 1"><i>Holland 1</i></a>, launched: 2 October 1901, decommissioned: 5 November 1913</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Holland_2" title="HMS Holland 2"><i>Holland 2</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Holland_3" title="HMS Holland 3"><i>Holland 3</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Holland_4" title="HMS Holland 4"><i>Holland 4</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Holland_5" title="HMS Holland 5"><i>Holland 5</i></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-class_submarine_(1903)" title="A-class submarine (1903)">A class</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_A1" title="HMS A1"><i>A1</i></a>, launched: 9 July 1902</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_A2" title="HMS A2"><i>A2</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_A3" title="HMS A3"><i>A3</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_A4" title="HMS A4"><i>A4</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_A5" title="HMS A5"><i>A5</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_A6" title="HMS A6"><i>A6</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_A7" title="HMS A7"><i>A7</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_A8" title="HMS A8"><i>A8</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_A9" title="HMS A9"><i>A9</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_A10" title="HMS A10"><i>A10</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_A11" title="HMS A11"><i>A11</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_A12" title="HMS A12"><i>A12</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_A13" title="HMS A13"><i>A13</i></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_B-class_submarine" title="British B-class submarine">B class</a> <ul><li>11 boats, 1904–1906</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_C-class_submarine" title="British C-class submarine">C class</a> <ul><li>38 boats, 1906–1910</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="First_World_War">First World War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_submarines_of_the_Royal_Navy&action=edit&section=2" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/British_Submarine_HMS_M2%2C_2.jpg/220px-British_Submarine_HMS_M2%2C_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/British_Submarine_HMS_M2%2C_2.jpg/330px-British_Submarine_HMS_M2%2C_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/British_Submarine_HMS_M2%2C_2.jpg/440px-British_Submarine_HMS_M2%2C_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1750" data-file-height="986" /></a><figcaption>HMS <i>M2</i> with her <a href="/wiki/Sea_plane" class="mw-redirect" title="Sea plane">sea plane</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HMS_Thorn.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/HMS_Thorn.jpg/220px-HMS_Thorn.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/HMS_Thorn.jpg/330px-HMS_Thorn.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/HMS_Thorn.jpg/440px-HMS_Thorn.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="616" /></a><figcaption>HMS <i>Thorn</i></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_D-class_submarine" title="British D-class submarine">D class</a> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_E-class_submarine" title="British E-class submarine">E class</a> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_F-class_submarine" title="British F-class submarine">F class</a> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_S-class_submarine_(1914)" title="British S-class submarine (1914)">S class</a> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_V-class_submarine_(1914)" title="British V-class submarine (1914)">V class</a> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_W-class_submarine" title="British W-class submarine">W class</a> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_G-class_submarine" title="British G-class submarine">G class</a> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_H-class_submarine" title="British H-class submarine">H class</a> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Nautilus_(1914)" title="HMS Nautilus (1914)"><i>Nautilus</i> class</a> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Swordfish_(1916)" title="HMS Swordfish (1916)"><i>Swordfish</i> class</a> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_J-class_submarine" class="mw-redirect" title="British J-class submarine">J class</a> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_K-class_submarine" title="British K-class submarine">K class</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_K1" title="HMS K1">HMS <i>K1</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_K2" title="HMS K2">HMS <i>K2</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_K3" title="HMS K3">HMS <i>K3</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_K4" title="HMS K4">HMS <i>K4</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_K5" title="HMS K5">HMS <i>K5</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_K6" title="HMS K6">HMS <i>K6</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_K7" title="HMS