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margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Naval_Ensign_of_the_Soviet_Union_%281950%E2%80%931991%29.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_Soviet_Union_%281950%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Naval_Ensign_of_the_Soviet_Union_%281950%E2%80%931991%29.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_Soviet_Union_%281950%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Naval_Ensign_of_the_Soviet_Union_%281950%E2%80%931991%29.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_Soviet_Union_%281950%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Navy" title="Soviet Navy">Soviet Navy</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Preceded by</td><td><a href="/wiki/British_E-class_submarine" title="British E-class submarine">E class</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Succeeded by</td><td><a href="/wiki/Odin-class_submarine" title="Odin-class submarine"><i>Odin</i> class</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">In commission</td><td>1917 - 1942</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Planned</td><td>73</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Completed</td><td>27</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">Submarine</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>Group 1</i> :</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">890 long tons (904 t) surfaced</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1,074 long tons (1,091 t) submerged</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>Group 2</i> :</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">914 long tons (929 t) surfaced</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1,089 long tons (1,106 t) submerged</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>Group 3</i> :</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">960 long tons (975 t) surfaced</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1,150 long tons (1,168 t) submerged<sup id="cite_ref-battleships-cruisers_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-battleships-cruisers-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>Group 1</i> : 222 ft (67.7 m)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>Group 2</i> : 228 ft (69.5 m)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>Group 3</i> : 230 ft 6 in (70.3 m)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><b>Surfaced</b></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>Group 1</i> : 17.3 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (32.0 km/h; 19.9 mph)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>Group 2</i> : 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>Group 3</i> : 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><b>Submerged</b></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>Group 1 & 2</i> :</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2,800 nmi (5,200 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>Group 3</i> :</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4,800 nmi (8,900 km) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced<sup id="cite_ref-battleships-cruisers_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-battleships-cruisers-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>Group 1</i> : 35</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>Group 2</i> : 38</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>Group 3</i> : 44</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><b>Group 1</b> :</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">6 × 18-inch (450 mm) <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tube" title="Torpedo tube">torpedo tubes</a> (4 bow, 2 beam)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">10 × <a href="/wiki/British_18_inch_torpedo" class="mw-redirect" title="British 18 inch torpedo">18-inch torpedoes</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × <a href="/wiki/QF_4_inch_naval_gun_Mk_IV,_XII,_XXII" class="mw-redirect" title="QF 4 inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII">4-inch gun</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><b>Group 2</b> :</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × 21-inch (533 mm) bow torpedo tubes</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × 18-inch (450 mm) beam torpedo tubes</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">8 × <a href="/wiki/British_21_inch_torpedo" class="mw-redirect" title="British 21 inch torpedo">21-inch</a> and 2 × <a href="/wiki/British_18_inch_torpedo" class="mw-redirect" title="British 18 inch torpedo">18-inch</a> torpedoes</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × 4-inch gun</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><b>or</b></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × <a href="/wiki/British_21_inch_torpedo" class="mw-redirect" title="British 21 inch torpedo">21-inch (533 mm)</a> <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tube" title="Torpedo tube">torpedo tubes</a> (bow)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">16 × <a href="/wiki/Naval_mine" title="Naval mine">mines</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × 4-inch gun</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><b>Group 3</b> :</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">6 × 21-inch (533 mm) <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tube" title="Torpedo tube">torpedo tubes</a> (bow)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">12 × <a href="/wiki/British_21_inch_torpedo" class="mw-redirect" title="British 21 inch torpedo">21-inch (533 mm) torpedoes</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × 4-inch (102 mm) guns<sup id="cite_ref-battleships-cruisers_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-battleships-cruisers-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>The <b>British L-class submarine</b> was originally planned under the emergency war programme as an improved version of the <a href="/wiki/British_E-class_submarine" title="British E-class submarine">British E-class submarine</a>. The scale of change allowed the L class to become a separate class. </p><p>The armament was increased when the <a href="/wiki/British_21_inch_torpedo" class="mw-redirect" title="British 21 inch torpedo">21-inch torpedoes</a> came into service. The Group 3 boats had two <a href="/wiki/QF_4_inch_naval_gun_Mk_IV,_XII,_XXII" class="mw-redirect" title="QF 4 inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII">QF 4-inch guns</a> fore and aft of the lengthened <a href="/wiki/Conning_tower" title="Conning tower">conning tower</a>. Also, 76 tons of fuel oil was carried in external wing tanks for the first time in British submarines. Several of the Group 1 boats were configured as minelayers including <i>L11</i> and <i>L12</i>. In the Group 2 boats, <i>L14</i>, <i>L17</i> and <i>L24</i> to <i>L27</i> were built as minelayers carrying 16 <a href="/wiki/Naval_mine" title="Naval mine">mines</a> but