| 1766 | First submarine attack | During the Revolutionary War, the American submersible craft Turtle attempts to attach a time bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard Howe's flagship Eagle in New York Harbor. It was the first use of a submarine in warfare. |
| 1838 | Grace Darling | Grace Darling, the daughter of a lighthouse keeper, made her famous rescue of the crew of the Forfarshire, which was shipwrecked, near the Farne Islands off the Northumberland coast |
| 1892 | Onyx 1892 - 1924 | Launched |
| 1926 | Otway (N 51) | Launched |
| 1939 | Seahorse (S 98) | HMS Seahorse was docked at Rosyth. |
| 1939 | Wilk (N 64) (Dutch) | Beginning of 2 days under continuous depth charge attacks and had to lay on the sea bottom during the daytime, suffering only minor damage. |
| 1941 | Thunderbolt (N 25) | HMS Thunderbolt torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Sirena about 50 miles west of Benghasi, Libya. |
| 1942 | Ultimatum (P 34) | HMS Ultimatum fires four torpedoes against the Italian merchant Luciano Manara in the central Mediterranean about 45 nautical miles south-west of Schiza Island, Greece. All torpedoes fired missed. |
| 1943 | Shakespeare (P 221) | HMS Shakespeare torpedoes and sinks the Italian submarine Velella about 18 nautical miles east of Licosa Island, south of Salerno, Italy. There were no survivors. |
| 1944 | Solent (P 262) | Completed |
| 1971 | Swiftsure (S 126) | Launched |
| 1977 | Trafalgar (S 107) | Ordered from Vickers, Barrow |
| Class: | 1935 - 1970: Improved S Class |
| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | |
| Scrapped Dalmuir 7/50 | |
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| Class: | 1935 - 1970: Improved S Class |
| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | |
| Scrapped Dalmuir 7/50 | |
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