List of submarines of World War II

This is a list of submarines of World War II, which began with the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 and ended with the surrender of Japan on 2 September 1945.

Germany used submarines to devastating effect in the Battle of the Atlantic, where it attempted to cut Britain's supply routes by sinking more merchant ships than Britain could replace. While U-boats destroyed a significant number of ships, the strategy ultimately failed. Although U-boats had been updated in the interwar years, the major innovation was improved communications and encryption; allowing for mass-attack naval tactics. By the end of the war, almost 3,000 Allied ships (175 warships, 2,825 merchantmen) had been sunk by U-boats.[1]

The Imperial Japanese Navy operated the most varied fleet of submarines of any navy, including Kaiten crewed torpedoes, midget submarines (Type A Ko-hyoteki and Kairyu classes), medium-range submarines, purpose-built supply submarines and long-range fleet submarines. They also had submarines with the highest submerged speeds (I-201-class submarines) and submarines that could carry multiple aircraft (I-400-class submarines). They were also equipped with one of the most advanced torpedoes of the conflict, the oxygen-propelled Type 95.

The submarine force was the most effective anti-ship weapon in the United States Navy arsenal. Although constituting only about 2 percent of the U.S. naval force, submarine force destroyed over 30 percent of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and over 60 percent of the Japanese merchant fleet, The Royal Navy Submarine Service was used primarily to blockade trade and military supply routes to Africa and the Near and Far East, but also obtained the only mutually submerged submarine-to-submarine combat kill of World War II. This occurred when the crew of HMS Venturer engaged the U-864, manually computed a successful firing solution against a three-dimensional moving target using techniques which became the basis of modern torpedo computer targeting systems.[2][3][4][5]

Excluding special underwater craft such as midget submarines, the German Kriegsmarine lost 765 submarines to all causes during World War II[6] in addition to 150 submarines scuttled in German-held ports in northern Europe during the first week of May 1945 by their crews to avoid surrendering them to the Allies,[7] while Japan lost 129 submarines[8] and Italy 91.[9] The Royal Navy lost 73[10] and the U.S. Navy 52 submarines,[11][12][13][14] while France lost 59.[15] The Soviet Union′s submarine losses are not necessarily fully known, but the Soviet Navy probably lost 98 submarines.[15]

Submarines show submerged displacement in long tons.

