List of submarine classes
This is a list of submarine classes, sorted by country. The navies of 46 states operate submarines.
Algeria
- Raïs Hadj Mubarek class
- Raïs Hadj Slimane class
- 2 Project 636
Albania
- Whiskey-class
Argentina
- Santa Fe class
- Santa Fe
- Santa Fe S-21
- Santa Cruz-class
- Salta-class
Australia
- Oberon class
- Collins class
Azerbaijan
- Triton-1 class midget submarine
- Triton-2M midget submarine
Bangladesh
- Ming class
Brazil
- Humaita - '
- Tupi class - '
- Goiaz class '
- Bahia class '
- Humaita class
- Tupi class
- Tikuna
- Scorpéne in order
- SSN being developed with French help
Bulgaria
- Slava class
Canada
- Victoria-class submarine - 4 ex-RN Upholder-class in active service
- Oberon-class submarine ; 3 acquired and 2 for training and spares; 2 sold as museum ship and HMCS Onondaga ) and 3 scrapped, HMS Osiris, HMCS Okanagan )
- Tench-class submarine ; built for United States Navy; USS Argonaut renamed HMCS Rainbow 1968 and retired 1974
- Balao-class submarine ; built for United States Navy; USS Burrfish acquired 1961 and renamed as HMCS Grisle and served until 1969; return to USN and later scrapped.
- British H-class submarine ; built in United States; acquired 1919 HMCS CH-14 and HMCS CH-15 and disposed 1927 and 1922 respectively
- CC-class submarine ; built in United States for Chilean Navy and sold to British Columbia 1913; CC-1 and CC-2 Commissioned Royal Canadian Navy 1914; scrapped in 1920
Captured and recommissioned German [U-boats]
- Captured and recommissioned German U-boats - German Type IX submarines German submarine U-190 and German submarine U-889
Chile
- Capitan O'Brien class - built in Britain in late 1920s
- O'Brien class '
- Thomson class '
- O'Higgins class
People's Republic of China
- Type 03 class
- Type 031 class
- Type 033 class
- Wuhan class
- Ming class
- Kilo class
- Song class
- Yuan class
- Han class
- Xia class
- Shang class
- Jin class
Colombia
- Pijao class
- Intrepide class
Croatia
- modified Una-class midget submarine
Cuba
- Foxtrot class
- Whisky class
Denmark
- D class '
- H class '
- U class '
- V class '
- Delfinen class '
- Narhvalen class '
- Tumleren class '
- Kronborg class '
Ecuador
- Shyri class
Estonia
Estonian Navy:
- EML Kalev
- EML Lembit
Egypt
- Romeo class
- Type 209 submarine 2 ordered
Finland
- Vesikko
- Saukko
- Vetehinen
France
- List of French submarines
Germany
- Type I U-boat
- Type II U-boat
- Type VII U-boat
- Type IX U-boat
- Type X U-boat
- Type XIV U-boat
- Type XVII U-boat
- Type XVIII U-boat
- Type XXI U-boat
- Type XXIII U-boat
- Type 240 class '
- Type 241 class '
- Type 201 class '
- Type 202 class '
- Type 205 class '
- Type 206A class '
- Type 212A class
- Gal class
- Type 207 class
- Type 209 class
- TR-1700 class
- Type 210 class
- Dolphin class
- Type 214 class
Greece
- Katsonis-class submarine
- Protefs-class submarine
- Glavkos class
- Poseidon class
- Katsonis class
India
- Foxtrot Class
- Shishumar Class
- Sindhughosh Class
- Scorpène Class 3 Submarines are ready up to 31 January 2018 and also planning to develop with DRDO.
- Akula Class. Indian navy is paying $2 billion for the completion of two submarines. The agreement was signed in late 2005 in Moscow. India will receive these submarines from late 2006 to late 2007. India will lease them until a projected 5 to 6 ATV indigenous submarines are manufactured. The Indians have a lease/ purchase deal.
- Arihant Class is a Nuclear Powered Ballistic Missile Submarine being constructed by India as a part of the Indian Navy's Advanced Technology Vessel Project and is expected to be commissioned by 2015.trails completed on 23 Feb 2016.
