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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.

Pre-First World War edit

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

First World War edit

 
HMS G9 at Scapa Flow in 1917
 
HMS M2 with her sea plane
 
HMS Thorn

Interwar years edit

Second World War edit

 
HMS Alliance at Gosport (where she is now part of the submarine museum) in 1987
 
HMS Voracious in 1945

Cold War edit

To mid-1950s edit

Late 1950s to late 1980s edit

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 present edit

 
HMS Astute being launched

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "New Successor Submarines Named" (Press release). Gov.uk. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  2. ^ "New nuclear submarine given famous naval name". BBC News. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
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