International Navies – United Kingdom

Royal Navy - Ships

 

Attack Submarines

Class

Unit(s)   (year of commissioning)

 

 

Amphion (16 units)

INFO – Amphion Class (A-class) Submarine / SSK

 

P 411 HMS Acheron (1948)

 

P 414 HMS Ace (launched in 1945 / never completed)

 

P 415 HMS Alcide (1946)

 

P 416 / S 66 HMS Alderney (1946)

 

P 417 / S 67 HMS Alliance (1947)

 

P 418 HMS Ambush (1947)

 

P 419 HMS Auriga (1946)

 

P 421 HMS Affray (1945)

 

P 422 HMS Anchorite (1947) (laid down as Amphion; renamed before launch)

 

P 423 HMS Andrew (1948)

 

P 426 HMS Aurochs (1947)

 

P 427 HMS Aeneas (1946?)

 

P 433 HMS Achates (launched in 1945 / never completed)

 

P 439 / S 43 HMS Amphion (1945)

 

P 441 HMS Alaric (1946)

 

P 447 HMS Astute (1945)

 

P 449 / S 49 HMS Artemis (1947)

 

P 456 HMS Artful (1948)

28 additional ships of the class were cancelled:

Andromache, Answer, Antagonist, Antaeus, Anzac, Aphrodite, Approach, Arcadian, Ardent, Argosy, Atlantis, Admirable, Asperity, Austere, Adversary, Awake, Aztec, Abelard, Acasta, Agate, Aggressor, Agile, Aladdin, Alcestis, Artful, Asgard, Assurance, Astarte;

 

 

Explorer class (2 units)

INFO – Explorer Class Submarine / SSK

 

HMS Explorer (1954)

 

HMS Excalibur (195?)

 

 

Stickleback (4 units)

INFO – Stickleback Class Submarine / SSK

 

X 51 HMS Stickleback (1954)

 

X 52 HMS Shrimp (1954)

 

X 53 HMS Sprat (1955)

 

X 54 HMS Minnow (1955)

 

 

Porpoise (8 units)

INFO – Porpoise Class Submarine / SSK

 

S 01 HMS Porpoise (1956)

 

S 02 HMS Rorqual (1956)

 

S 03 HMS Narwhal (1957)

 

S 04 HMS Grampus (1957)

 

S 05 HMS Finwhale (1959)

 

S 06 HMS Cachalot (1957)

 

S 07 HMS Sealion (1959)

 

S 08 HMS Walrus (1959)

 

 

Oberon (13 units)

INFO – Oberon Class Submarine / SSK

 

S 09 HMS Oberon (1961)

 

S 10 HMS Odin (1962)

 

S 11 HMS Orpheus (1960)

 

S 12 HMS Olympus (1962)

 

S 13 HMS Osiris (1964)

 

S 14 HMS Onslaught (1962)

 

S 15 HMS Otter (1962)

 

S 16 HMS Oracle (1963)

 

S 17 HMS Ocelot (1964)

 

S 18 HMS Otus (1963)

 

S 19 HMS Opossum (1964)

 

S 20 HMS Opportune (1964)

 

S 21 HMS Onyx (1967)

 

 

Dreadnought (1 unit)

Dreadnought Class Nuclear Powered Submarine / SSN

 

S 101 HMS Dreadnought (completed in 1963)

 

 

Valiant (2 units)

INFO – Valiant Class Nuclear Powered Submarine / SSN

 

S 102 HMS Valiant (1966)

 

S 103 HMS Warspite (1967)

 

 

Churchill (3 units)

INFO – Churchill Class Nuclear Powered Submarine / SSN

 

S 46 HMS Churchill (1970)

 

S 48 HMS Conqueror (1971)

 

S 50 HMS Courageous (1971)

 

 

Swiftsure (6 units)

INFO – Swiftsure Class Nuclear Powered Submarine / SSN

 

S 104 HMS Sceptre (1978)

 

S 105 HMS Spartan (1979)

 

S 106 HMS Splendid (1981)

 

S 108 HMS Souvereign (1974)

 

S 109 HMS Superb (1976)

 

S 126 HMS Swiftsure (1973)

 

 

Trafalgar (7 units)

INFO – Trafalgar Class Nuclear Powered Submarine / SSN

 

S 91 HMS Trenchant (1989)

 

S 92 HMS Talent (1990)

 

S 93 HMS Triumph (1991)

 

S 107 HMS Trafalgar (1983)

 

S 110 HMS Turbulent (1984)

 

S 117 HMS Tireless (1985)

 

S 118 HMS Torbay (1987)

 

 

Upholder (4 units)

INFO – Upholder Class Submarine / SSK

 

S 40 HMS Upholder (1990)

 

S 41 HMS Unseen (1991)

 

S 42 HMS Ursula (1992)

 

S 43 HMS Unicorn (1993)

 

 

Astute (4 units planned)

INFO – Astute Class Nuclear Powered Submarine / SSN