List of British submarines (1901–1920)

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This list deals exclusively with British submarines from 1901 to 1920. See therefore also: List of submarine classes , List of British submarine classes , List of British submarines (1920–1945) , List of British submarines ( after 1945) .

Legend

  • † = destroyed by enemy action
  • ? = missing in action
  • § = raised, captured or captured by the enemy
  • × = accident or sunk yourself
  • A = Decommissioned (scrapped, scrapped or put to another use)

Holland class

Named after its inventor, the American engineer John Philip Holland , to whom the first submarine of the United States Navy, the USS Holland , can be traced back.

   ship    class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
Holland 1 Holland 1901 A November 5, 1913 Sinked while being towed to be scrapped . Lifted in November 1982 and now rests in the Royal Navy Submarine Museum , Gosport .
Holland 2 Holland August 1, 1902 A October 7, 1913
Holland 3 Holland August 1, 1902 A October 7, 1913
Holland 4 Holland August 2, 1903 × September 3, 1912 Sank, but could be recovered and was used as a target ship on October 17, 1914 .
Holland 5 Holland 1902 × August 8, 1912 Sank off Beachy Head on the south coast of England. The wreck was discovered in 2000.

Class A submarine

   ship    class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
HMS A1 A. July 9, 1902 × 1911 Sank on March 18, 1904 in a training attack (total loss). Was later lifted but sank again. The wreck was discovered in Bracklesham Bay in 1989.
HMS A2 A. April 15, 1903 × January 1920 Run aground near Portsmouth and was scrapped.
HMS A3 A. July 13, 1904 A May 12, 1912 Was rammed by the submarine tender HMS Hazard on February 2, 1912 and went under (total loss). The wreck was recovered and used as a target ship.
HMS A4 A. July 17, 1904 A January 16, 1920
HMS A5 A / 2 February 11, 1905 A December 1915 On February 16, 1905, an explosion on board killed six sailors. The boat was scrapped in 1920.
HMS A6 A / 2 March 3, 1904 A October 8, 1920
HMS A7 A / 2 January 23, 1905 × January 16, 1914 Sank below (total loss) during a practice attack on her tender.
HMS A8 A / 2 January 23, 1905 A 1920 Sank on May 8, 1905 after an explosion when surfacing (total loss). The boat was recovered and used as a training ship.
HMS A9 A / 2 May 8, 1905 A 1920
HMS A10 A / 2 February 8, 1905 A October 8, 1920
HMS A11 A / 2 March 8, 1905 A May 1920
HMS A12 A / 2 June 22, 1908 A January 16, 1920
HMS A13 A / 2 June 22, 1908 A 1920 First British diesel-powered submarine.

Class B submarine

   ship    class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
HMS B1 B. October 25, 1904 A May 1921
HMS B2 B. December 9, 1905 × October 4, 1912 Sank near Dover after a collision with the SS America (14 dead, one survivor).
HMS B3 B. January 19, 1906 A December 1919
HMS B4 B. January 28, 1906 A April 1919
HMS B5 B. February 25, 1906 A August 1921
HMS B6 B. March 3, 1906 A August 1917 Was converted to the S6 patrol boat in 1917.
HMS B7 B. March 27, 1906 A October 1919 Was converted to the S7 patrol boat in 1917.
HMS B8 B. April 10, 1906 A 1919 Was converted to the S8 patrol boat in 1917.
HMS B9 B. April 28, 1906 A 1919 Was converted into a patrol boat S9 in 1917.
HMS B10 B. May 31, 1906 † August 9, 1916 Sunk by an air raid on Venice .
HMS B11 B. July 11, 1906 A 1919 Was converted to the S11 patrol boat in 1917.

