This is a list of submarine classes of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. Dates of construction given.

Petrol-electric

No. First ship laid down Last ship commissioned Notes
Holland class 5 HMS Holland 1

2 October 1901

HMS Holland 5

1902

First submarines of the Royal Navy
A class 13 HMS A1

19 February 1902

HMS A13

22 June 1908

Royal Navy's first class of British-designed submarines
B class 11 HMS B1

25 October 1904

HMS B11

1906

C class 38 HMS C1

13 November 1905

HMS C38

10 February 1910

Last class of petrol powered submarines of the Royal Navy

Diesel-electric

Midget

Rescue submersible

  • LR5 — leased to the Royal Australian Navy in 2009

Steam-electric

Foreign-built

Nuclear powered

Land Based Prototype

  • HMS Vulcan PWR 1 (Dounreay Submarine Prototype 1) 1965–1984
  • HMS Vulcan PWR 2 (Shore Test Facility) 1987–present

Fleet

Ballistic missile

See also

References

  1. "New Successor Submarines Named" (Press release). Gov.uk. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
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