without the two beam <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tube" title="Torpedo tube">torpedo tubes</a>. </p><p>The introduction of the L class came too late to contribute significantly in <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. <a href="/wiki/HMS_L2" title="HMS L2"><i>L2</i></a> was accidentally depth-charged by three American <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyers</a> in early 1918. <a href="/wiki/HMS_L12" title="HMS L12"><i>L12</i></a> torpedoed the German submarine <a href="/wiki/SM_UB-90" title="SM UB-90"><i>UB-90</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/HMS_L10" title="HMS L10"><i>L10</i></a> torpedoed the German destroyer <i>S33</i> in October 1918 but was sunk by accompanying destroyers. <a href="/wiki/HMS_L24" title="HMS L24"><i>L24</i></a> was sunk with all hands lost in a collision with the battleship <a href="/wiki/HMS_Resolution_(09)" title="HMS Resolution (09)"><i>Resolution</i></a> during an exercise off Portland Bill in the English Channel on 10 January 1924. </p><p><a href="/wiki/HMS_L55" title="HMS L55"><i>L55</i></a> was sunk in 1919 during <a href="/wiki/British_campaign_in_the_Baltic_(1918%E2%80%931919)" title="British campaign in the Baltic (1918–1919)">the British naval intervention</a> in the Russian civil war by Bolshevik Russian <a href="/wiki/Destroyers" class="mw-redirect" title="Destroyers">destroyers</a>. She was salvaged by the Russians and who re-commissioned her with the same name. </p><p>The L class served throughout the 1920s and the majority were scrapped in the 1930s but three remained operational as training boats during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. The last three were scrapped in 1946. </p><p>Parts of uncompleted L-class submarines were used for the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Yugoslavia" title="Kingdom of Yugoslavia">Yugoslav</a> <a href="/wiki/Hrabri-class_submarine" title="Hrabri-class submarine"><i>Hrabri</i>-class</a> submarines. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design">Design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_L-class_submarine&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The L class emerged as an improvement on the earlier <a href="/wiki/British_E-class_submarine" title="British E-class submarine">E class</a>; the first two members of the L class were originally ordered as lengthened E-class boats, and were initially named <i>E57</i> and <i>E58</i>. The design returned to the circular <a href="/wiki/Pressure_hull" class="mw-redirect" title="Pressure hull">pressure hull</a> of the E-class boats, as the irregularly shaped hulls of the <a href="/wiki/British_G-class_submarine" title="British G-class submarine">G</a> and <a href="/wiki/J-class_submarine" title="J-class submarine">J classes</a> had proved to be unsuccessful, particularly because the circular hull shape was much better at withstanding the force of underwater explosions.<sup id="cite_ref-A166_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A166-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Characteristics">Characteristics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_L-class_submarine&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Characteristics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HMS_L_15_starboard_bow_view.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/HMS_L_15_starboard_bow_view.jpg/220px-HMS_L_15_starboard_bow_view.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/HMS_L_15_starboard_bow_view.jpg/330px-HMS_L_15_starboard_bow_view.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/HMS_L_15_starboard_bow_view.jpg/440px-HMS_L_15_starboard_bow_view.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1014" data-file-height="395" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/HMS_L15" title="HMS L15">HMS <i>L15</i></a>, c. 1918</figcaption></figure> <p>The L-class boats were divided into three separate sub-classes: the I, II, and III types. The I-type boats were 231 feet 1 inch (70.43 m) <a href="/wiki/Length_overall" title="Length overall">long overall</a> and they had a <a href="/wiki/Beam_(nautical)" title="Beam (nautical)">beam</a> of 23 ft 5.5 in (7.150 m) and a <a href="/wiki/Draft_(hull)" title="Draft (hull)">draught</a> of 13 ft 3 in (4.04 m) at normal loading. They displaced 891 long tons (905 t) surfaced and 1,074 long tons (1,091 t) submerged. The II-type boats were slightly longer, at 238 ft 7 in (72.72 m) overall, with the same beam and draught. They displaced 914 long tons (929 t) surfaced and 1,089 long tons (1,106 t) submerged. The III-type submarines were 235 ft (72 m) long, with the same beam but a draught of 13 ft 1.5 in (4.001 m). They displaced more than their half-sisters, at 960 long tons (975 t) surfaced and 1,150 long tons (1,168 t) submerged. The three sub-classes had crews of 35, 38, and 44, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-GG934_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GG934-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>All three sub-classes had the same propulsion system: two <a href="/wiki/Diesel_engine" title="Diesel engine">diesel engines</a> for use while surfaced and two corresponding electric motors for use submerged. The diesel engines were rated at 2,400 horsepower (1,800 kW), while the electric motors produced 1,600 hp (1,200 kW). They could cruise at 17 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (31 km/h; 20 mph) while surfaced and 10.5 kn (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) while submerged. While running on the surface at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph), the submarines could cruise for a range of 3,800 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nautical miles</a> (7,000 km; 4,400 mi); range figures for the Type-III boats were instead 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph).<sup id="cite_ref-GG934_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GG934-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The L-class submarines were armed with a primary armament of six <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tube" title="Torpedo tube">torpedo tubes</a>. The Type-I boats were equipped with six 18-inch (460 mm) tubes, with four in the bow and two on the <a href="/wiki/Broadside_(naval)" title="Broadside (naval)">broadside</a>. These were supplied with a total of ten <a href="/wiki/Torpedo" title="Torpedo">torpedoes</a>. The Type-II boats exchanged the 18-inch bow tubes for more powerful 21-inch (530 mm) tubes; these had eight torpedoes in total. The 18-inch broadside tubes retained a single torpedo apiece. Those Type-II submarines that were completed as minelaying submarines kept their bow tubes but were not fitted with the broadside tubes. They instead had a capacity for fourteen to sixteen <a href="/wiki/Naval_mine" title="Naval mine">naval mines</a>. The Type-III boats were equipped with six 21-inch tubes, all located in the bow. The first two sub-classes were also equipped with a 4-inch (100 mm) <a href="/wiki/Deck_gun" title="Deck gun">deck gun</a> for use whilst surfaced, while the Type-III submarines had two such guns. The gun was mounted on a revolving platform on the bridge level to increase its range and permit it to engage surfaced enemy submarines beyond torpedo range and in heavier seas.