K7">HMS <i>K7</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_K8" title="HMS K8">HMS <i>K8</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_K9" title="HMS K9">HMS <i>K9</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_K10" title="HMS K10">HMS <i>K10</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_K11" title="HMS K11">HMS <i>K11</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_K12" title="HMS K12">HMS <i>K12</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_K13" title="HMS K13">HMS <i>K13</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_K14" title="HMS K14">HMS <i>K14</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_K15" title="HMS K15">HMS <i>K15</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_K16" title="HMS K16">HMS <i>K16</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_K17" title="HMS K17">HMS <i>K17</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_K26" title="HMS K26">HMS <i>K26</i></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_L-class_submarine" title="British L-class submarine">L class</a> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_M-class_submarine" title="British M-class submarine">M class</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_M1_(1917)" title="HMS M1 (1917)">HMS <i>M1</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_M2_(1918)" title="HMS M2 (1918)">HMS <i>M2</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_M3_(1918)" title="HMS M3 (1918)">HMS <i>M3</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_M4_(1919)" title="HMS M4 (1919)">HMS <i>M4</i></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_R-class_submarine" title="British R-class submarine">R class</a> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Interwar_years">Interwar years</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_submarines_of_the_Royal_Navy&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Interwar years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HM_Submarine_X1" class="mw-redirect" title="HM Submarine X1">HMS <i>X1</i></a> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odin-class_submarine" title="Odin-class submarine"><i>Odin</i> class</a> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parthian-class_submarine" title="Parthian-class submarine"><i>Parthian</i> class</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Pandora_(N42)" title="HMS Pandora (N42)">HMS <i>Pandora</i> (N42)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Parthian_(N75)" title="HMS Parthian (N75)">HMS <i>Parthian</i> (N75)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Perseus_(N36)" title="HMS Perseus (N36)">HMS <i>Perseus</i> (N36)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Phoenix_(N96)" title="HMS Phoenix (N96)">HMS <i>Phoenix</i> (N96)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Poseidon" title="HMS Poseidon">HMS <i>Poseidon</i> (P99)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Proteus_(N29)" title="HMS Proteus (N29)">HMS <i>Proteus</i> (N29)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rainbow-class_submarine" title="Rainbow-class submarine"><i>Rainbow</i> class</a> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_S-class_submarine_(1931)#First_group" title="British S-class submarine (1931)">S (<i>Swordfish</i>) class</a> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River-class_submarine" title="River-class submarine">River or <i>Thames</i> class</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Thames_(N71)" title="HMS Thames (N71)">HMS <i>Thames</i> (N71)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Severn_(N57)" title="HMS Severn (N57)">HMS <i>Severn</i> (N57)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Clyde_(N12)" title="HMS Clyde (N12)">HMS <i>Clyde</i> (N12)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grampus-class_submarine" title="Grampus-class submarine"><i>Grampus</i> class</a> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_T-class_submarine#Group_One_boats" title="British T-class submarine">T (<i>Triton</i>) class</a> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_U-class_submarine#Group_one_boats" title="British U-class submarine">U (<i>Undine</i>) class</a> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Second_World_War">Second World War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_submarines_of_the_Royal_Navy&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Second World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HMS_Alliance_S67.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/HMS_Alliance_S67.jpg/220px-HMS_Alliance_S67.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/HMS_Alliance_S67.jpg/330px-HMS_Alliance_S67.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/HMS_Alliance_S67.jpg/440px-HMS_Alliance_S67.jpg 2x" data-file-width="553" data-file-height="342" /></a><figcaption>HMS <i>Alliance</i> at Gosport (where she is now part of <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy_Submarine_Museum" title="Royal Navy Submarine Museum">the submarine museum</a>) in 1987</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HMS_Voracious_SLV_Green_1945.