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Boat Classes

-- Select From List -- 1901 - 1913: Holland Class1902 - 1920: A Class1903 - 1906: B Class1903 - 1906: C Class1907 - 1919: D Class1911 - 1924: E Class1912 - 1919: V (early) Class1912 - 1915: S Class1913 - 1919: Nautilus Class1914 - 1916: Swordfish Class1914 - 1922: F Class1914 - 1921: G Class1914 - 1916: W Class1915 - 1929: J Class1915 - 1926: K Class1916 - 1945: L Class1916 - 1932: M Class1917 - 1945: H Class1917 - 1934: R Class1918 - 1931: K26 Class1921 - 1925: X1 Class1924 - 1945: Oberon Class1925 - 1946: Odin Class1927 - 1946: Parthian Class1929 - 1946: Rainbow Class1929 - 1945: River Class1930 - 1946: Grampus Class1935 - 1970: Improved S Class1935 - 1970: T Class1936 - 1958: U Class1940: Archimede Class1940 - 1946: The 9th Foltilla1940 - 1957: Turkish Class1941 - 1944: VIIC Class1941 - 1944: US S Class1941 - 1945: US R Class1941 - 1958: V Class1942 - 1946: X Class1943 - 1946: XT Class1943 - 1977: Amphion Class1944 - 1952: XE Class1945 - 1949: XVIIB Class1954 - 1958: Stickleback Class1955 - 1970: Explorer Class1956 - 1988: Porpoise Class1959 - 1998: Oberon Class1963 - 1980: Dreadnought Class1966 - 1994: Valiant Class1967 - 1996: Resolution Class1970 - 1990: Churchill Class1973 - 2010: Swiftsure Class1983 - 2025: Trafalgar Class1990 - 1994: Upholder Class1993 - Present: Vanguard Class2010 - Present: Astute ClassFuture: Dreadnought Class

Boats In Class

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1945 - 1949: XVIIB Class

RN Submarine Database

WW1 German U-Boats

For the last ten years, teams of divers have scoured waters off the North East and Yorkshire Coast looking for the last few missing German U-Boats from World War One.

U333 - How flower power beat a U-Boat in the Atlantic

In October 1942, the Battle of the Atlantic was at Its height and we were losing. Despite being far superior to anything Barrow had put in the water up to that time, German U-boats were not always successful.

The Sinking of U-593

U-593 was on her fifteenth patrol when she was sunk, having been in commission over two years. During the course of her long history, she claimed the sinking of 15 merchant vessels and the damaging of three others, in addition to sinking three destroyers. Most of her success was achieved in the Mediterranean which she entered on her fourth patrol in late September or early October 1942

U889 a TYPE IXC U-Boat

U-889 was a type IXC U-Boat which spent some months in Canadian hands after the german surrender in 1945, before being handed over to the US Navy the following year. She was examined in minute detail and the results have survived, giving a unique account of the layout and equipment of a U-Boat

U1171

In early May of 1945, U-boats were leaving their patrol areas at sea for the last time and heading for ports around the coasts of Europe and Great Britain in compliance with the order of unconditional surrender contained in last signals from Submarine Command.

The U-Boats that Surrendered

The U-Boats Allocated to the UK in 1945

U-Boats in the Royal Navy post May 1945

The purpose of this paper is to set out the Royal Navy's policy for the acquisition of a limited number of U-Boats for research purposes, including U-1407, to explain the circumstances which led to the acquisition of this Type XVIIB U-Boat, and to describe U-1407's service in the Royal Navy from 1945 to 1949.

BUY U-Boats Destroyed

Paul Kemp Covering U-Boat losses in both World Wars, this reference for naval historians and students provides data on the nature, causes, locations, and results of losses.

BUY U-Boat Manual

Alan Gallop An insight into the design, construction and operation of the feared World War 2 German Type VIIC U-boat

BUY Type VII U-boats

Robert C. Stern After the narrow defeat of their U-boat fleet in the First World War, the German Navy analyzed their experiences and devised new theories and plans for a future conflict. The principal result of this study was the development of the daring concept of Rudeltaktik, which involved co-ordinated pack attacks on the Allied convoy systems that had proved so successful in defence

BUY Hitler's Attack U-Boats

Jak P Mallmann Showell This is the story of the Types II, VII and IX that became the workhorse' of the Kriegsmarine's submarine fleet and put out to sea to attack Allied shipping right up to the end of the war. The Type II was a small coastal boat that struggled to reach the Atlantic; the Type VII was perfectly at home there, but lacked the technology to tackle well protected convoys; whilst the Type IX was a long-range variety that was modified so that it could operate in the Indian Ocean. In this latest book by the renowned Kriegsmarine historian Jak Mallmann Showell, these attack U-boats are explored at length. This includes details of their armament, capabilities, crew facilities, and just what it was like to operate such a vessel, and of course the story of their development and operational history.

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