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This is a list of museums that include submarines that can either be toured or viewed on display.

Australia

The composite of midget submarines M-14 & M-21 at the Australian War Memorial in 2007
Name Location City / Town Nationality Class Launch Year Remarks
HMAS Otway Holbrook Submarine Museum Holbrook Australia Australia Oberon-class 1966
HMAS Ovens Western Australian Maritime Museum Fremantle Australia Australia Oberon-class 1967
HMAS Onslow Australian National Maritime Museum Sydney Australia Australia Oberon-class 1968
M-21 Royal Australian Navy Heritage Centre Sydney Empire of Japan Empire of Japan Type A Kō-hyōteki-class 1940 Conning Tower
M-14 and M-21 Australian War Memorial Campbell Empire of Japan Empire of Japan Type A Kō-hyōteki-class 1940 Composite Submarine

Brazil

Name Location City / Town Nationality Class Launch Year
Riachuelo (S22) Navy Cultural Centre Rio de Janeiro Brazil Brazil Oberon-class 1975

Bulgaria

  • Slava (project 633) – Submarine Museum "Slava", Beloslav, Varna region, Bulgaria – Romeo-class sub. Launched 1960.

Canada

RV Ben Franklin on display
Name Location City / Town Province Nationality Class Launch Year
HMCS Ojibwa Elgin Military Museum Port Burwell Ontario Ontario Canada Canada Oberon-class 1964
HMCS Onondaga Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père Rimouski Quebec Quebec Canada Canada Oberon-class 1965
RV Ben Franklin Vancouver Maritime Museum Vancouver British Columbia British Columbia United States United States Research Submersible 1968

Chile

Name City / Town Nationality Class Launch Year
SS-22 O'Brien Valdivia Chile Chile Oberon-class 1972

Croatia

Name Location City / Town Nationality Class Launch Year Other Names
CB-20 Technical museum Zagreb Italy Italy CB-class 1943 Mališan (Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia)

Denmark

Name Location City / Town Nationality Class Launch Year Remarks
HDMS Sælen Royal Danish Naval Museum Copenhagen Denmark Denmark Kobben class 1965
HDMS Springeren (S324) Langelandsfort Bagenkop Denmark Denmark Kobben-class 1964
HDMS Springeren (S329)[1] Aalborg Maritime Museum Aalborg Denmark Denmark Delfinen-class 1963
HMS E50 Sea War Museum Jutland Thyborøn United Kingdom United Kingdom E-class 1916 Conning Tower

Estonia

Name Location City / Town Nationality Class Launch Year
EML Lembit Estonian Maritime Museum Tallinn Estonia Estonia Kalev-class 1936

Finland

Name Location City / Town Nationality Class Launch Year
Vesikko Technical museum Helsinki Finland Finland Coastal submarine 1933

France

Name Location City / Town Nationality Class Launch Year Propulsion
Le Redoutable Cité de la Mer Cherbourg France France Redoutable-class 1967 Nuclear
Alose COMEX headquarters Marseille France France Naïade-class 1904 Petrol
Argonaute Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie Paris France France Aréthuse-class 1958 Diesel
Espadon Saint-Nazaire submarine base Saint Nazaire France France Narval-class 1960 Diesel
Flore Keroman Submarine Museum Lorient France France Daphné-class 1964 Diesel

Germany

Name Location City / Town Nationality Class Launch Year Other Names
Brandtaucher Military History Museum Dresden German Confederation German Confederation Military Submarine 1850
U-1 Deutsches Museum Munich German Empire German Empire U-boat 1906
U-995 Laboe Naval Memorial Laboe Nazi Germany Nazi Germany Type VIIC/41 1943 Kaura (Norway Norway)
U-2540 Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum Bremerhaven Nazi Germany Nazi Germany Type XXI 1945 Wilhelm Bauer (West Germany West Germany)
U-9 (S188)[2] Technik Museum Speyer Speyer West Germany West Germany Type 205 1966
U-10 (S189) Deutsches Marinemuseum Wilhelmshaven West Germany West Germany Type 205 1967
U-11 (S190)[3] U-Boot Museum Fehmarn West Germany West Germany Type 205 1968
HMS Otus[4] Erlebnsiwelt U-Boot Sassnitz United Kingdom United Kingdom Oberon-class 1961
U-461[5] Museum Peenemünde Peenemuende Soviet Union Soviet Union Juliett-class 1962 K-24
U-434[6] U-Bootmuseum Hamburg Hamburg Soviet Union Soviet Union Tango-class 1976 B-515