<sup id="cite_ref-GG934_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GG934-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Members_of_the_class">Members of the class</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_L-class_submarine&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Members of the class"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HMS_L52.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/HMS_L52.jpg/220px-HMS_L52.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="123" class="mw-file-element" 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href="http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/l_class.htm">"L Class Submarines"</a>. <i>battleships-cruisers.co.uk</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 May</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=battleships-cruisers.co.uk&rft.atitle=L+Class+Submarines&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.battleships-cruisers.co.uk%2Fl_class.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABritish+L-class+submarine" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-A166-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-A166_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Akermann, p. 166</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-GG934-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-GG934_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GG934_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GG934_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Gardiner & Gray, pp. 93–94</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_L-class_submarine&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAkermann2002" class="citation book cs1">Akermann, Paul (2002). <i>Encyclopedia of British Submarines 1901–1955</i>. Penzance: Periscope Publishing Ltd. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781904381051" title="Special:BookSources/9781904381051"><bdi>9781904381051</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+British+Submarines+1901%E2%80%931955&rft.place=Penzance&rft.pub=Periscope+Publishing+Ltd.&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=9781904381051&rft.aulast=Akermann&rft.aufirst=Paul&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABritish+L-class+submarine" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGardinerGray1985" class="citation book cs1">Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/allworldsfightin00rgre"><i>Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921</i></a>. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87021-907-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-87021-907-3"><bdi>0-87021-907-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Conway%27s+All+the+World%27s+Fighting+Ships+1906%E2%80%931921&rft.place=Annapolis&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=1985&rft.isbn=0-87021-907-3&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fallworldsfightin00rgre&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABritish+L-class+submarine" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_L-class_submarine&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; 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L10"><i>L10</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_L11" title="HMS L11"><i>L11</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_L12" title="HMS L12"><i>L12</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_L14" title="HMS L14"><i>L14</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_L15" title="HMS L15"><i>L15</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_L16" title="HMS L16"><i>L16</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_L17" title="HMS L17"><i>L17</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_L18" title="HMS L18"><i>L18</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_L19" title="HMS L19"><i>L19</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_L20" title="HMS L20"><i>L20</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_L21" title="HMS L21"><i>L21</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_L22" title="HMS L22"><i>L22</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_L23" title="HMS L23"><i>L23</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_L24" title="HMS L24"><i>L24</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_L25" title="HMS L25"><i>L25</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_L26" title="HMS L26"><i>L26</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_L27" title="HMS L27"><i>L27</i></a></li> <li><i>L28</i><sup>N</sup></li> <li><i>L29</i><sup>N</sup></li> <li><i>L30</i><sup>N</sup></li> <li><i>L31</i><sup>N</sup></li> <li><i>L32</i><sup>N</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_L33" title="HMS L33"><i>L33</i></a></li> <li><i>L34</i><sup>X</sup></li> <li><i>L35</i><sup>X</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><i>L50</i> class</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>L50</i><sup>X</sup></li> <li><i>L51</i><sup>X</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_L52" title="HMS L52"><i>L52</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_L53" title="HMS L53"><i>L53</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_L54" title="HMS L54"><i>L54</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_L55" title="HMS L55"><i>L55</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_L56" title="HMS L56"><i>L56</i></a></li> <li><i>L57</i><sup>X</sup></li> <li><i>L58</i><sup>X</sup></li> <li><i>L59</i><sup>X</sup></li> <li><i>L60</i><sup>X</sup></li> <li><i>L61</i><sup>X</sup></li> <li><i>L62</i><sup>X</sup></li> <li><i>L63</i><sup>X</sup></li> <li><i>L64</i><sup>X</sup></li> <li><i>L65</i><sup>X</sup></li> <li><i>L66</i><sup>X</sup></li> <li><i>L67</i><sup>X</sup></li> <li><i>L68</i><sup>X</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_L69" title="HMS L69"><i>L69</i></a></li> <li><i>L70</i><sup>X</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_L71" title="HMS L71"><i>L71</i></a></li> <li><i>L72</i><sup>X</sup></li> <li><i>L73</i><sup>X</sup></li> <li><i>L74</i><sup>X</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Preceded by: <a href="/wiki/J-class_submarine" title="J-class submarine">J class</a></li> <li>Followed by: <a href="/wiki/British_M-class_submarine" title="British M-class submarine">M class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>N</dt> <dd>Not completed</dd> <dt>X</dt> <dd>Cancelled</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_submarines_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of submarines of the Royal Navy">List of submarines of the