| 1909 | C 35 (I 65) | Launched |
| 1921 | X 1 | Laid Down |
| 1939 | Utmost (N 19) | Laid Down |
| 1940 | Taku (N 38) | HMS Taku hit the the German tanker Gedania in the Bay of Biscay about 35 nautical miles south-west of Belle-Isle island with a dud torpedo. |
| 1940 | Tigris (N 63) | HMS Tigris fires two torpedoes against the Italian submarine Veniero in the Bay of Biscay of the Gironde estuary. Both torpedoes missed. |
| 1941 | Utmost (N 19) | ORP Sokol and HMS Utmost together sink the Italian merchant Balilla about 20 nautical miles north-west of Capo San Vito, Sicily, Italy. |
| 1941 | Proteus (N 29) | HMS Proteus made the first successful radar attack by a submarine as she damaged the Italian tanker Tampico off Andros, 50 miles southeast of Athens, Greece. Italian torpedo boats Monzambano and Castelfidardo counterattacked and chased off the British submarine. |
| 1942 | Statesman (P 246) | Laid Down |
| 1942 | Veldt (P 71) | Laid Down |
| 1943 | Upstart (P 65) | While on patrol off Toulon, southern France, HMS Upstart attacks the French merchant Medjerda. All torpedoes miss. |
| 1944 | Shalimar (P 242) | HMS Shalimar damages 5 Japanese landing craft with gunfire in the harbour at Car Nicobar Island. |
| 1944 | Storm (P 233) | HMS Storm sinks seven Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Gulf of Boni, Celebes, Netherlands East Indies. |
| 1944 | Tantalus (P 318) | HMS Tantalus torpedoes and sinks the Japanese cargo ship Hachijin Maruand damages the Japanese submarine chaser Ch 1 about 225 nautical miles east of Singapore. |
| 1944 | Terrapin (P 323) | HMS Terrapin sinks the Japanese auxiliary netlayer Kumano Maru in Strait of Malacca. |
| 1971 | Courageous (S 50) | Left Barrow for the last time |
| 1996 | Vigilant (S 30) | Completed |
| Class: | 1914 - 1916: Swordfish Class |
| Built By: | Scotts (Clyde) |
| Build Group: | Sword |
| Fate: | |
| Scrapped in July 1922. | |
Submariners are a special breed. Not for them a life on the ocean wave, the fresh air and sunshine of other naval sailors. With stealth and daring they go deep and dark, alone and unseen, in often dangerous waters. They sometimes call themselves the Silent Service, with good reason.
Australian submariners have done extraordinary deeds in the First and Second World Wars and, more recently, the Cold War. In April 1915 the Australian submarine AE2 penetrated the Dardanelles Strait to 'run amuck', a historic feat that was a turning point in the Gallipoli campaign. Eventually captured, her crew spent three harrowing years as prisoners-of-war in Turkey.
In the Second World War Australian naval volunteers made their name serving in midget submarines, attacking Hitler’s mightiest battleship, the Tirpitz, in the icy waters of a Norwegian fjord. Later, they fought the Japanese in the South China Sea.
And in the last half of the twentieth century, RAN submarines played a vital role tracking the Soviet navy in the Pacific Ocean. One wrong move could have led to outright war. The risks they ran, the perils they met and the intelligence they gathered are still classified Top Secret.
Submarines and the sailors who serve in them have been and remain the tip of the spear of Australia's defences. For the first time, this is their unique story.
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| Class: | 1914 - 1916: Swordfish Class |
| Built By: | Scotts (Clyde) |
| Build Group: | Sword |
| Fate: | |
| Scrapped in July 1922. | |
Submariners are a special breed. Not for them a life on the ocean wave, the fresh air and sunshine of other naval sailors. With stealth and daring they go deep and dark, alone and unseen, in often dangerous waters. They sometimes call themselves the Silent Service, with good reason.
Australian submariners have done extraordinary deeds in the First and Second World Wars and, more recently, the Cold War. In April 1915 the Australian submarine AE2 penetrated the Dardanelles Strait to 'run amuck', a historic feat that was a turning point in the Gallipoli campaign. Eventually captured, her crew spent three harrowing years as prisoners-of-war in Turkey.
In the Second World War Australian naval volunteers made their name serving in midget submarines, attacking Hitler’s mightiest battleship, the Tirpitz, in the icy waters of a Norwegian fjord. Later, they fought the Japanese in the South China Sea.
And in the last half of the twentieth century, RAN submarines played a vital role tracking the Soviet navy in the Pacific Ocean. One wrong move could have led to outright war. The risks they ran, the perils they met and the intelligence they gathered are still classified Top Secret.
Submarines and the sailors who serve in them have been and remain the tip of the spear of Australia's defences. For the first time, this is their unique story.
20 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
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