India

Name Location City / Town Nationality Class Launch Year
INS Kursura (S20) RK Beach Visakhapatnam India India Kalvari-class 1969

Indonesia

Name Location City / Town Nationality Class Launch Year Other Names
KRI Pasopati (410) Indonesian Navy Submarine Monument Surabaya Indonesia Indonesia Whiskey-class 1955 S-290 (Soviet Union USSR)

Israel

Name Location City / Town Nationality Class Launch Year Remarks
INS Gal Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum Haifa Israel Israel Gal-class 1975
INS Dakar Israel Israel T-class 1943 Conning Tower

Italy

The conning tower of Andrea Provana
Name Location City / Town Nationality Class Launch Year Remarks
Enrico Toti Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Milan Italy Italy Toti-class 1967
Nazario Sauro Galata - Museo del mare Genoa Italy Italy Sauro-class 1976
Andrea Provana Parco del Valentino Turin Italy Italy Barbarigo-class 1918 Conning Tower

Japan

Name Location City / Town Nationality Class Launch Year
HA-18 Naval History Museum Etajima Japan Japan Type A Kō-hyōteki-class 1938[7]
JDS Akishio Kure Maritime Museum Kure Japan Japan Yushio-class 1985

Malaysia

Submarine Museum in Malaysia

Netherlands

  • HNLMS Tonijn (S-805) – Dutch Naval Museum, Den Helder, The Netherlands – Potvis-class sub. Launched 1965.

Norway

  • HNoMS Utstein (S-203) – Norwegian Naval Museum, Horten, Norway – Kobben-class sub. (207 class in Germany) Launched 1965.

Pakistan

Peru

Russian Federation

Submarine Location City / Town Federal District Nationality Class Launch Year Propulsion Remarks
Dzhevetsky's Submarine Central Naval Museum Saint Petersburg Northwestern Russian Empire Russian Empire Research Submersible 1881 Electric
D-2 Narodovolets Soviet Union USSR Dekabrist-class 1929 Diesel Guided Tours
S-189 S-189 Submarine Museum Saint Petersburg Northwestern Soviet Union USSR Whiskey-class 1954 Diesel
B-107 Museum of Russian Submarine Forces Saint Petersburg Northwestern Soviet Union USSR Foxtrot-class 1964 Diesel Sail
S-156 Baltic Submariners Memorial Kronstadt Northwestern Soviet Union USSR Whiskey-class 1953 Diesel Sail
K-21 Northern Fleet Naval Museum Severomorsk Northwestern Soviet Union USSR K-class 1939 Diesel
B-413 Museum of the World Oceans Kaliningrad Northwestern Soviet Union USSR Foxtrot-class 1968 Diesel
B-440 B-440 Submarine Museum Vytegra Northwestern Soviet Union USSR Foxtrot-class 1970 Diesel
S-51 Gremikha Naval base Ostrovnoy Northwestern Soviet Union USSR S-class 1940 Diesel Sail
B-319 Victory Square Polyarny Northwestern Soviet Union USSR Tango-class 1981 Diesel Sail
K-411 Orenburg Defenders of the Fatherland Memorial Koltushi Northwestern Soviet Union USSR Yankee-class 1970 Nuclear Sail
K-141 Kursk Sailors who died in Peacetime Memorial Murmansk Northwestern Russia Russia Oscar-class 1994 Nuclear Sail
L-3 Frunzenets Victory Park Moscow Central Soviet Union USSR Leninets-class 1931 Diesel Sail
Shch-307 Soviet Union USSR Shchuka-class 1934 Diesel Sail
B-396[8] Museum of the Navy Moscow Central Soviet Union USSR Tango-class 1980 Diesel
K-14 Pioneers of the Nuclear Fleet Memorial Obninsk Central Soviet Union USSR November-class 1958 Nuclear Sail
B-307 History of Equipment Park Complex Tolyatti Volga Soviet Union USSR Tango-class 1980 Diesel
K-306 Victory Park Ufa Volga Soviet Union USSR Victor-class 1968 Nuclear Sail
K-403 Kazan Victory Park Kazan Volga Soviet Union USSR Yankee-class 1970 Nuclear Sail
M-261 Weapons of Victory Museum Krasnodar Southern Soviet Union USSR Quebec-class 1955 Diesel
S-56 The Museum of Pacific Fleet Vladivostok Far Eastern Soviet Union USSR S-class 1939 Diesel
K-430 Submariners of all Generations Memorial Vladivostok Far Eastern Soviet Union USSR Yankee-class 1974 Nuclear Sail
K-434 The Ruble Monument Bolshoy Kamen Far Eastern Soviet Union USSR Yankee-class 1970 Nuclear Sail
K-506 Zelenograd Exploits of the Nuclear Fleet Memorial Fokino Far Eastern Soviet Union USSR Delta III-class 1978 Nuclear Sail