Royal Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_submarine_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy">List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy</a></li></ul> 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style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>M</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Pegasus_(1917)" title="HMS Pegasus (1917)"><i>Pegasus</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Nairana_(1917)" title="HMS Nairana (1917)"><i>Nairana</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Argus_(I49)" title="HMS Argus (I49)"><i>Argus</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Vindictive_(1918)" title="HMS Vindictive (1918)"><i>Vindictive</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Dreadnought" title="Dreadnought">Dreadnought battleships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Dreadnought_(1906)" title="HMS Dreadnought (1906)"><i>Dreadnought</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bellerophon-class_battleship" title="Bellerophon-class battleship"><i>Bellerophon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Vincent-class_battleship" title="St Vincent-class battleship"><i>St Vincent</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Neptune_(1909)" title="HMS Neptune (1909)"><i>Neptune</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colossus-class_battleship_(1910)" title="Colossus-class battleship (1910)"><i>Colossus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orion-class_battleship" title="Orion-class battleship"><i>Orion</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_George_V-class_battleship_(1911)" title="King George V-class battleship (1911)"><i>King George V</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Erin" title="HMS Erin"><i>Erin</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Agincourt_(1913)" title="HMS Agincourt (1913)"><i>Agincourt</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iron_Duke-class_battleship" title="Iron Duke-class battleship"><i>Iron Duke</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chilean_battleship_Almirante_Latorre" title="Chilean battleship Almirante Latorre"><i>Canada</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth-class_battleship" title="Queen Elizabeth-class battleship"><i>Queen Elizabeth</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenge-class_battleship" title="Revenge-class battleship"><i>Revenge</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Pre-dreadnought_battleship" title="Pre-dreadnought battleship">Pre-dreadnought battleships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Sovereign-class_battleship" title="Royal Sovereign-class battleship"><i>Royal Sovereign</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Majestic-class_battleship" title="Majestic-class battleship"><i>Majestic</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canopus-class_battleship" title="Canopus-class battleship"><i>Canopus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Formidable-class_battleship" title="Formidable-class battleship"><i>Formidable</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London-class_battleship" title="London-class battleship"><i>London</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duncan-class_battleship" title="Duncan-class battleship"><i>Duncan</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Edward_VII-class_battleship" title="King Edward VII-class battleship"><i>King Edward VII</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiftsure-class_battleship" title="Swiftsure-class battleship"><i>Swiftsure</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Nelson-class_battleship" title="Lord Nelson-class battleship"><i>Lord Nelson</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Battlecruiser" title="Battlecruiser">Battlecruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Invincible-class_battlecruiser" title="Invincible-class battlecruiser"><i>Invincible</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indefatigable-class_battlecruiser" title="Indefatigable-class battlecruiser"><i>Indefatigable</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lion-class_battlecruiser" title="Lion-class battlecruiser"><i>Lion</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Queen_Mary" title="HMS Queen Mary"><i>Queen Mary</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Tiger_(1913)" title="HMS Tiger (1913)"><i>Tiger</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renown-class_battlecruiser" title="Renown-class battlecruiser"><i>Renown</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courageous-class_battlecruiser" title="Courageous-class battlecruiser"><i>Courageous</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiral-class_battlecruiser" title="Admiral-class battlecruiser">Admiral</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Armored_cruiser" title="Armored cruiser">Armoured cruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cressy-class_cruiser" title="Cressy-class cruiser"><i>Cressy</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drake-class_cruiser" title="Drake-class cruiser"><i>Drake</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monmouth-class_cruiser" title="Monmouth-class cruiser"><i>Monmouth</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devonshire-class_cruiser_(1903)" title="Devonshire-class cruiser (1903)"><i>Devonshire</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Edinburgh-class_cruiser" title="Duke of Edinburgh-class cruiser"><i>Duke of Edinburgh</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrior-class_cruiser" title="Warrior-class cruiser"><i>Warrior</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minotaur-class_cruiser_(1906)" title="Minotaur-class cruiser (1906)"><i>Minotaur</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Heavy_cruiser" title="Heavy cruiser">Heavy cruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hawkins-class_cruiser" title="Hawkins-class cruiser"><i>Hawkins</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Light_cruiser" title="Light cruiser">Light cruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Town-class_cruiser_(1910)" title="Town-class cruiser (1910)">Town</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>G</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arethusa-class_cruiser_(1913)" title="Arethusa-class cruiser (1913)"><i>Arethusa</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C-class_cruiser" title="C-class cruiser">C</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>G</sup></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danae-class_cruiser" title="Danae-class cruiser"><i>Danae</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emerald-class_cruiser" title="Emerald-class cruiser"><i>Emerald</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Protected_cruiser" title="Protected cruiser">Protected cruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apollo-class_cruiser" title="Apollo-class