List of submarine classes in service
The list of submarine classes in service includes all submarine classes currently in service with navies or other armed forces worldwide. For surface combatants, see the list of naval ship classes in service.
Ballistic missile submarines
Class | Builder | Displacement Tonnes | Operator | In Service | Built | Under Construction | Comments |
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Arihant Class (Project ATV) | India | 7,000-9,000 | Indian Navy | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Borei-class (Project 955 Borey) | Russia | 14,720 | Russian Navy | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 outfitting [1] |
Delta-class (Project 667BDR Kal'mar / 667BDRM Del'fin) | Soviet Union / Russia | 10,600 | Russian Navy | 9 | 9 | 0 | Including 3 Delta III and 6 Delta IV |
Jin-class (Type 094) | People's Republic of China | 10,000 | People's Liberation Army Navy | 4 | 4 | 2 | |
Template:Sclass- (SSBN 726) | United States | 16,764 | United States Navy | 14 | 18 | 0 | 24 planned 6 cancelled |
Template:Sclass- (Gorae/Pongdae) | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1,650~2,000 | Korean People's Navy | 1 | 1 | ||
Template:Sclass- | France | 12,640 | French Navy | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
Template:Sclass2- (Project 941 Akula) | Soviet Union / Russia | 24,000 | Russian Navy | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 in reserve |
Template:Sclass- | United Kingdom | 14,000 | Royal Navy | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
Xia-class | People's Republic of China | 7,000 | People's Liberation Army Navy | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Guided missile submarines
Class | Builder | Displacement Tonnes | Operator | In Service | Built | Under Construction | Comments |
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Oscar Class (Project 949 Granit/Project 949A Antey) | Soviet Union / Russia | 19,400 | Russian Navy | 7 | 14 | 0 | 2 being modernized, 4 scrapped 1 lost at sea |
Ohio Class (Tactical Trident) | United States | 18,750 | United States Navy | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Nuclear-powered attack submarines
Class | Builder | Displacement Tonnes | Operator | In Service | Built | Under Construction | Comments |
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Akula Class (Project 971 Shchuka) | Soviet Union / Russia | 10,700 | Russian Navy / Indian Navy | 4 | 15 | 0 | 5 undergoing modernization, 1 leased to India[2][3] |
Astute Class | United Kingdom | 7,400 | Royal Navy | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 undergoing seal trials |
Barracuda Class | France | 5,300 | French Navy Royal Australian Navy | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 planned |
Han Class (Type 091) | China | 4,500 | People's Liberation Army Navy | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
Los Angeles Class (SSN 688) | United States | 7,000 | United States Navy | 32 | 62 | 0 | 30 submarines retired |
Rubis Class | France | 2,670 | French Navy | 6 | 8 | 0 | |
Seawolf Class (SSN 21) | United States | 9,300 | United States Navy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 29 originally planned |
Yasen Class | Russia | 11,800 | Russian Navy | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 in sea trials |
Shang Class (Type 093) | China | 8,000 | People's Liberation Army Navy | 6 | 6 | 0 | |
Sierra Class (Project 945) | Soviet Union / Russia | 10,400 | Russian Navy | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 undergoing modernization |
Trafalgar Class | United Kingdom | 5,208 | Royal Navy | 3 | 7 | 0 | |
Victor Class | Soviet Union / Russia | 7,250 | Russian Navy | 3 | 48 | 0 | 45 retired |