Class C submarine

   ship    class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
HMS C1 C. April 10, 1906 A 1919 Was converted to the patrol boat S8.
HMS C2 C. November 26, 1906 A October 8, 1920
HMS C3 C. February 23, 1907 × April 23, 1918 The boat was packed full of explosives and blew up the viaduct between the pier and the mainland at Zeebrugge .
HMS C4 C. March 13, 1907 A February 28, 1922
HMS C5 C. April 10, 1906 A October 31, 1919
HMS C6 C. January 21, 1907 A November 20, 1919
HMS C7 C. May 23, 1907 A December 20, 1919 C7 sank a submarine on the Zeebrugge Canal on April 5, 1917.
HMS C8 C. May 23, 1907 A October 22, 1920 Allegedly carried out an attack on the German ocean-going fleet on August 19, 1916, but mistakenly shot at the British Grand Fleet .
HMS C9 C. June 18, 1907 A July 1922
HMS C10 C. July 13, 1907 A July 1922
HMS C11 C. September 3, 1907 × July 14, 1909 Sank after colliding with the steamship Eddystone , south of Cromer (13 dead, three survivors).
HMS C12 C. January 19, 1908 A February 1920
HMS C13 C. February 19, 1908 A February 2, 1920
HMS C14 C. March 13, 1908 A December 5, 1921 Sank in Plymouth Bay on December 10, 1913 after colliding with a British boat , but was recovered.
HMS C15 C. April 1, 1908 A February 28, 1922
HMS C16 C. June 5, 1908 A August 12, 1922 Sank in 1917 after colliding with the destroyer HMS Melampus (total loss), but could be recovered.
HMS C17 C. May 13, 1909 A November 20, 1919
HMS C18 C. July 23, 1909 A May 26, 1921
HMS C19 C / 2 November 9, 1909 A February 2, 1920
HMS C20 C / 2 January 31, 1910 A May 26, 1921
HMS C21 C / 2 May 18, 1909 A December 5, 1921
HMS C22 C / 2 May 5, 1909 A February 2, 1920
HMS C23 C / 2 May 5, 1909 A December 5, 1921
HMS C24 C / 2 May 5, 1909 A May 26, 1921 C24 sank the German submarine SM U 40 .
HMS C25 C (2) May 28, 1909 A December 5, 1921 Was attacked by German naval aviators near Harwich on July 6, 1918 (six dead).
HMS C26 C / 2 May 28, 1909 × April 4, 1918 Sunk in front of Helsinki to prevent capture by the Red Army .
HMS C27 C / 2 August 14, 1909 × April 5, 1918 Sunk in front of Helsinki to prevent capture by the Red Army . C27 sank the German submarine U 23 .
HMS C28 C / 2 August 14, 1909 A August 25, 1921
HMS C29 C / 2 17th September 1909 † August 29, 1915 Found a mine in the North Sea and sank (total loss).
HMS C30 C / 2 October 11th A August 25, 1921
HMS C31 C / 2 November 19, 1909 † January 4, 1915 Patrolled shallow waters off Zeebrugge and was destroyed by gunfire from land.
HMS C32 C / 2 November 19, 1909 × October 22, 1917 Run aground in the Riga Bay and was blown up by the crew. C32 sank a merchant ship in the Baltic Sea.
HMS C33 C / 2 August 13, 1910 ? 4th August 1915 Lost in the North Sea, probably ran into a mine and sank.
HMS C34 C / 2 September 17, 1910 † July 17, 1917 Sunk by the German submarine SM U 52 off the Shetland Islands .
HMS C35 C / 2 February 1, 1910 × April 5, 1918 Sunk to prevent capture by the Red Army .
HMS C36 C / 2 February 1, 1910 A June 25, 1919 Circled half the world in 1911 and joined the British China Squadron.
HMS C37 C / 2 March 31, 1910 A June 25, 1919 Circled half the world in 1911 and joined the British China Squadron.
HMS C38 C / 2 March 31, 1910 A June 25, 1919 Circled half the world in 1911 and joined the British China Squadron.

Class D submarine

   ship    class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
HMS D1 D. September 1909 A October 23, 1918 Was used as a target ship after decommissioning.
HMS D2 D. March 29, 1911 † November 25, 1914 Sunk by a German patrol boat between the Weser and Ems .
HMS D3 D. August 30, 1911 × March 12, 1918 Erroneously sunk by a French plane in the English Channel .
HMS D4 D. November 29, 1911 A December 19, 1921 D4 sank the German mine-layer SMS Bielefeld and the German submarine SM UB 72 . It was the first British submarine with a deck gun.
HMS D5 D. January 19, 1911 † November 3, 1914 Struck a mine off Yarmouth and sank (20 dead, five survivors).
HMS D6 D. April 19, 1912 † June 28, 1918 Sunk by the German submarine SM UB 73 off the northern coast of Ireland (total loss). D6 had sunk the German submarine SM UB 72 shortly before .
HMS D7 D. December 14, 1911 A December 19, 1921 Was mistakenly shot at by the destroyer HMS Pelican on February 10, 1918 and badly damaged.
HMS D8 D. March 23, 1912 A December 19, 1921