cruiser"><i>Apollo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astraea-class_cruiser" title="Astraea-class cruiser"><i>Astraea</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eclipse-class_cruiser" title="Eclipse-class cruiser"><i>Eclipse</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blake-class_cruiser" title="Blake-class cruiser"><i>Blake</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearl-class_cruiser" title="Pearl-class cruiser"><i>Pearl</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar-class_cruiser" title="Edgar-class cruiser"><i>Edgar</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Powerful-class_cruiser" title="Powerful-class cruiser"><i>Powerful</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diadem-class_cruiser" title="Diadem-class cruiser"><i>Diadem</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arrogant-class_cruiser" title="Arrogant-class cruiser"><i>Arrogant</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pelorus-class_cruiser" title="Pelorus-class cruiser"><i>Pelorus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highflyer-class_cruiser" title="Highflyer-class cruiser"><i>Highflyer</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Challenger-class_cruiser" title="Challenger-class cruiser"><i>Challenger</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Topaze-class_cruiser" title="Topaze-class cruiser"><i>Topaze</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scout_cruiser" title="Scout cruiser">Scout cruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adventure-class_cruiser" title="Adventure-class cruiser"><i>Adventure</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forward-class_cruiser" title="Forward-class cruiser"><i>Forward</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pathfinder-class_cruiser" title="Pathfinder-class cruiser"><i>Pathfinder</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sentinel-class_cruiser" title="Sentinel-class cruiser"><i>Sentinel</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boadicea-class_cruiser" title="Boadicea-class cruiser"><i>Boadicea</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blonde-class_cruiser" title="Blonde-class cruiser"><i>Blonde</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Active-class_cruiser" title="Active-class cruiser"><i>Active</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Flotilla_leader" title="Flotilla leader">Destroyer flotilla leaders</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Swift_(1907)" title="HMS Swift (1907)"><i>Swift</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faulknor-class_flotilla_leader" title="Faulknor-class flotilla leader"><i>Faulknor</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marksman-class_flotilla_leader" title="Marksman-class flotilla leader"><i>Marksman</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parker-class_flotilla_leader" title="Parker-class flotilla leader"><i>Parker</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thornycroft_type_destroyer_leader" title="Thornycroft type destroyer leader">Thornycroft (or <i>Shakespeare</i>)</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_type_flotilla_leader" title="Admiralty type flotilla leader">Admiralty (or <i>Scott</i>)</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">Destroyers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A-class_destroyer_(1913)" title="A-class destroyer (1913)">A</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>G</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B-class_destroyer_(1913)" title="B-class destroyer (1913)">B</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>G</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C-class_destroyer_(1913)" title="C-class destroyer (1913)">C</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>G</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D-class_destroyer_(1913)" title="D-class destroyer (1913)">D</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>G</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River-class_destroyer_(1903)" title="River-class destroyer (1903)">E</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>G</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tribal-class_destroyer_(1905)" title="Tribal-class destroyer (1905)">F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beagle-class_destroyer" title="Beagle-class destroyer">G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acorn-class_destroyer" title="Acorn-class destroyer">H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acheron-class_destroyer" title="Acheron-class destroyer">I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acasta-class_destroyer" title="Acasta-class destroyer">K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laforey-class_destroyer_(1913)" title="Laforey-class destroyer (1913)">L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_M-class_destroyer" title="Admiralty M-class destroyer">Admiralty M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_M-class_destroyer" title="Hawthorn M-class destroyer">Hawthorn M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thornycroft_M-class_destroyer" title="Thornycroft M-class destroyer">Thornycroft M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yarrow_M-class_destroyer" title="Yarrow M-class destroyer">Yarrow M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yarrow_Later_M-class_destroyer" title="Yarrow Later M-class destroyer">Yarrow Later M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medea-class_destroyer" title="Medea-class destroyer">Medea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Arno_(1915)" title="HMS Arno (1915)"><i>Arno</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R-class_destroyer_(1916)" title="R-class destroyer (1916)">R</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>G</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S-class_destroyer_(1917)" title="S-class destroyer (1917)">S</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>G</sup></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talisman-class_destroyer" title="Talisman-class destroyer"><i>Talisman</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V_and_W-class_destroyer" title="V and W-class destroyer">V and W</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>G</sup></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Torpedo_boat" title="Torpedo boat">Torpedo boats</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_TB_81_(1885)" title="HMS TB 81 (1885)"><i>TB 81</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=TB_98-class_torpedo_boat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="TB 98-class torpedo boat (page does not exist)"><i>TB 98</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=TB_109-class_torpedo_boat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="TB 109-class torpedo boat (page does not exist)"><i>TB 109</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TB_114-class_torpedo_boat" title="TB 114-class torpedo boat"><i>TB 