Virginia Class | United States | 7,800 | United States Navy | 19 | 19 | 9 | 66 planned |
Diesel-electric attack submarines
- Template:Sclass-
- Builder: France / Spain
- Displacement: 1,725 tons
- Operators:
- Pakistan Navy : 5 in service
- Spanish Navy: 3 in service
- Template:Sclass- (ex-Template:Sclass-)
- Builder: Sweden
- Displacement: 1,210 tons
- Operator: Republic of Singapore Navy: 2 in service
- Template:Sclass- submarine
- Builder: Australia
- Displacement: 3,050 tons
- Operator: Royal Australian Navy: 6 in service
- Template:Sclass- submarine
- Builder: Germany
- Displacement: 1,900 tons
- Operator: Israeli Navy: 3 non-AIP in-service, 3 AIP in-service/sea trials, 3 AIP ordered
- Template:Sclass2- submarine (Project 877 Paltus and Project 636)
- Builder: Soviet Union / Russia
- Displacement: 3,100 tons
- Operators:
- Indian Navy: 8 Kilo, 1 exploded, 1 transferred to Myanmar Navy, known as the Template:Sclass-
- People's Liberation Army Navy: 2 Kilo and 10 Improved Kilo in service
- Russian Navy: 17 in service plus a number of reserves, 6 Improved Kilo ordered
- Algerian National Navy: 2 Original Kilo and 2 Improved Kilo
- Polish Navy: 1 Kilo
- Islamic Republic of Iran Navy: 3 Kilo
- Romanian Naval Forces: 1 Kilo
- Vietnam People's Navy: 1 Kilo and 5 Improved Kilo in service
- Kobben-class (Type 207) submarine
- Builder: Germany
- Displacement: 485 tons
- Operators: Polish Navy: 4 in service, handed over from Norway
- Ming-class (Type 035) submarine
- Builder: People's Republic of China
- Displacement: 2,100 tons
- Operator:
- People's Liberation Army Navy: 14 in service
- Bangladesh Navy: 2 in service
- Template:Sclass- submarine
- Builder: Japan
- Displacement: 4,000 tons
- Operator: Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force: 11 in service
- Template:Sclass2- submarine
- Builder: Soviet Union
- Displacement: 1,830 tons
- Operators:
- Bulgarian Navy: 1 of many delivered remains in service, restricted capabilities
- Template:Sclass- submarine
- Builder: Italy
- Displacement: 1,653 tons
- Operator: Italian Navy: 4 in service
- Song-class submarine
- Builder: People's Republic of China
- Displacement: 2,250 tons
- Operator: People's Liberation Army Navy: 13 in service
- Template:Sclass2-
- Builder: Germany
- Displacement: 2116 tons
- Operators: Argentine Navy: 1 in service
- Type 209 submarine
- Builder: Germany
- Displacement: 1,230/1,290/1,586 tons
- Operators:
- Argentine Navy: 1 in service
- Brazilian Navy: 5 in service
- Chilean Navy: 2 in service
- Colombian National Navy: 2 in service
- Egyptian Navy: 4 in service
- Ecuadorian Navy: 2 in service
- Hellenic Navy: 7 in service
- Indian Navy: 4 in service
- Indonesian Navy: 5 in service
- Peruvian Navy: 6 in service
- South African Navy: 3 in service
- Republic of Korea Navy: 9 in service
- Turkish Navy: 14 in service
- Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela: 2 in service
- Ula-class (Type 210) submarine
- Builder: Germany
- Displacement: 1,150 tons
- Operator: Royal Norwegian Navy: 6 in service
- Victoria-class hunter-killer submarine (SSK 876)
- Builder: United Kingdom
- Displacement: 2,400 tons
- Operator: Royal Canadian Navy: 4 in service
- Template:Sclass- submarine
- Builder: Netherlands
- Displacement: 2,800 tons
- Operator: Royal Netherlands Navy: 4 in service
- Template:Sclass- submarine
- Builder: Netherlands
- Displacement: 2,600 tons
- Operator: Republic of China Navy: 2 in service
- Template:Sclass- submarine
- Builder: Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Displacement: 370 tons
- Operator: Korean People's Navy: 40 in service
- Template:Sclass- submarine
- Builder: Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Displacement: 2,000 tons
- Operator: Korean People's Navy: 1 in service