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/HMS_Voracious_SLV_Green_1945.jpg/220px-HMS_Voracious_SLV_Green_1945.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/HMS_Voracious_SLV_Green_1945.jpg/330px-HMS_Voracious_SLV_Green_1945.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/HMS_Voracious_SLV_Green_1945.jpg/440px-HMS_Voracious_SLV_Green_1945.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5252" data-file-height="3608" /></a><figcaption>HMS <i>Voracious</i> in 1945</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_S-class_submarine_(1931)#Third_group" title="British S-class submarine (1931)">S (<i>safari</i>) class</a> (War Emergency Programme) <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_T-class_submarine#Group_Two_boats" title="British T-class submarine">T (<i>Tempest</i>) class</a> (War Emergency Programme) <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_U-class_submarine##Group_two_boats" title="British U-class submarine">U (<i>Umpire</i>) class</a> (War Emergency Programme) <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oru%C3%A7_Reis-class_submarine" title="Oruç Reis-class submarine"><i>P611</i> class</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_P611" title="HMS P611">HMS <i>P611</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_P612&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS P612 (page does not exist)">HMS <i>P612</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_P614&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS P614 (page does not exist)">HMS <i>P614</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_P615&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS P615 (page does not exist)">HMS <i>P615</i></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_R-class_submarine" title="United States R-class submarine">United States R-class submarine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_R-3_(SS-80)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS R-3 (SS-80)">HMS <i>P511</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_R-17_(SS-94)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS R-17 (SS-94)">HMS <i>P512</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_R-19_(SS-96)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS R-19 (SS-96)">HMS <i>P514</i></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_U-class_submarine#Group_three_boats" title="British U-class submarine">U (<i>Uproar</i>) class</a> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_V-class_submarine" title="British V-class submarine">V (<i>Vampire</i>) class</a> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cold_War">Cold War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_submarines_of_the_Royal_Navy&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Cold War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="To_mid-1950s">To mid-1950s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_submarines_of_the_Royal_Navy&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: To mid-1950s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amphion-class_submarine" title="Amphion-class submarine"><i>Amphion</i> class</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Amphion_(P439)" title="HMS Amphion (P439)"><i>Amphion</i> (P439/S39/S43)</a> (laid down as <i>Anchorite</i> but name changed before launch)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Astute_(P447)" title="HMS Astute (P447)"><i>Astute</i> (P447/S47/S45)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Auriga_(P419)" title="HMS Auriga (P419)"><i>Auriga</i> (P419/S19/S69)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Aurochs_(P426)" title="HMS Aurochs (P426)"><i>Aurochs</i> (P426/S26/S62)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Alcide_(P415)" title="HMS Alcide (P415)"><i>Alcide</i> (P415/S15/S65)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Alderney_(P416)" title="HMS Alderney (P416)"><i>Alderney</i> (P416/S16/S66)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Alliance_(P417)" title="HMS Alliance (P417)"><i>Alliance</i> (P417/S17/S67)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ambush_(P418)" title="HMS Ambush (P418)"><i>Ambush</i> (P418/S18/S68)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Anchorite_(P422)" title="HMS Anchorite (P422)"><i>Anchorite</i> (P422/S22/S64)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Andrew_(P423)" title="HMS Andrew (P423)"><i>Andrew</i> (P423/S23/S63)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Affray_(P421)" title="HMS Affray (P421)"><i>Affray</i> (P421)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Aeneas_(P427)" title="HMS Aeneas (P427)"><i>Aeneas</i> (P427/S27/S72/SSG72)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Alaric_(P441)" title="HMS Alaric (P441)"><i>Alaric</i> (P441/S41)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Artemis_(P449)" title="HMS Artemis (P449)"><i>Artemis</i> (P449/S39/S49)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Artful_(P456)" title="HMS Artful (P456)"><i>Artful</i> (P456/S56/S96)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Acheron_(P411)" title="HMS Acheron (P411)"><i>Acheron</i> (P411/S11/S61)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ace_(P414)" title="HMS Ace (P414)"><i>Ace</i> (P414)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Achates_(P433)" title="HMS Achates (P433)"><i>Achates</i> (P433)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Explorer-class_submarine" title="Explorer-class submarine"><i>Explorer</i> class</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Explorer_(submarine)" title="HMS Explorer (submarine)">HMS <i>Explorer</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Excalibur" title="HMS Excalibur">HMS <i>Excalibur</i></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stickleback-class_submarine" title="Stickleback-class submarine"><i>Stickleback</i> class</a> (<a href="/wiki/Midget_submarine" title="Midget submarine">midget submarines</a>) <ul><li>X51 Stickleback</li> <li>X52 Shrimp</li> <li>X53 Sprat</li> <li>X54 Minnow</li></ul></li> <li>Foreign Built <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Graph" title="HMS Graph"><i>Graph</i> (P715)</a> – German Type VII U-boat</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Meteorite" title="HMS Meteorite"><i>Meteorite</i></a> – German Type XVII U-boat</li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1105" title="German submarine U-1105"><i>N2</i></a> – German Type VII-C/41 U-boat</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_X2" class="mw-redirect" title="HMS X2"><i>X2</i></a> – Italian, <i>Archimede</i>-class submarine</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Late_1950s_to_late_1980s">Late 1950s to late 1980s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_submarines_of_the_Royal_Navy&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Late 1950s to late 1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From HMS <i>Porpoise</i> Royal Navy submarines were given their own "S" <a href="/wiki/Pennant_number" title="Pennant number">pennant numbers</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Valiant_class_submarine_1986.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Valiant_class_submarine_1986.jpeg/220px-Valiant_class_submarine_1986.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Valiant_class_submarine_1986.jpeg/330px-Valiant_class_submarine_1986.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Valiant_class_submarine_1986.jpeg/440px-Valiant_class_submarine_1986.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2003" /></a><figcaption>A <i>Valiant</i>-class <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_submarine" title="Nuclear submarine">nuclear submarine</a>. Whilst HMS <i>Dreadnought</i> had an American reactor, these were fully British-built</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HMS_Tireless_S-88.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/HMS_Tireless_S-88.jpg/220px-HMS_Tireless_S-88.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/HMS_Tireless_S-88.jpg/330px-HMS_Tireless_S-88.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/HMS_Tireless_S-88.jpg/440px-HMS_Tireless_S-88.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="445" /></a><figcaption>HMS <i>Tireless</i> at the North Pole</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Porpoise-class_submarine" title="British Porpoise-class submarine"><i>Porpoise</i> class</a> (Diesel-electric hunter-killer) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Porpoise_(S01)" title="HMS Porpoise (S01)"><i>Porpoise</i></a>, commissioned/decommissioned: 1958–1982</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Narwhal_(S03)" title="HMS Narwhal (S03)"><i>Narwhal</i></a>, c/d: 1959–1977</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Finwhale_(S05)" class="mw-redirect" title="HMS Finwhale (S05)"><i>Finwhale</i></a>, c/d: 1960–1987 (harbour service from 1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Cachalot_(S06)" title="HMS Cachalot (S06)"><i>Cachalot</i></a>, c/d: 1959–1979</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Sealion_(S07)" title="HMS Sealion (S07)"><i>Sealion</i></a>, c/d: 1961–1987</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Walrus_(S08)" title="HMS Walrus (S08)"><i>Walrus</i></a>, c/d: 1961–1986</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Grampus_(S04)" title="HMS Grampus (S04)"><i>Grampus</i></a>, c/d: 1958–1978</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Rorqual_(S02)" title="HMS Rorqual (S02)"><i>Rorqual</i></a>, c/d: 1958–1976</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oberon-class_submarine" title="Oberon-class submarine"><i>Oberon</i> class</a> (Diesel-electric hunter-killer) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Oberon_(S09)" title="HMS Oberon (S09)"><i>Oberon</i></a>, commissioned/decommissioned: 1961–1986</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Onslaught_(S14)" title="HMS Onslaught (S14)"><i>Onslaught</i></a>, c/d: 1962–1990</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Orpheus_(S11)" title="HMS Orpheus (S11)"><i>Orpheus</i></a>, c/d: 1960–1990 (harbour