Class E submarine

   ship    class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
HMS E1 E. May 6, 1913 × April 3, 1918 Sunk to prevent capture by the Red Army . E1 sank the German transporter Aachen .
HMS E2 E. June 30, 1913 A March 7, 1931
HMS E3 E. May 29, 1914 † October 18, 1914 Sunk by the German submarine SM U 27 off Borkum . The E3 was the first submarine to be sunk during World War I.
HMS E4 E. January 4, 1913 A February 21, 1922 Sank on August 15, 1916 after a collision with the submarine HMS E41 (total loss), but was recovered and was put back into service.
HMS E5 E. June 7, 1913 † March 7, 1916 Ran into a mine in the North Sea and sank.
HMS E6 E. October 15, 1913 † December 26, 1915 Found a mine in the North Sea and sank (total loss).
HMS E7 E. March 14, 1914 † September 4, 1915 Sunk by the German submarine SM UB 14 in the Dardanelles .
HMS E8 E. June 13, 1914 × April 4, 1918 Sunk to prevent capture by the Red Army . E8 had sunk the German cruiser SMS Prinz Adalbert .
HMS E9 E / 2 June 16, 1914 × April 3, 1918 Sunk to prevent capture by the Red Army . E9 had sunk a total of seven ships.
HMS E10 E / 2 August 10, 1914 ? January 18, 1915 Lost in the North Sea, probably ran into a mine and sank.
HMS E11 E / 2 September 19, 1914 A March 7, 1921 E11 sank the Ottoman battleship Heireddin Barbarossa in 1915 .
HMS E12 E / 2 October 14, 1914 A March 7, 1921
HMS E13 E / 2 December 9, 1914 § August 1915 Was aground on August 18, 1915 off the Danish island of Saltholm and came under fire from two German torpedo boats (14 dead, 17 survivors). The survivors were interned in Denmark and the boat was eventually sold to the Danish government.
HMS E14 E / 2 December 1, 1914 † January 27, 1918 Sunk by fire from Ottoman coastal batteries in the Dardanelles (22 dead, nine survivors).
HMS E15 E / 2 October 15, 1914 × April 17, 1915 Ran aground at the entrance to the Marmara Sea and was destroyed to avoid capture by the Ottomans.
HMS E16 E / 2 February 26, 1915 † August 22, 1916 Ran into a mine in the North Sea and sank. E16 sank the German torpedo boat V 188 and the German submarine SM U 6 in 1915 .
HMS E17 E / 2 April 7, 1915 × January 6, 1916 Run aground north of Texel . The crew was from the Dutch cruiser Hr. Ms. Noord Brabant admitted and detained in Holland for the remainder of the war.
HMS E18 E / 2 June 6, 1915 ? May 24, 1916 The submarine left the port of Reval (now Tallinn) on May 25, 1916 on its last voyage. The following day, E18 torpedoed the German torpedo boat V 100 and severely damaged it, but without sinking it. Presumably, E18 hit a mine on June 2nd and sank. Other reports say E18 was sunk by a German warship disguised as a merchant ship. In 2009 the wreck was located near the Estonian island of Hiiumaa .
HMS E19 E / 2 July 12, 1915 X April 3, 1918 Sunk to prevent capture by the Red Army . E19 sank the German small cruiser SMS Undine and five German merchant ships.
HMS E20 E / 2 August 30, 1915 † November 6, 1915 Sunk by the German submarine SM UB 14 (22 dead, nine survivors).
HMS E21 E / 3 October 1, 1915 A December 14, 1921 E21 sank an Austro-Hungarian merchant ship in 1918.
HMS E22 E / 3 November 8, 1915 † April 25, 1916 Sunk by the German submarine SM UB 18 .
HMS E23 E / 3 December 6, 1915 A September 6, 1922
HMS E24 E / 3 ML January 10, 1916 ? March 10, 1916 Mine layers. Lost in the North Sea.
HMS E25 E / 3 October 4, 1915 A December 14, 1921
HMS E26 E / 3 October 3, 1915 ? June 29, 1916 Lost in the North Sea.
HMS E27 E / 3 August 1917 A September 6, 1922
HMS E29 E / 3 October 1915 A February 21, 1922
HMS E30 E / 3 November 1915 ? November 22, 1916 Lost in the North Sea, probably ran into a mine and sank.
HMS E31 E / 3 December 27, 1915 A September 6, 1922
HMS E32 E / 3 October 1916 A September 6, 1922
HMS E33 E / 3 November 1916 A September 6, 1922
HMS E34 E / 3 ML March 1917 ? July 20, 1918 Mine layers. Lost in the North Sea, possibly run into a mine of HMS E51 off Vlieland (Netherlands) and sunk. E34 had sunk the German submarine SM UB 16 .
HMS E35 E / 3 July 14, 1916 A September 6, 1922
HMS E36 E / 3 November 16, 1916 × January 19, 1917 Sank after collision with HMS E43 off Harwich (total loss).
HMS E37 E / 3 March 17, 1916 ? December 1, 1916 Lost in the North Sea, probably ran into a mine and sunk.
HMS E38 E / 3 July 10, 1916 A September 6, 1922
HMS E39 E / 3 October 1916 A October 13, 1921
HMS E40 E / 3 May 1917 A December 14, 1921
HMS E41 E / 3 ML June 1915 A 1922 Mine layers.
HMS E42 E / 3 June 1916 A September 6, 1922
HMS E43 E / 3 February 20, 1916 ?
HMS E44 E / 3 July 18, 1917 A October 13, 1921
HMS E45 E / 3 ML August 1916 ? Mine layers.
HMS E46 E / 3 ML October 1916 ? Mine layers.
HMS E47 E / 3 October 1916 ? August 20, 1917 Lost in the North Sea.
HMS E48 E / 3 February 1917 A 1928 Used as a target ship from 1920.
HMS E49 E / 3 December 14, 1916 † March 3, 1917 Sunk off the Shetland Islands , probably due to a sea mine from SM UC 76 (total loss).
HMS E50 E / 3 January 23, 1917 ? February 1, 1918 Lost in the North Sea, probably ran into a mine and sunk.
HMS E51 E / 3 ML January 27, 1917 A October 13, 1921 Mine layers.
HMS E52 E / 3 March 13, 1917 A January 3, 1921
HMS E53 E / 3 March 1916 A September 6, 1922
HMS E54 E / 3 May 1916 ? E54 sank the German submarine SM UC 10 in 1916 and the German submarine SM U 81 in 1917 .
HMS E55 E / 3 March 25, 1916 A September 6, 1922
HMS E56 E / 3 August 8, 1916 A June 9, 1923

