List of submarines of the Royal Navy

This is a list of Royal Navy submarines, arranged chronologically. Submarines that are currently active and commissioned are shown below in bold.

Petro-electric submarines
HMS Holland 1, the first submarine to serve in the Royal Navy
A-class submarines, the first British-designed class

Pre-Second World War
HMS G9 at Scapa Flow in 1917
HMS M2 with her sea plane
HMS Thorn

Second World War to mid-1950s
HMS Alliance at Gosport (where she is now part of the submarine museum) in 1987
HMS Voracious in 1945

Late 1950s to late 1980s

From HMS Porpoise Royal Navy submarines were given their own "S" pennant numbers.

A Valiant-class nuclear submarine. Whilst HMS Dreadnought had an American reactor, these were fully British-built
HMS Tireless at the North Pole

1990s to mid-2020s
HMS Astute being launched

Late 2020s onwards
  • Dreadnought class (PWR3 nuclear-powered ballistic missile)[2]
    • Dreadnought, ordered - first elements of construction underway in 2016[3]
    • Valiant, ordered
    • Warspite, ordered
    • King George VI, ordered

See also

References
  1. Jim Dorschner (27 May 2009). "Special Delivery". Jane's Defence Weekly. 46 (21): 28.
  2. "New Successor Submarines Named" (Press release). Gov.uk. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  3. "New nuclear submarine given famous naval name". BBC News. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
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