Slovenia

  • P-913 ZETA – the Pivka Military History Park, Pivka, Slovenija – Una type midget submarine. Launched 1987.

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

The Spanish submarine Peral at the Cartagena Naval Museum.
Name Location City / Town Nationality Class Launch Year
SA-51 CosmoCaixa Barcelona Spain Spain Tiburón-class 1966
SA-52 Isaac Peral Base Cartagena Spain Spain Tiburón-class 1966
Peral Cartagena Naval Museum Spain Spain Peral-class 1889
SA-42 Isaac Peral Base Spain Spain Foca-class 1963
SA-41 Mahon Naval Station Mahón Spain Spain Foca-class 1963
S-61 Delfín Museo del Mar y de la Sal Torrevieja Spain Spain Delfín-class 1972

Sweden

Name Location City / Town Nationality Class Launch Year
HSwMS Neptun Marinmuseum Karlskrona Sweden Sweden Nacken-class 1979
HSwMS Hajen Sweden Sweden Holland-class 1904
HSwMS Nordkaparen Göteborgs Maritima Centrum Gothenburg Sweden Sweden Draken-class 1961
HSwMS U3 Teknikens och sjöfartens hus Malmö Sweden Sweden Kustubat 1942

Switzerland

Name Location City / Town Canton Nationality Launch Year
Auguste Piccard (PX-8) Swiss Transport Museum Lucerne Canton of Lucerne Lucerne Switzerland Switzerland 1964
F.-A. Forel (PX-28) La Maison de la Rivière Tolochenaz Canton of Vaud Vaud Switzerland Switzerland 1978

Turkey

Name Location City / Town Nationality Class Launch Year Other Names
TCG Uluçalireis (S 338) Rahmi M. Koç Museum Istanbul Turkey Turkey Tench-class 1944 USS Thornback (United States United States)
TCG Hızırreis (S 342) Gayret Gemi Museum İzmit Turkey Turkey Tang-class 1952 USS Gudgeon (United States United States)
TCG Pirireis (S 343) İnciraltı Sea Museum İzmir Turkey Turkey Tang-class 1951 USS Tang (United States United States)
SM UB-46 Dardanelles Naval Museum Çanakkale German Empire German Empire Type UB II 1916