Experimental submarines

   ship    class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
HMS F1 F. August 14, 1915 A 1920
HMS F2 F. August 22, 1917 A July 1922
HMS F3 F. July 1916 A 1920
HMS S1 S. 1914 ? Sold to the Italian Navy in October 1915.
HMS S2 S. 1914 ? Sold to the Italian Navy in October 1915.
HMS S3 S. 1914 ? Sold to the Italian Navy in October 1915.
HMS V1 V May 5, 1915 A November 29, 1921
HMS V2 V ?
HMS V3 V ?
HMS V4 V ?
HMS W1 W. ? Transferred to the Italian Navy in August 1916.
HMS W2 W. ? Transferred to the Italian Navy in August 1916.
HMS W3 W. ? Transferred to the Italian Navy in August 1916.
HMS W4 w ? Transferred to the Italian Navy in August 1916.

Submarine class G

   ship    class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
HMS G1 G December 7, 1915 A February 14, 1920
HMS G2 G March 18, 1916 A January 16, 1920 G2 sank the German submarine SM U 78 in 1918 .
HMS G3 G March 18, 1916 A January 16, 1920
HMS G4 G February 3, 1916 A June 27, 1928
HMS G5 G January 17, 1916 A October 25, 1922
HMS G6 G May 10, 1916 A November 4, 1921
HMS G7 G August 21, 1916 ? November 1, 1918 Lost in the North Sea. The G7 was the last British submarine to be lost in World War I.
HMS G8 G June 30, 1916 ? January 14, 1918 Sunk north-northwest of Hirtshals on the way home, wreck discovered in 2019.
HMS G9 G August 22, 1916 × September 16, 1917 Sank after collision with HMS Pasley (30 dead, one survivor).
HMS G10 G April 12, 1916 A January 20, 1923
HMS G11 G March 28, 1915 × November 22, 1918 Run aground off Northumbria (two dead, 29 survivors).
HMS G12 G June 15, 1916 A February 14, 1920
HMS G13 G September 23, 1916 A January 20, 1923 G13 sank the German mining submarine SM UC 43 .
HMS G14 G August 31, 1917 A March 11, 1921