Indonesia
- Whiskey class
- Cakra class
- Chang Bogo class
Iran
- Tareq class
- SSI
- Ghadir class
- Fateh class
- Nahang class
- Ghaaem class
- Yugo class
Israel
- Gal class
- Dolphin class
Italy
Regia Marina:
- Balilla class
- Medusa class
- Laurenti class
- Cavallini class
- Archimede class
- 600 Serie Adua class submarine
- Marcello class
- Marconi class
- Fieramosca class
- Glauco class
- Brin class
- Foca class
- 'Toti class '
- Nazario Sauro class
- Salvatore Pelosi class
- Primo Longobardo class
- Salvatore Todaro'' class
Japan
[Imperial Japanese Navy]
- Ko-hyoteki class submarine
- Kaidai 1 class
- Kaidai 2 class
- Kaidai 3a, 3b class
- Kaidai 4 class
- Kaidai 5 class
- Kaidai 6a, 6b class
- Kaidai 7 class
- Junsen J1 class
- Junsen J2 class
- Junsen J3 class
- Junsen A1 class
- Junsen A2 class
- Junsen A Modified class
- Junsen B1 class
- Junsen B2 class
- Junsen B3 class
- Junsen C1 class
- Junsen C2 class
- Junsen C3 class
- Sen Toku class
- Sen Taka Dai class
- Kiraisen class
- Senho class
- D1 class
- D2 class
- Kaichū class
- Kaishō class
- Sen Taka Sho class
- LA class
[Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force]
- United States Gato-class:Kuroshio was commissioned on August 15, 1955 and stricken on March 31, 1966. The first Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force submarine.
- Oyashio : A single unit, launched on May 25, 1959 and stricken on September 30, 1976. The first indigenous submarine of the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force.
- Hayashio class
- Natsushio class
- Oshio class
- Uzushio class
- Yushio class
- Harushio class
- Asashio class
- Oyashio class
- Sōryū class
Republic of Korea
- Chang Bogo class
- Son Won-il class
- Dosan Ahn Changho class
North Korea
- Whiskey class '
- Romeo class
- Sang-O class
- Yugo class '
- Sinpo class
- SINPO-C ballistic missile submarine
- SINPO-class experimental ballistic missile submarine
Libya
- Foxtrot
Malaysia
- Perdana Menteri class
- Agosta 70 class
Netherlands
Royal Dutch Navy:
- K XI class '
- Walrus class '
- Zwaardvis class '
- Dolfijn class '
- Potvis class '
- Zwaardvis class '
- Walrus class
Norway
- Kobben One vessel built in Germany.
- A class Three vessels bought from Germany.
- B class Six vessels of the U.S. Holland type built under licence in Norway.
- U class One vessels given to Norway in 1941.
- V class Two vessels given to Norway in 1943, after the war Norway purchased three more.
- K class Three vessels left in Norway by the Germans.
- Kobben / Type 207 Fifteen vessels purchased from Germany.
- Ula / Type 210 Six vessels purchased from Germany.
Pakistan
- Agosta class
- PNS Ghazi
- Hangor class
Peru
- Abato class
- Casma class
Poland
- Orzeł class
- Wilk class
- Whiskey class
- Foxtrot class
- Kilo class
- Kobben / Type 207 class
Portugal
- Albacora class
- Type 209mod
Romania
- Delfinul class
- Dalfinul class
- Rechinul class
- Marsuinul class
- CB class
Russia (and [Soviet Union])
- See the list of Soviet and Russian submarine classes
Singapore
- Challenger class
- Archer class ''
South Africa
- Maria van Riebeeck/Spear class
- Heroine class Type 209/1400-mod
Spain
- Peral class
- Isaac Peral class
- A class
- B class
- C class
- D class
- General Mola class
- G class
- Foca class
- Tiburón class
- Almirante García de los Reyes class
- Serie 30 class
- Delfín class
- Galerna class
- S-80 class
- Gür class
- Scorpene class
Syria
- Romeo class
Sweden
- Hajen class
- Draken class
- Sjöormen class
- Näcken class
- Västergötland class
- Södermanland class
- Gotland class
Taiwan
- Hai Lung class class
- Hai Shih class class
Thailand
- Matchanu class - 1938-1951
Turkey
- Atilay class
- Preveze class
- Gur class
- Type 214TN
United Kingdom
- Holland class
- A class
- B class
- C class
- D class
- E class
- F class
- G class
- H class
- J class
- L class
- K class
- M class
- Nautilus class
- R class
- HMS X1
- Odin class
- Parthian class
- Rainbow class
- S class
- River class
- Grampus class
- T class
- U class
- P611 class
- V class
- Amphion class
- HMS Meteorite
- Explorer class
- Stickleback class
- Porpoise class
- Oberon class
- Valiant class attack submarines
- Resolution class ballistic missile submarines
- Churchill class attack submarines
- Swiftsure class attack submarines
- Trafalgar class attack submarines
- Upholder class attack submarines
- Vanguard class SSBN submarines
- Astute class attack submarines
United States
Ukraine
- Kherson class
Venezuela
- Sabalo-class
Vietnam
- Kilo class
- Yugo class
Yugoslavia
- Hrabri-class submarine
- Osvetnik-class submarine
- Sutjeska-class submarine
- Sava class submarine
- Heroj-class submarine
- Una-class midget submarine