List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy

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

Petrol-electric

 * Holland class &mdash; 5 boats, 1901–1902
 * A class &mdash; 13 boats, 1902–1905
 * B class &mdash; 11 boats, 1904–1906
 * C class &mdash; 38 boats, 1906–1910

Diesel-electric

 * D class &mdash; 8 boats, 1908–1912
 * E class &mdash; 58 boats, 1912–1916
 * F class &mdash; 3 boats, 1913–1917
 * S class &mdash; 3 boats, 1914–1915
 * V class &mdash; 4 boats, 1914–1915
 * W class &mdash; 4 boats, 1914–1915
 * G class &mdash; 14 boats, 1915–1917
 * H class &mdash; 44 boats, 1915–1919
 * J class &mdash; 7 boats, 1915–1917
 * L class &mdash; 34 boats, 1917–1919
 * M class &mdash; 3 boats, 1917–1918
 * Nautilus class &mdash; 1 boat, 1917
 * R class &mdash; 12 boats, 1918
 * HMS X1 &mdash; 1 boat, 1921
 * Odin class &mdash; 9 boats 1926–29 (subclasses Oberon 1 boat, Oxley 2 boats, Odin 6 boats)
 * Parthian class &mdash; 6 boats, 1929
 * Rainbow class &mdash; 4 boats, 1930
 * S class &mdash; 62 boats (subclasses Swordfish 4, Shark 8, Seraph 33, Subtle 17), 1931–1945
 * Thames class &mdash; 3 boats, 1932
 * Grampus class &mdash; 6 boats, 1932–1938
 * T class &mdash; 52 boats (subclasses Triton 15, Tempest 15, Taciturn 22), 1937–1945
 * Undine class &mdash; 3 boats, 1937–1938
 * P611 class &mdash; 4 boats, 1940
 * Umpire class &mdash; 37 boats, 1940–1943
 * Vampire class &mdash; 22 boats, 1943–1944
 * Amphion class &mdash; 16 boats, 1945–1947
 * Explorer class &mdash; 2 boats, 1954–1955
 * Stickleback class &mdash; 4 boats, 1954–1955
 * Porpoise class &mdash; 8 boats, 1956–1959
 * Oberon class &mdash; 13 boats, 1959–1966
 * Upholder class &mdash; 4 boats, 1986–1992

Midget

 * X Class &mdash; 20 boats, 1943-1944
 * XE Class &mdash; 6 boats, 1944
 * Stickleback class &mdash; 5 boats, 1954–1955

Rescue submersible

 * LR5 &mdash; leased to the Royal Australian Navy in 2009

Steam-electric

 * Swordfish &mdash; 1 boat, 1916–1922
 * K class &mdash; 22 boats, 1916–1919

Foreign-built

 * Archimede class, &mdash; 1 boat, 1934
 * Type VIIC U-boat, &mdash; 1 boat, 1941
 * Type XVII U-boat, &mdash; 1 boat, 1943

Land Based Prototype

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

Fleet

 * Dreadnought &mdash; one boat, 1959–1960
 * Valiant class &mdash; 2 boats, 1962–1965
 * Churchill class &mdash; 3 boats, 1967–1970
 * Swiftsure class &mdash; 6 boats, 1969–1979
 * Trafalgar class &mdash; 7 boats, 1979–1991
 * Astute class &mdash; 7 boats planned (2 in service), 2001–present

Ballistic missile

 * Resolution class &mdash; 4 boats, 1964–1968
 * Vanguard class &mdash; 4 boats, 1986–1998