114</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cricket-class_destroyer" title="Cricket-class destroyer"><i>Cricket</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>G</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Monitor_(warship)" title="Monitor (warship)">Monitors</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marshal_Ney-class_monitor" title="Marshal Ney-class monitor"><i>Marshal Ney</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abercrombie-class_monitor" title="Abercrombie-class monitor"><i>Abercrombie</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Clive-class_monitor" title="Lord Clive-class monitor"><i>Lord Clive</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humber-class_monitor" title="Humber-class monitor"><i>Humber</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorgon-class_monitor" title="Gorgon-class monitor"><i>Gorgon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M15-class_monitor" title="M15-class monitor"><i>M15</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M29-class_monitor" title="M29-class monitor"><i>M29</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erebus-class_monitor" title="Erebus-class monitor"><i>Erebus</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Minesweeper" title="Minesweeper">Minesweepers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Racecourse-class_minesweeper" title="Racecourse-class minesweeper">Racecourse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunt-class_minesweeper_(1916)" title="Hunt-class minesweeper (1916)">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dance-class_minesweeper" title="Dance-class minesweeper">Dance</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Gunboat" title="Gunboat">Gunboats</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fly-class_gunboat" title="Fly-class gunboat">Fly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insect-class_gunboat" title="Insect-class gunboat">Insect</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">Submarines</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A-class_submarine_(1903)" title="A-class submarine (1903)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_B-class_submarine" title="British B-class submarine">B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_C-class_submarine" title="British C-class submarine">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_D-class_submarine" title="British D-class submarine">D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_E-class_submarine" title="British E-class submarine">E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_F-class_submarine" title="British F-class submarine">F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_G-class_submarine" title="British G-class submarine">G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_H-class_submarine" title="British H-class submarine">H</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_J-class_submarine" class="mw-redirect" title="British J-class submarine">J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_K-class_submarine" title="British K-class submarine">K</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">L</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_M-class_submarine" title="British M-class submarine">M</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_R-class_submarine" title="British R-class submarine">R</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Swordfish_(1916)" title="HMS Swordfish (1916)"><i>Swordfish</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_V-class_submarine_(1914)" title="British V-class submarine (1914)">V</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Sloop-of-war" title="Sloop-of-war">Sloops</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/P-class_sloop" title="P-class sloop">P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cadmus-class_sloop" title="Cadmus-class sloop"><i>Cadmus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flower-class_sloop" title="Flower-class sloop">Flower</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acacia-class_sloop" title="Acacia-class sloop"><i>Acacia</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azalea-class_sloop" title="Azalea-class sloop"><i>Azalea</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arabis-class_sloop" title="Arabis-class sloop"><i>Arabis</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anchusa-class_sloop" title="Anchusa-class sloop"><i>Anchusa</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aubrietia-class_sloop" title="Aubrietia-class sloop"><i>Aubrietia</i></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/24-class_sloop" title="24-class sloop">24</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Naval_trawlers" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval trawlers">naval trawlers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Castle-class_trawler" title="Castle-class trawler">Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mersey-class_trawler" title="Mersey-class trawler">Mersey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <dl><dt>A</dt> <dd>All completed after the war</dd> <dt>C</dt> <dd>One or more completed after the war</dd> <dt>G</dt> <dd>Grouping of several classes</dd> <dt>M</dt> <dd>converted from <i>Courageous</i> class</dd> <dt>S</dt> <dd>Single ship of class</dd> <dt>V</dt> <dd>Conversions</dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="British_naval_ship_classes_of_the_Second_World_War" style=";wide;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:WWII_British_ships" title="Template:WWII British ships"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:inherit">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:WWII_British_ships" title="Template talk:WWII British ships"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:inherit">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:WWII_British_ships" title="Special:EditPage/Template:WWII British ships"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:inherit">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="British_naval_ship_classes_of_the_Second_World_War" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">British naval ship classes of the Second World War</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">Aircraft carriers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Courageous-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Courageous-class aircraft carrier"><i>Courageous</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Eagle_(1918)" title="HMS Eagle (1918)"><i>Eagle</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ark_Royal_(91)" title="HMS Ark Royal (91)"><i>Ark Royal</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illustrious-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Illustrious-class aircraft carrier"><i>Illustrious</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Implacable-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Implacable-class aircraft