service from 1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Odin_(S10)" title="HMS Odin (S10)"><i>Odin</i></a>, c/d: 1962–1990</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Otter_(S15)" title="HMS Otter (S15)"><i>Otter</i></a>, c/d: 1962–1991</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Olympus_(S12)" title="HMS Olympus (S12)"><i>Olympus</i></a>, c/d: 1961–1989</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Oracle_(S16)" title="HMS Oracle (S16)"><i>Oracle</i></a>, c/d: 1963–1993</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ocelot_(S17)" title="HMS Ocelot (S17)"><i>Ocelot</i></a>, c/d: 1964–1991</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Otus_(S18)" title="HMS Otus (S18)"><i>Otus</i></a>, c/d: 1963–1991</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Opossum_(S19)" title="HMS Opossum (S19)"><i>Opossum</i></a>, c/d: 1964–1993</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Opportune_(S20)" title="HMS Opportune (S20)"><i>Opportune</i></a>, c/d: 1964–1993</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Osiris_(S13)" title="HMS Osiris (S13)"><i>Osiris</i></a>, c/d: 1964–1989</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Onyx_(S21)" title="HMS Onyx (S21)"><i>Onyx</i></a>, c/d: 1967–1991</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Dreadnought_(S101)" title="HMS Dreadnought (S101)"><i>Dreadnought</i></a> (Nuclear-powered hunter-killer), commissioned/decommissioned: 1963–1980</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valiant-class_submarine" title="Valiant-class submarine"><i>Valiant</i> class</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rolls-Royce_PWR" title="Rolls-Royce PWR">PWR1</a> nuclear-powered hunter-killer) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Valiant_(S102)" title="HMS Valiant (S102)"><i>Valiant</i></a>, commissioned/decommissioned: 1966–1994</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Warspite_(S103)" title="HMS Warspite (S103)"><i>Warspite</i></a>, c/d: 1967–1991</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resolution-class_submarine" title="Resolution-class submarine"><i>Resolution</i> class</a> (PWR1 nuclear-powered ballistic missile) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Resolution_(S22)" title="HMS Resolution (S22)"><i>Resolution</i></a>, commissioned/decommissioned: 1967–1994</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Repulse_(S23)" title="HMS Repulse (S23)"><i>Repulse</i></a>, c/d: 1967–1996</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Renown_(S26)" title="HMS Renown (S26)"><i>Renown</i></a>, c/d: 1967–1996</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Revenge_(S27)" title="HMS Revenge (S27)"><i>Revenge</i></a>, c/d: 1969–1992</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Churchill-class_submarine" title="Churchill-class submarine"><i>Churchill</i> class</a> (PWR1 nuclear-powered hunter-killer) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Churchill_(S46)" title="HMS Churchill (S46)"><i>Churchill</i></a>, commissioned/decommissioned: 1970–1991</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Conqueror_(S48)" title="HMS Conqueror (S48)"><i>Conqueror</i></a>, c/d: 1971–1990</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Courageous_(S50)" title="HMS Courageous (S50)"><i>Courageous</i></a>, c/d: 1971–1992</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiftsure-class_submarine" title="Swiftsure-class submarine"><i>Swiftsure</i> class</a> (PWR1 nuclear-powered hunter-killer) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Swiftsure_(S126)" title="HMS Swiftsure (S126)"><i>Swiftsure</i></a>, commissioned/decommissioned: 1973–1992</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Sovereign_(S108)" title="HMS Sovereign (S108)"><i>Sovereign</i></a>, c/d: 1974–2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Superb_(S109)" title="HMS Superb (S109)"><i>Superb</i></a>, c/d: 1976–2008</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Sceptre_(S104)" title="HMS Sceptre (S104)"><i>Sceptre</i></a>, c/d: 1978–2010</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Spartan_(S105)" title="HMS Spartan (S105)"><i>Spartan</i></a>, c/d: 1979–2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Splendid_(S106)" title="HMS Splendid (S106)"><i>Splendid</i></a>, c/d: 1981–2004</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trafalgar-class_submarine" title="Trafalgar-class submarine"><i>Trafalgar</i> class</a> (PWR1 nuclear-powered hunter-killer) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Trafalgar_(S107)" title="HMS Trafalgar (S107)"><i>Trafalgar</i></a>, commissioned/decommissioned: 1983–2009</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Turbulent_(S87)" title="HMS Turbulent (S87)"><i>Turbulent</i></a>, c/d: 1984–2012</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Tireless_(S88)" title="HMS Tireless (S88)"><i>Tireless</i></a>, c/d: 1985–2014</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Torbay_(S90)" title="HMS Torbay (S90)"><i>Torbay</i></a>, c/d: 1987–2017</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Trenchant_(S91)" title="HMS Trenchant (S91)"><i>Trenchant</i></a>, c/d: 1989-2022</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Talent_(S92)" title="HMS Talent (S92)"><i>Talent</i></a>, c/d: 1990-2022</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/HMS_Triumph_(S93)" title="HMS Triumph (S93)"><i>Triumph</i></a></b>, commissioned: 1991</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading 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Please help <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_submarines_of_the_Royal_Navy&action=edit">improve this article</a> by introducing <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">citations</a> to additional sources at this section.