United Kingdom

Name Location City / Town Nationality Class Launch Year Propulsion Remarks
HMS Alliance Royal Navy Submarine Museum Gosport United Kingdom United Kingdom Amphion-class 1945 Diesel Guided Tours
HMS Holland 1 United Kingdom United Kingdom Holland-class 1901 Petrol
Biber 105 Nazi Germany Nazi Germany Biber 1945 Diesel
HMS X24 United Kingdom United Kingdom X-class 1943 Diesel
HMS E17 United Kingdom United Kingdom E-class 1915 Diesel Conning Tower
LR3 United Kingdom United Kingdom DSRV 1990s Electric
HMS Ocelot Chatham Historic Dockyard Chatham United Kingdom United Kingdom Oberon-class 1962 Diesel
HMS XE8 Expunge United Kingdom United Kingdom XE-class 1944 Diesel
HMS X51 Stickleback Scottish Submarine Center Helensburgh United Kingdom United Kingdom Stickleback-class 1954 Diesel
HMS Courageous Devonport Naval Heritage Centre Plymouth United Kingdom United Kingdom Churchill-class 1970 Nuclear
U-534 U-boat Story Birkenhead Nazi Germany Nazi Germany Type IXC/40 1941 Diesel
Biber 90 Imperial War Museum London Nazi Germany Nazi Germany Biber 1944 Diesel
U-475 Black Widow River Medway Strood Soviet Union Soviet Union Foxtrot-class 1966 Diesel Museum Closed

