List of submarine museums
Appearance
This is a list of museums that include submarines that can either be toured or viewed on display.
Australia
Name | Location | City / Town | Nationality | Class | Launch Year | Remarks |
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HMAS Otway | Holbrook Submarine Museum | Holbrook | Australia | Oberon-class | 1966 | |
HMAS Ovens | Western Australian Maritime Museum | Fremantle | Australia | Oberon-class | 1967 | |
HMAS Onslow | Australian National Maritime Museum | Sydney | Australia | Oberon-class | 1968 | |
M-21 | Royal Australian Navy Heritage Centre | Sydney | Empire of Japan | Type A Kō-hyōteki-class | 1940 | Conning Tower |
M-14 and M-21 | Australian War Memorial | Campbell | Empire of Japan | Type A Kō-hyōteki-class | 1940 | Composite Submarine |
Belgium
- B-821 (sometimes called B-143) – Seafront Zeebrugge, Zeebrugge, Belgium – Foxtrot-class sub. Launched 1960.
Brazil
- Riachuelo (S22) – Navy Cultural Centre in Rio de Janeiro – Oberon-class, Launched in 1975, decommissioned 1997.
Canada
Name | Location | City / Town | Province | Nationality | Class | Launch Year |
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HMCS Ojibwa | Elgin Military Museum | Port Burwell | Ontario | Canada | Oberon-class | 1964 |
HMCS Onondaga | Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père | Rimouski | Quebec | Canada | Oberon-class | 1965 |
RV Ben Franklin | Vancouver Maritime Museum | Vancouver | British Columbia | United States | Research Submersible | 1968 |
Chile
- SS-22 O'Brien – Oberon class – sold to Municipality in Valdivia, Chile; on October 2008, and currently open for guided visits.
Croatia
- CB-20 – On display at Technical museum in Zagreb, Croatia
Denmark
- HDMS Sælen (The Seal) – Copenhagen, Denmark[1]
- HDMS Springeren (The Leaper) – Aalborg, Denmark[2]
Estonia
- EML Lembit – Estonian Maritime Museum, Tallinn, Estonia – Kalev class submarine. Launched 1936.
Finland
- Vesikko – Suomenlinna, Helsinki. Launched 1933.
France
Name | Location | City / Town | Nationality | Class | Launch Year | Propulsion |
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Le Redoutable | Cité de la Mer | Cherbourg | France | Redoutable-class | 1967 | Nuclear |
Alose | COMEX headquarters | Marseille | France | Naïade-class | 1904 | Petrol |
Argonaute | Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie | Paris | France | Aréthuse-class | 1958 | Diesel |
Espadon | Saint-Nazaire submarine base | Saint Nazaire | France | Narval-class | 1960 | Diesel |
Flore | Keroman Submarine Museum | Lorient | France | Daphné-class | 1964 | Diesel |
Germany
Name | Location | City / Town | Nationality | Class | Launch Year | Other Names |
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Brandtaucher | Military History Museum | Dresden | German Confederation | Military Submarine | 1850 | |
U-1 | Deutsches Museum | Munich | German Empire | U-boat | 1906 | |
U-995 | Laboe Naval Memorial | Laboe | Nazi Germany | Type VIIC/41 | 1943 | Kaura (Norway) |
U-2540 | Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum | Bremerhaven | Nazi Germany | Type XXI | 1945 | Wilhelm Bauer (West Germany) |
U-9 (S188) | Technik Museum Speyer | Speyer | West Germany | Type 205 | 1966 | |
U-10 (S189) | Deutsches Marinemuseum | Wilhelmshaven | West Germany | Type 205 | 1967 | |
U-11 (S190) | U-Boot Museum | Fehmarn | West Germany | Type 205 | 1968 | |
HMS Otus | Erlebnsiwelt U-Boot | Sassnitz | United Kingdom | Oberon-class | 1961 | |
U-461 | Museum Peenemünde | Peenemuende | Soviet Union | Juliett-class | 1962 | K-24 |
U-434 | U-Bootmuseum Hamburg | Hamburg | Soviet Union | Tango-class | 1976 | B-515 |
India
- INS Kursura (S20) – Ramakrishna Mission Beach, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Service: 1969-2001.
Indonesia
- KRI Pasopati (410) – Indonesian Navy Submarine Monument, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia – Early Cold War Soviet Whiskey class submarine. Launched 1952.[3]
Israel
- INS Gal – Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum, Haifa, Israel – Gal-class submarine. Launched 1975.
- INS Dakar – Sank in 1968. Conning tower salvaged and displayed outside the Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum in Haifa
Italy
Name | Location | City / Town | Nationality | Class | Launch Year | Remarks |
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Enrico Toti | Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia | Milan | Italy | Toti-class | 1967 | |
Nazario Sauro | Galata Museo del mare | Genoa | Italy | Sauro-class | 1976 | |
Andrea Provana | Parco del Valentino | Turin | Italy | Barbarigo-class | 1918 | Conning Tower |
Japan
- JDS Akishio – JMSDF Kure Museum, Kure, Japan – Yushio-class sub. Launched 1985.
- HA-18 – Japanese Type 'A' Midget Submarine, used at Pearl Harbor, TH, 7 December 1941. Now at The Naval History Museum, Etajima, Japan.