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2017</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Upholder-class_submarine" class="mw-redirect" title="Upholder-class submarine"><i>Upholder</i> class</a> (Diesel-electric hunter-killer) Transferred to Canada as the <a href="/wiki/Victoria-class_submarine" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria-class submarine">Victoria-class submarine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Upholder_(S40)" class="mw-redirect" title="HMS Upholder (S40)"><i>Upholder</i></a>, commissioned/decommissioned: 1990–1994</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Unseen_(S41)" class="mw-redirect" title="HMS Unseen (S41)"><i>Unseen</i></a>, c/d: 1991–1994</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ursula_(S42)" class="mw-redirect" title="HMS Ursula (S42)"><i>Ursula</i></a>, c/d: 1992–1994</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Unicorn_(S43)" class="mw-redirect" title="HMS Unicorn (S43)"><i>Unicorn</i></a>, c/d: 1993–1994</li></ul></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Astute2cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Astute2cropped.jpg/220px-Astute2cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="230" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Astute2cropped.jpg/330px-Astute2cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Astute2cropped.jpg/440px-Astute2cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1164" data-file-height="1218" /></a><figcaption>HMS <i>Astute</i> being launched</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vanguard-class_submarine" title="Vanguard-class submarine"><i>Vanguard</i> class</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rolls-Royce_PWR" title="Rolls-Royce PWR">PWR2</a> nuclear-powered ballistic missile) <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/HMS_Vanguard_(S28)" title="HMS Vanguard (S28)"><i>Vanguard</i></a></b>, commissioned: 1993</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/HMS_Victorious_(S29)" title="HMS Victorious (S29)"><i>Victorious</i></a></b>, commissioned: 1995</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/HMS_Vigilant_(S30)" title="HMS Vigilant (S30)"><i>Vigilant</i></a></b>, commissioned: 1996</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/HMS_Vengeance_(S31)" title="HMS Vengeance (S31)"><i>Vengeance</i></a></b>, commissioned: 1999</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astute-class_submarine" title="Astute-class submarine"><i>Astute</i> class</a> (PWR2 nuclear-powered hunter-killer) <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/HMS_Astute_(S119)" title="HMS Astute (S119)"><i>Astute</i></a></b>, commissioned: 2010</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ambush_(S120)" title="HMS Ambush (S120)"><i>Ambush</i></a></b>, commissioned: 2013</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/HMS_Artful_(S121)" title="HMS Artful (S121)"><i>Artful</i></a></b>, commissioned: 2016</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/HMS_Audacious_(S122)" title="HMS Audacious (S122)"><i>Audacious</i></a></b>, commissioned: 2020</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/HMS_Anson_(S123)" title="HMS Anson (S123)"><i>Anson</i></a></b>, commissioned: 2022</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Agamemnon_(S124)" class="mw-redirect" title="HMS Agamemnon (S124)"><i>Agamemnon</i></a>, construction began: 2013/Expected commission: 2025</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Agincourt_(S125)" class="mw-redirect" title="HMS Agincourt (S125)"><i>Agincourt</i></a>, confirmed, steel cut/Expected commission: 2026</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dreadnought-class_submarine" title="Dreadnought-class submarine"><i>Dreadnought</i> class</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rolls-Royce_PWR" title="Rolls-Royce PWR">PWR3</a> nuclear-powered ballistic missile)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><i>Dreadnought</i>, under construction - first elements of construction underway in 2016<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Valiant</i>, under construction</li> <li><i>Warspite</i>, under construction</li> <li><i>King George VI</i>, ordered</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_submarines_of_the_Royal_Navy&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See 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