carrier"><i>Implacable</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Audacious-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Audacious-class aircraft carrier"><i>Audacious</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malta-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Malta-class aircraft carrier"><i>Malta</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Light_aircraft_carrier" title="Light aircraft carrier">Light aircraft carriers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Argus_(I49)" title="HMS Argus (I49)"><i>Argus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Hermes_(95)" title="HMS Hermes (95)"><i>Hermes</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Unicorn_(I72)" title="HMS Unicorn (I72)"><i>Unicorn</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Design_Light_Fleet_Carrier" title="1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier"><i>Colossus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Design_Light_Fleet_Carrier" title="1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier"><i>Majestic</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centaur-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Centaur-class aircraft carrier"><i>Centaur</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Escort_carrier" title="Escort carrier">Escort carriers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Archer_(D78)" title="HMS Archer (D78)"><i>Archer</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>AV</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Audacity" title="HMS Audacity"><i>Audacity</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avenger-class_escort_carrier" title="Avenger-class escort carrier"><i>Avenger</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>AV</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attacker-class_escort_carrier" title="Attacker-class escort carrier"><i>Attacker</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruler-class_escort_carrier" title="Ruler-class escort carrier">Ruler</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Activity_(D94)" title="HMS Activity (D94)"><i>Activity</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Pretoria_Castle_(F61)" title="HMS Pretoria Castle (F61)"><i>Pretoria Castle</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nairana-class_escort_carrier" title="Nairana-class escort carrier"><i>Nairana</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Battleship" title="Battleship">Battleships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth-class_battleship" title="Queen Elizabeth-class battleship"><i>Queen Elizabeth</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenge-class_battleship" title="Revenge-class battleship"><i>Revenge</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson-class_battleship" title="Nelson-class battleship"><i>Nelson</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_George_V-class_battleship_(1939)" title="King George V-class battleship (1939)"><i>King George V</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lion-class_battleship" title="Lion-class battleship"><i>Lion</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Vanguard_(23)" title="HMS Vanguard (23)"><i>Vanguard</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Battlecruiser" title="Battlecruiser">Battlecruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Renown-class_battlecruiser" title="Renown-class battlecruiser"><i>Renown</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Hood" title="HMS Hood"><i>Hood</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Heavy_cruiser" title="Heavy cruiser">Heavy cruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hawkins-class_cruiser" title="Hawkins-class cruiser"><i>Hawkins</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County-class_cruiser" title="County-class cruiser">County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York-class_cruiser" title="York-class cruiser"><i>York</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Light_cruiser" title="Light cruiser">Light cruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C-class_cruiser" title="C-class cruiser">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danae-class_cruiser" title="Danae-class cruiser"><i>Danae</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawkins-class_cruiser" title="Hawkins-class cruiser"><i>Hawkins</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emerald-class_cruiser" title="Emerald-class cruiser"><i>Emerald</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leander-class_cruiser_(1931)" title="Leander-class cruiser (1931)"><i>Leander</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arethusa-class_cruiser_(1934)" title="Arethusa-class cruiser (1934)"><i>Arethusa</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Town-class_cruiser_(1936)" title="Town-class cruiser (1936)">Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dido-class_cruiser" title="Dido-class cruiser"><i>Dido</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiji-class_cruiser" title="Fiji-class cruiser"><i>Fiji</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minotaur-class_cruiser_(1943)" title="Minotaur-class cruiser (1943)"><i>Minotaur</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neptune-class_cruiser" title="Neptune-class cruiser"><i>Neptune</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minotaur-class_cruiser_(1947)" title="Minotaur-class cruiser (1947)"><i>Minotaur</i></a> (1947)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Flotilla_leader" title="Flotilla leader">Destroyer leaders</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thornycroft_type_destroyer_leader" title="Thornycroft type destroyer leader">Thornycroft type (<i>Shakespeare</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_type_flotilla_leader" title="Admiralty type flotilla leader">Admiralty type (<i>Scott</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">Destroyers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/R-class_destroyer_(1916)" title="R-class destroyer (1916)">R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S-class_destroyer_(1917)" title="S-class destroyer (1917)">S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V_and_W-class_destroyer" title="V and W-class destroyer">V & W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Town-class_destroyer" title="Town-class destroyer">Town</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ambuscade_(D38)" title="HMS Ambuscade (D38)"><i>Ambuscade</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Amazon_(D39)" title="HMS Amazon (D39)"><i>Amazon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-_and_B-class_destroyer" title="A- and B-class destroyer">A & B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C_and_D-class_destroyer" title="C and D-class destroyer">C & D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E_and_F-class_destroyer" title="E and F-class destroyer">E & F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G_and_H-class_destroyer" title="G