Malaysia
- FS Ouessant (S623) Agosta-class submarine – Submarine Museum in Klebang, 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
- PNS Hangor (S131) – Pakistan Maritime Museum, Karachi, Pakistan – Daphné class submarine (French built) that served in the Pakistan Navy from 1970 to 2006. She was the first (and one of only two) submarine after World War II which sank enemy warship – Indian Navy's anti-submarine frigate INS Khukri, in the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War.
Peru
- BAP Abtao – Peruvian Naval Museum, Callao, Peru – BAP Abtao (SS-42) Abtao-class submarine of the Peruvian Navy. Launched in 1954.
Russian Federation
Slovenia
- P-913 ZETA – the Pivka Military History Park, Pivka, Slovenija – Una type midget submarine. Launched 1987.
South Africa
South Korea
- Sang-O class submarine – 1996 Gangneung submarine infiltration incident – located at Gangneung Unification Park.
Spain
- Template:Sclass- – ESPS Delfin (S-61) in Torrevieja, Spain.
- Peral Submarine in Cartagena, Spain.
Sweden
Name | Location | City / Town | Nationality | Class | Launch Year |
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HSwMS Neptun | Marinmuseum | Karlskrona | Sweden | Nacken-class | 1979 |
HSwMS Hajen | Sweden | Holland-class | 1904 | ||
HSwMS Nordkaparen | Göteborgs Maritima Centrum | Gothenburg | Sweden | Draken-class | 1961 |
HSwMS U3 | Teknikens och sjöfartens hus | Malmö | Sweden | Kustubat | 1942 |
Switzerland
Name | Location | City / Town | Canton | Nationality | Launch Year |
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Auguste Piccard (PX-8) | Swiss Transport Museum | Lucerne | Lucerne | Switzerland | 1964 |
F.-A. Forel (PX-28) | La Maison de la Rivière | Tolochenaz | Vaud | Switzerland | 1978 |
Turkey
Name | Location | City / Town | Nationality | Class | Launch Year | Former Name |
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TCG Uluçalireis (S 338) | Rahmi M. Koç Museum | Istanbul | Turkey | Tench-class | 1944 | USS Thornback ( United States) |
TCG Hızırreis (S 342) | Gayret Gemi Museum | İzmit | Turkey | Tang-class | 1952 | USS Gudgeon ( United States) |
TCG Pirireis (S 343) | İnciraltı Sea Museum | İzmir | Turkey | Tang-class | 1951 | USS Tang ( United States) |
SM UB-46 | Dardanelles Naval Museum | Çanakkale | German Empire | Type UB II | 1916 |
United Kingdom
Name | Location | City / Town | Nationality | Class | Launch Year | Propulsion | Remarks |
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HMS Alliance | Royal Navy Submarine Museum | Gosport | United Kingdom | Amphion-class | 1945 | Diesel | Guided Tours |
HMS Holland 1 | United Kingdom | Holland-class | 1901 | Petrol | |||
Biber 105 | Nazi Germany | Biber | 1945 | Diesel | |||
HMS X24 | United Kingdom | X-class | 1943 | Diesel | |||
HMS E17 | United Kingdom | E-class | 1915 | Diesel | Conning Tower | ||
LR3 | United Kingdom | DSRV | 1990s | Electric | |||
HMS Ocelot | Chatham Historic Dockyard | Chatham | United Kingdom | Oberon-class | 1962 | Diesel | |
HMS XE8 Expunge | United Kingdom | XE-class | 1944 | Diesel | |||
HMS X51 Stickleback | Scottish Submarine Center | Helensburgh | United Kingdom | Stickleback-class | 1954 | Diesel | |
HMS Courageous | Devonport Naval Heritage Centre | Plymouth | United Kingdom | Churchill-class | 1970 | Nuclear | |
U-534 | U-boat Story | Birkenhead | Nazi Germany | Type IXC/40 | 1941 | Diesel | |
Biber 90 | Imperial War Museum | London | Nazi Germany | Biber | 1944 | Diesel | |
U-475 Black Widow | River Medway | Strood | Soviet Union | Foxtrot-class | 1966 | Diesel | Museum Closed |
United States
See also
References
- ^ "The Vessels at Holmen".
- ^ "Ubåden Springeren - Springeren - Maritimt Oplevelsescenter". springeren-maritimt.dk.
- ^ Monument, The Submarine. "Welcome to Submarine Monument Surabaya, Indonesia : A real Russian submarine in the Indonesia's Navy Armada". www.eastjava.com.
- ^ Kleinberg, Eliot (10 January 2017). "Palm Beach County OKs $1 million for sinking sub as artificial reef". Palm Beach Post.
External links
- Submarine museum of the world, map
- Historical Naval Ships Association
- The Rahmi M Koç Museum
- U. S. Navy Submarine Force Museum
- Patterson Museum
- WWII U.S. Submarine Memorials and Museums
- Museum submarines in the United States
- Indonesian Navy Submarine Monument
- CB-20 midget submarine page
- 1996 North Korean Gangneung submarine infiltration incident museum pictures and information
- Picture and location of HA-51
- Melaka Bandaraya Warisan Dunia Museum Submarine Melaka