- Template:Sclass- submarine
- Builder: Iran
- Displacement: 593 tons
- Operator: Islamic Republic of Iran Navy: 1 in service
- Template:Sclass- submarine
- Builder: Iran
- Displacement: 350-400 tons
- Operator: Islamic Republic of Iran Navy: 1 in service
- Type 206 submarine
- Builder: Germany
- Displacement: 500 tons
- Operators:
- Colombian National Navy : 2 in service
Non-nuclear submarines with air-independent propulsion
- Template:Sclass-
- Builder: Sweden,
- Displacement: 1,800 tons
- Operators: Swedish Navy: 1 building
- Template:Sclass- submarine - both AIP and non-AIP variants; see Diesel-electric attack submarines (above)
- Template:Sclass-
- Builder: Sweden,
- Displacement: 1,647 tons
- Operators: Swedish Navy: 3 in service
- Template:Sclass- submarine (Project 677 Lada)
- Builder: Russia
- Displacement: 2,700 tons
- Operators: Russian Navy: 1 in service, 3 ordered
- Qing-class submarine
- Builder: People's Republic of China
- Displacement: 6,628 tons
- Operator: People's Liberation Army Navy: 1 in service
- Template:Sclass-
- Builder: Spain
- Displacement: 3,426 tons
- Operator: Spanish Navy: 4 building
- Template:Sclass2-
- Builder: France / Spain
- Displacement: 1,590 tons
- Operator:
- Brazilian Navy: 4 ordered/building
- Chilean Navy: 2 in service
- Indian Navy: 2 in service , 2 under trials, 2 under construction, known as Template:Sclass-
- Royal Malaysian Navy: 2 in service
- Template:Sclass-
- Builder: Japan
- Displacement: 4,200 tons
- Operators: Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force: 9 in service, 3 building or planned
- Type 212 submarine
- Builders: Germany / Italy
- Displacement: 1,830 tons
- Operators:
- German Navy: 4 in service, 2 ordered, 2 more planned
- Italian Navy: 4 in service
- Type 214 submarine
- Builder: Germany,
- Displacement: 1,980 tons
- Operators:
- Hellenic Navy: 4 in service
- Republic of Korea Navy: 8 in service, 1 building/ordered
- Portuguese Navy: 2 in service
- Turkish Navy: 6 ordered
- Template:Sclass- submarine / Template:Sclass- submarine
- Builder: Sweden
- Displacement: 1,145 tons
- Operator:
- Swedish Navy: 2 in service
- Republic of Singapore Navy: 2 on a delivery program
- Yuan-class submarine
- Builder: People's Republic of China
- Displacement: 3,600 tons
- Operator: People's Liberation Army Navy: 17 in service, 3 building
Midget submarines
- Yugo-class submarine
- Builder: Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Displacement: 90 up to 110 tons
- Operator: Islamic Republic of Iran Navy: 4 in service
- Yono-class submarine
- Builder: Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Displacement: 130 tons
- Operator: Democratic People's Republic of Korea: <36 in service
- Ghadir-class submarine
- Builder: Iran
- Displacement: 115 tons
- Operator: Islamic Republic of Iran Navy: 21 in service
Special mission submarines
- Template:Sclass- deep sea rescue submersible (DSRV 1)
- Builder: United States
- Displacement: 37 tons
- Operator: United States Navy: 1 in service
- Template:Sclass- special mission submarine (Project 1083.1)
- Builder: Russia
- Displacement: 730 tons
- Operator: Russian Navy
- Uniform-class special mission submarine (Project 1910 Kashalot)
- Builder: Soviet Union / Russia
- Displacement: 1,580 tons
- Operator: Russian Navy
See also
- List of submarine operators
- List of naval ship classes in service
- List of auxiliary ship classes in service
References
- ^ http://en.rian.ru/military_news/20121219/178267539.html Russia to Float Out New Borey Class Sub on Dec. 30
- ^ https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/india-in-talks-with-russia-on-lease-of-second-nuclear-submarine/article4505333.ece
- ^ https://news.usni.org/2013/07/08/india-interested-in-leasing-second-russian-nuclear-attack-sub