and H-class destroyer">G & H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I-class_destroyer" title="I-class destroyer">I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tribal-class_destroyer_(1936)" title="Tribal-class destroyer (1936)">Tribal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J-,_K-_and_N-class_destroyer" title="J-, K- and N-class destroyer">J, K & N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunt-class_destroyer" title="Hunt-class destroyer">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L_and_M-class_destroyer" title="L and M-class destroyer">L & M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/O_and_P-class_destroyer" title="O and P-class destroyer">O & P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Q_and_R-class_destroyer" title="Q and R-class destroyer">Q & R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S_and_T-class_destroyer" title="S and T-class destroyer">S & T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U_and_V-class_destroyer" title="U and V-class destroyer">U & V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W_and_Z-class_destroyer" title="W and Z-class destroyer">W & Z</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C-class_destroyer_(1943)" title="C-class destroyer (1943)">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle-class_destroyer" title="Battle-class destroyer">Battle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weapon-class_destroyer" title="Weapon-class destroyer">Weapon</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G-class_destroyer_(1944)" title="G-class destroyer (1944)">G</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daring-class_destroyer_(1949)" title="Daring-class destroyer (1949)"><i>Daring</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C,P</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Frigate" title="Frigate">Frigates</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/River-class_frigate" title="River-class frigate">River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Captain-class_frigate" title="Captain-class frigate">Captain</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony-class_frigate" title="Colony-class frigate">Colony</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loch-class_frigate" title="Loch-class frigate">Loch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay-class_frigate" title="Bay-class frigate">Bay</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Corvette" title="Corvette">Corvettes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flower-class_corvette" title="Flower-class corvette">Flower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castle-class_corvette" title="Castle-class corvette">Castle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Sloop-of-war" title="Sloop-of-war">Sloops</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/24-class_sloop" title="24-class sloop">24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgewater-class_sloop" title="Bridgewater-class sloop"><i>Bridgewater</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hastings-class_sloop" title="Hastings-class sloop"><i>Hastings</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banff-class_sloop" title="Banff-class sloop"><i>Banff</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoreham-class_sloop" title="Shoreham-class sloop"><i>Shoreham</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grimsby-class_sloop" title="Grimsby-class sloop"><i>Grimsby</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingfisher-class_sloop" title="Kingfisher-class sloop"><i>Kingfisher</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bittern-class_sloop" title="Bittern-class sloop"><i>Bittern</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egret-class_sloop" title="Egret-class sloop"><i>Egret</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Swan-class_sloop" title="Black Swan-class sloop"><i>Black Swan</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Minelayer" title="Minelayer">Minelayers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Adventure_(M23)" title="HMS Adventure (M23)"><i>Adventure</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdiel-class_minelayer" title="Abdiel-class minelayer"><i>Abdiel</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Plover_(M26)" title="HMS Plover (M26)"><i>Plover</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linnet-class_minelayer" title="Linnet-class minelayer"><i>Linnet</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M-class_minelayer" title="M-class minelayer">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Agamemnon_(M10)" title="HMS Agamemnon (M10)"><i>Agamemnon</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Menestheus" title="HMS Menestheus"><i>Menestheus</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Port_Napier" title="HMS Port Napier"><i>Port Napier</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Port_Quebec" title="HMS Port Quebec"><i>Port Quebec</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Southern_Prince" title="HMS Southern Prince"><i>Southern Prince</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Teviot_Bank" title="HMS Teviot Bank"><i>Teviot Bank</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Minesweeper" title="Minesweeper">Minesweepers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hunt-class_minesweeper_(1916)" title="Hunt-class minesweeper (1916)">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halcyon-class_minesweeper" title="Halcyon-class minesweeper"><i>Halcyon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangor-class_minesweeper" title="Bangor-class minesweeper"><i>Bangor</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MMS-class_minesweeper" title="MMS-class minesweeper">MMS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auk-class_minesweeper" title="Auk-class minesweeper"><i>Auk</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Algerine-class_minesweeper" title="Algerine-class minesweeper"><i>Algerine</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cybele-class_mine_destructor_vessel" title="Cybele-class mine destructor vessel"><i>Cybele</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Net_laying_ship" title="Net laying ship">Netlayers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Guardian_(1932)" title="HMS Guardian (1932)"><i>Guardian</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_White_(trawler)" title="Mary White (trawler)"><i>Mary White</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Protector_(A146)" title="HMS Protector (A146)"><i>Protector</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bar-class_boom_defence_vessel" title="Bar-class boom defence vessel"><i>Bar</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Net-class_boom_defence_vessel" title="Net-class boom defence vessel"><i>Net</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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