Class H submarine

   ship    class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
HMS H1 H1 May 26, 1915 A March 7, 1921 H1 sank a gunboat, five steamships and 17 sailing ships.
HMS H2 H1 June 4, 1915 A March 7, 1921
HMS H3 H1 June 3, 1915 + July 15, 1916 Walked into a mine in the Adriatic.
HMS H4 H1 May 5, 1915 A November 30, 1921
HMS H5 H1 June 10, 1915 × Erroneously sunk by the steamship Rutherglen (total loss). H5 sank the German submarine SM U 51 in 1916 .
HMS H6 H1 June 9, 1915 × May 3, 1945 Ran aground in the German Bight and was salvaged by the Dutch Royal Navy and sold as Mr. Ms. O 8 put into service. Sunk in May 1940 off Willemsoord, but recovered and put into service by the German Navy as UD 1. Sunk in 1945 in Kiel.
HMS H7 H1 June 25, 1915 A November 30, 1921
HMS H8 H1 June 25, 1915 A November 29, 1921
HMS H9 H1 June 29, 1915 A November 30, 1921
HMS H10 H1 June 29, 1915 ? January 20, 1918 Lost in the North Sea.
HMS H11 H1 December 2, 1915 A 1921
HMS H12 H1 December 2, 1915 A April 1922
HMS H13 H1 1915 ? Was detained in the Boston shipyard and handed over to Chile on July 3, 1917, where she was in service under the name H1 or Gualcolda .
HMS H14 H1 1915 A 1927 Was handed over to the Royal Canadian Navy in February 1919 and was in service here as the CH14.
HMS H15 H1 1915 A 1927 Was handed over to the Royal Canadian Navy in February 1919 and was in service here as the CH15.
HMS H16 H1 1915 ? Was detained in the Boston shipyard and handed over to Chile on July 3, 1917, where she was in service under the name H2 or Tegualda .
HMS H17 H1 1915 ? Was detained in the Boston shipyard and handed over to Chile on July 3, 1917, where she was in service under the name H3 or Rucumilla .
HMS H18 H1 1915 ? Was detained in the Bosten shipyard and handed over to Chile on July 3, 1917, where she was in service under the name H4 or Guale .
HMS H19 H1 1915 ? Was detained in the Boston shipyard and handed over to Chile on July 3, 1917, where she was in service under the name H5 or Quidora .
HMS H20 H1 1915 ? Was detained in the Boston shipyard and handed over to Chile on July 3, 1917, where she was in service under the name H6 or Fresia .
HMS H21 H21 January 28, 1918 A July 17, 1926
HMS H22 H21 November 13, 1918 A February 19, 1929
HMS H23 H21 April 25, 1918 A May 4, 1934
HMS H24 H21 May 9, 1918 A May 4, 1934
HMS H25 H21 July 16, 1918 A February 19, 1929
HMS H26 H21 March 20, 1918 A April 21, 1928
HMS H27 H21 January 2, 1919 A August 30, 1935
HMS H28 H21 June 29, 1918 A August 18, 1944
HMS H29 H21 September 14, 1918 A 1927 Sank during diving tests in Davenport Dock (six dead), but was recovered.
HMS H30 H21 October 19, 1918 A August 30, 1935
HMS H31 H21 February 21, 1919 ? December 1941 Lost in the Bay of Biscay , probably struck a mine and sunk.
HMS H32 H21 May 27, 1919 A October 18, 1944
HMS H33 H21 May 17, 1919 A October 1944
HMS H34 H21 September 10, 1919 A July 1945
HMS H41 H21 November 1918 A 1920
HMS H42 H21 May 1, 1919 × March 23, 1922 Sank after colliding with the destroyer HMS Versatile off Gibraltar (total loss).
HMS H43 H21 November 25, 1919 A November 1944
HMS H44 H21 April 15, 1920 A February 1945
HMS H47 H21 February 25, 1919 × July 9, 1929 Sank after collision with submarine HMS L12 off Milford Haven (19 dead, three survivors).
HMS H49 H21 October 25, 1919 † October 18, 1940 Sunk by German submarine hunters off Texel (21 dead, one survivor). The wreck was discovered in 1984.
HMS H50 H21 February 3, 1920 A July 1945