United States

USS Silversides on display
Name Location City / Town State / Territory Nationality Class Launch Year Propulsion Remarks
USS Nautilus Submarine Force Library and Museum Groton Connecticut Connecticut United States United States Nautilus-class 1954 Nuclear
X-1 United States United States Midget submarine 1955 Diesel
HA. 8 Empire of Japan Empire of Japan Type A Kō-hyōteki-class 1938 Electric
Siluro San Bartolomeo Italy Italy Human torpedo 1943 Diesel
USS George Washington United States United States George Washington-class 1959 Nuclear Sail
USS Flasher National Submarine Memorial Groton Connecticut Connecticut United States United States Gato-class 1943 Diesel Conning Tower
Trieste II Naval Undersea Museum Keyport Washington (state) Washington United States United States Bathyscaphesan Diego ca 1964 Electric
DSRV-1 Mystic United States United States DSRV 1970 Electric
USS Sturgeon United States United States Sturgeon-class 1966 Nuclear Sail
USS Parche (SSN-683) Harbourside Park Bremerton Washington (state) Washington United States United States Sturgeon-class 1973 Nuclear Sail
USS Triton USS Triton Submarine Memorial Park Richland Washington (state) Washington United States United States Triton-class 1958 Nuclear Sail
USS Woodrow Wilson Naval Base Kitsap Bangor Washington (state) Washington United States United States Lafayette-class 1963 Nuclear Sail
USS Ling New Jersey Naval Museum Hackensack New Jersey New Jersey United States United States Balao-class 1943 Diesel
USS Halfbeak United States United States Balao-class 1946 Diesel Sail
Holland I Paterson Museum Paterson New Jersey New Jersey United States United States Research Submersible 1878 Petrol
Fenian Ram United States United States Research Submersible 1881 Petrol
Intelligent Whale National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey Sea Girt New Jersey New Jersey United States United States Research Submersible 1863 Hand-crank
USS Dolphin Maritime Museum of San Diego San Diego California California United States United States Research Submersible 1968 Diesel
USS Pampanito San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park San Francisco California California United States United States Balao-class 1943 Diesel
B-427 (Scorpion) The Russian Scorpion Submarine Long Beach California California Soviet Union Soviet Union Foxtrot-class 1971 Diesel Museum Permanently Closed
USS Mariano G. Vallejo Mare Island Historic Park Foundation Vallejo CaliforniaCalifornia United States United States Benjamin Franklin-class 1965 Nuclear Sail
USS Baya Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum Vallejo California California United States United States Balao-class 1944 Diesel Periscope
USS Cavalla Seawolf Park Galveston Texas Texas United States United States Gato-class 1943 Diesel
USS Tautog United States United States Sturgeon-class 1967 Nuclear Sail
HA. 19 National Museum of the Pacific War Fredericksburg Texas Texas Empire of Japan Empire of Japan Type A Kō-hyōteki-class 1938 Electric
USS Pintado United States United States Balao-class 1943 Diesel Conning Tower
USS Croaker Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park Buffalo New York (state) New York United States United States Gato-class 1943 Diesel
USS Boston United States United States Los Angeles-class 1980 Nuclear Sail
USS Growler Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum New York City New York (state) New York United States United States Grayback-class 1958 Diesel
USS Clamagore Patriots Point Maritime Museum Mount Pleasant South Carolina South Carolina United States United States Balao-class 1945 Diesel Permanently Closed
USS Lewis and Clark United States United States Benjamin Franklin-class 1964 Nuclear Sail
H. L. Hunley Warren Lasch Conservation Center North Charleston South Carolina South Carolina Confederate States of America Confederate States Military Submarine 1863 Hand-crank
USS Becuna Independence Seaport Museum Philadelphia Pennsylvania Pennsylvania United States United States Balao-class 1944 Diesel
USS Requin The Carnegie Science Center Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Pennsylvania United States United States Tench-class 1944 Diesel
USS Bowfin USS Bowfin Submarine Museum Pearl Harbor Hawaii Hawaii United States United States Balao-class 1942 Diesel
USS Parche (SS-384) United States United States Balao-class 1943 Diesel Conning Tower
USS Silversides USS Silversides Submarine Museum Muskegon Michigan Michigan United States United States Gato-class 1941 Diesel
USS Tambor Dossin Great Lakes Museum Detroit Michigan Michigan United States United States Tambor-class 1939 Diesel Periscope only
USS Marlin Freedom Park Omaha Nebraska Nebraska United States United States T-1-class 1953 Diesel
USS Omaha Levi Carter Park Omaha Nebraska Nebraska United States United States Los Angeles-class 1976 Nuclear Sail (Under Construction)
Trieste National Museum of the United States Navy Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. United States United States Bathyscaphe 1953 Electric
USS Balao Washington Navy Yard Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. United States United States Balao-class 1942 Diesel Sail
USS Grayling Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery Maine Maine United States United States Sturgeon-class 1967 Nuclear Sail
USS Sailfish United States United States Sargo-class 1938 Diesel Conning Tower
USS Drum Battleship Memorial Park Mobile Alabama Alabama United States United States Gato-class 1941 Diesel
USS Razorback Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum North Little Rock Arkansas Arkansas United States United States Balao-class 1943 Diesel Renamed TCG Muratreis (Turkey)
U-505 Museum of Science and Industry Chicago Illinois Illinois Nazi Germany Nazi Germany Type IXC 1941 Diesel Captured by the US Navy on June 4, 1944.
USS Torsk Historic Ships in Baltimore Baltimore Maryland Maryland United States United States Tench-class 1944 Diesel
USS Lionfish Battleship Cove Fall River Massachusetts Massachusetts United States United States Balao-class 1943 Diesel
USS Albacore Albacore Park and Museum Portsmouth New Hampshire New Hampshire United States United States Research Submersible 1953 Diesel
USS Cod USS Cod Submarine Memorial Cleveland Ohio Ohio United States United States Gato-class 1943 Diesel
USS Batfish War Memorial Park Muskogee Oklahoma Oklahoma United States United States Balao-class 1943 Diesel
USS Blueback Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Portland Oregon Oregon United States United States Barbel-class 1959 Diesel
USS Cobia Wisconsin Maritime Museum Manitowoc Wisconsin Wisconsin United States United States Gato-class 1943 Diesel
USS Nathaneal Greene 41 for Freedom Memorial Port Canaveral Florida Florida United States United States James Madison-class 1964 Nuclear Sail
USS George Bancroft Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay St. Marys Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia United States United States Benjamin Franklin-class 1965 Nuclear Sail
USS James K. Polk National Museum of Nuclear Science & History Albuquerque New Mexico New Mexico United States United States Benjamin Franklin-class 1965 Nuclear Sail
USS Hawkbill Idaho Science Center Arco Idaho Idaho United States United States Sturgeon-class 1969 Nuclear Sail
Bayou St. John submarine Louisiana State Museum Baton Rouge Louisiana Louisiana Confederate States of America Confederate States Military Submarine Unknown Hand-crank
USS Indianapolis Indiana Military Museum Vincennes Indiana Indiana United States United States Los Angeles-class 1980 Nuclear Sail
HA. 62-76 T. Stell Newman Visitor Center Santa Rita Guam Guam Empire of Japan Empire of Japan Type C Kō-hyōteki-class 1944 Diesel

See also

References

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