Submarine class J

   ship    class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
HMS J1 J April 1916 A February 26, 1924 Transferred to the Royal Australian Navy on March 25, 1919.
HMS J2 J July 1916 A February 26, 1924 Transferred to the Royal Australian Navy on March 25, 1919.
HMS J3 J June 1916 A February 26, 1924 Transferred to the Royal Australian Navy on March 25, 1919.
HMS J4 August 1916 A February 26, 1924 Transferred to the Royal Australian Navy on March 25, 1919.
HMS J5 J May 18, 1916 A February 26, 1924 Transferred to the Royal Australian Navy on March 25, 1919.
HMS J6 J July 31, 1916 X October 15, 1918 Erroneously sunk by the Cymric submarine trap .
HMS J7 J / 2 November 1917 A November 1929 Transferred to the Royal Australian Navy on March 25, 1919.

Submarine class M

   ship    class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
HMS M1 M. April 17, 1918 × November 12, 1925 Sank after a collision with the Swedish coal ship SS Vidar off Start Point (total loss). The wreck was discovered in 1990.
HMS M2 M. February 14, 1920 × January 26, 1932 Sank during an exercise off the Isle of Portland .
HMS M3 M. 1920 A 1932 Converted to a mine-layer.

Submarine class L

   ship    class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
HMS L1 L. November 18, 1917 A March 1930
HMS L2 L. December 18, 1917 A March 1930
HMS L3 L. January 31, 1918 A February 1931
HMS L4 L. ?
HMS L5 L. May 15, 1918 A 1931
HMS L6 L. ?
HMS L7 L. ?
HMS L8 L. March 12, 1918 A October 1930
HMS L9 L / 2 May 27, 1918 A June 1927 Sank on August 18, 1923 in a typhoon off Hong Kong (no losses), but could be recovered.
HMS L10 L / 2 June 1, 1918 † October 3, 1918 Sunk by the German destroyer S 33 (total loss). However, the S 33 was so badly damaged in the fight that it had to be abandoned.
HMS L11 L / 2 June 27, 1918 A February 16, 1932
HMS L12 L / 2 June 30, 1918 A February 16, 1932
HMS L14 L / 2 ML ? Mine layers.
HMS L15 L / 2 ?
HMS L16 L / 2 ?
HMS L17 L / 2 ML ? Mine layers.
HMS L18 L / 2 ?
HMS L19 L / 2 ?
HMS L20 L / 2 January 28, 1919 A January 1935
HMS L21 L / 2 ?
HMS L22 L / 2 June 10, 1921 A August 30, 1935
HMS L23 L / 2 1919 A 1946
HMS L24 L / 2 ML X January 10, 1924 Mine layers. Sank after colliding with the battleship HMS Resolution (total loss).
HMS L25 L / 2 ML ? Mine layers.
HMS L26 L / 2 ML 1919 A 1945 Mine layers.
HMS L27 L / 2 ML 1919 A September 25, 1945 Mine layers.
HMS L52 L / 3 ?
HMS L53 L / 3 ?
HMS L54 L / 3 August 27, 1924 A 1938
HMS L55 L / 3 December 19, 1918 A 1953 Found on a British naval mine on June 4, 1919 after a battle with Russian destroyers. Salvaged by the Soviet Navy and commissioned on August 7, 1931.
HMS L56 L / 3 September 3, 1919 A March 25, 1938
HMS L69 L / 3 April 18, 1923 A February 1939
HMS L71 L / 3 January 23, 1920 A March 25, 1938

Submarine class R

   ship    class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
HMS R1 R. October 14, 1918 A January 20, 1923
HMS R2 R. December 20, 1918 A February 21, 1923
HMS R3 R. March 31, 1919 A February 21, 1923
HMS R4 R. ?
HMS R5 R. ?
HMS R6 R. ?
HMS R7 R. ?
HMS R8 R. ?
HMS R9 R. ?
HMS R10 R. ?
HMS R11 R. ?
HMS R12 R. ?

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wreck in the Baltic Sea. Expedition discovers submarine from the First World War . In: Spiegel Online , October 23, 2009, about the whereabouts of E18 .
  2. ^ Jutland Naval War Museum