List of submarines of World War II
Name Operator Class Type Submerged displacement (long tons) First commissioned Fate
Acciaio  Regia Marina Acciaio coastal submarine 864 30 October 1941 Sunk 13 July 1943
Achéron  French Navy Redoutable cruiser submarine 1,968 22 February 1932 Scuttled 27 November 1942; refloated July 1943; sunk 24 November 1943
Achille 29 June 1933 Scuttled 18 June 1940
Actéon 18 December 1931 Sunk 8 November 1942
Adua  Regia Marina Adua coastal submarine 843 14 November 1936 Sunk 30 September 1941
Agosta  French Navy Redoutable cruiser submarine 1,968 1 February 1937 Scuttled 18 June 1940
Ajax 1 February 1934 Scuttled 24 September 1940
Alabastro  Regia Marina Acciaio coastal submarine 864 9 May 1942 Sunk 14 September 1942
Alagi Adua coastal submarine 843 6 March 1937 Sold for scrap 1 February 1948
Alessandro Malaspina Marconi submarine 1,490 20 June 1940 Missing after 7 September 1941
Alpino Bagnolini Liuzzi submarine 1,484 22 December 1939 Seized by Germany September 1943; renamed UIT-22; sunk 11 March 1944
Amazone  French Navy
 Free French Naval Forces
Diane submarine 796 12 October 1933 Stricken 26 April 1946
Amberjack  United States Navy Gato fleet submarine 2,424 19 June 1942 Sunk 16 February 1943
Ambra  Regia Marina Perla coastal submarine 839 4 August 1936 Sunk 4 September 1944
Ametista Sirena coastal submarine 837 1 April 1934 Scuttled 12 September 1943
Ammiraglio Cagni Cagni submarine 2,136 1 April 1941 Stricken 1 February 1948
Ammiraglio Caracciolo 1 June 1941 Scuttled 11 December 1941
Ammiraglio Millo 1 May 1941 Sunk 14 March 1942
Ammiraglio Saint-Bon 12 June 1941 Sunk 5 January 1942
Amphion  Royal Navy Amphion submarine 1,590 27 March 1945 Sold for scrap 24 June 1971
Amphitrite  French Navy Diane submarine 796 8 June 1933 Sunk 8 November 1942
Anfitrite  Regia Marina Sirena coastal submarine 837 22 March 1934 Sunk 6 March 1941
Angler  United States Navy Gato fleet submarine 2,424 1 October 1943 Sold for scrap 1 February 1974
Antiope  French Navy
 Free French Naval Forces
Diane submarine 796 12 October 1933 Stricken 26 April 1946
Antonio Sciesa  Regia Marina Balilla cruiser submarine 1,874 12 April 1929 Scuttled 12 November 1942
Apogon  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 16 July 1943 Sunk as target 25 July 1946
Aradam  Regia Marina Adua coastal submarine 843 16 January 1937 Scuttled September 1943; refloated by Germany; sunk 4 September 1944
Archerfish  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 4 September 1943 Sunk as target 19 October 1968
Archimède  French Navy
 Free French Naval Forces
Redoutable cruiser submarine 1,968 22 December 1932 Scrapped February 1952
Archimede  Regia Marina Brin submarine 1,380 18 April 1939 Sunk 15 April 1943
Aréthuse  French Navy
 Free French Naval Forces
Argonaute submarine 785 14 July 1933 Joined the Free French Naval Forces December 1942; laid up 1944; sold for scrap 25 March 1946
Argento  Regia Marina Acciaio coastal submarine 864 16 May 1942 Scuttled 3 August 1943
Argo  French Navy
 Free French Naval Forces
Redoutable cruiser submarine 1,968 12 February 1933 Scrapped April 1946
Argo  Regia Marina Argo coastal submarine 1,000 31 August 1937 Scuttled 10 September 1943; refloated by Germany; scuttled 1 May 1945
Argonaut (SS-166)  United States Navy V-4 submarine 4,161 2 April 1928 Sunk 10 January 1943
Argonaut (SS-475) Tench fleet submarine 2,414 15 January 1945 Sold to Canada as HMCS Rainbow 1968, scrapped 1977
Argonauta  Regia Marina Argonauta coastal submarine 1,080 1 January 1932 Sunk 28 June 1940
Argonaute  French Navy Argonaute submarine 785 1 June 1932 Sunk 8 November 1942
Ariane Ariane submarine 787 1 September 1929 Scuttled 9 November 1942
Ascianghi  Regia Marina Adua coastal submarine 843 25 March 1938 Sunk 23 July 1943
Aspro  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 31 July 1943 Sunk as target 16 November 1962
Asteria  Regia Marina Acciaio coastal submarine 864 8 November 1941 Scuttled 17 February 1943
Astute  Royal Navy Amphion submarine 1,590 30 June 1945 Sold for scrap 1 October 1970
Atalante  French Navy
 Free French Naval Forces
Argonaute submarine 785 18 September 1934 Joined the Free French Naval Forces December 1942; laid up 1944; sold for scrap 25 March 1946
Atropo  Regia Marina Foca minelayer submarine 1,625 14 February 1939 Stricken 23 March 1947
Atule  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 21 June 1944 Transferred to Peru as Pacocha 31 July 1974; sunk in collision 26 August 1988
Aurore  French Navy Aurore coastal submarine 1,150 20 June 1940 Scuttled 27 November 1942
Avorio  Regia Marina Acciaio coastal submarine 864 25 March 1942 Scuttled 8 February 1943
Axum Adua coastal submarine 843 2 December 1936 Wrecked and scuttled 28 December 1943
Balao  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 4 February 1943 Sunk as target 6 September 1963
Balilla  Regia Marina Balilla cruiser submarine 1,874 21 July 1928 Decommissioned 28 April 1941, converted into barge, scrapped 1946
Bang  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 4 December 1943 Transferred to Spain as Cosme Garcia, 1 October 1972; scrapped 1983
Barb Gato fleet submarine 2,424 2 April 1942 Sold to Italy as Enrico Tazzoli 13 December 1954, scrapped 1973
Barbarigo  Regia Marina Marcello submarine 1,313 19 September 1938 Missing after 16 June 1943
Barbel  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 3 April 1944 Sunk 4 February 1945
Barbero 29 April 1944 Sunk as target 7 October 1964
Barracuda Barracuda submarine 2,506 1 October 1924 Sold for scrap 16 November 1945
Bashaw Gato fleet submarine 2,424 25 October 1943 Sold for scrap 4 August 1972
Bass Barracuda submarine 2,506 26 September 1925 Scuttled 12 March 1945
Batfish Balao fleet submarine 2,391 21 August 1943 Museum ship 18 February 1972
Baya 20 May 1944 Sold for scrap 12 October 1973
Becuna 27 May 1944 Museum ship 21 June 1976
Beilul  Regia Marina Adua coastal submarine 843 14 September 1938 Captured by Germany 9 September 1943; Sunk May 1944
Bergall  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 12 June 1944 Transferred to Turkey as Turgutreis 18 October 1958; scrapped April 2000
Berillo  Regia Marina Perla coastal submarine 846 5 August 1936 Scuttled 2 October 1940
Besugo  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 19 June 1944 Transferred to Italy as Francesco Morosini 31 May 1966; sold for scrap, 20 June 1977
Bévéziers  French Navy Redoutable cruiser submarine 1,968 4 June 1937 Sunk 5 May 1942
Billfish  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 20 April 1943 Sold for scrap 17 March 1971
Blackfin 4 July 1944 Sunk as target 13 May 1973
Blackfish Gato fleet submarine 2,424 22 July 1942 Sold for scrap on 4 May 1959
Blenny Balao fleet submarine 2,391 27 June 1944 Scuttled 7 June 1989
Blower 10 August 1944 Transferred to Turkey as Dumlupınar 16 November 1950; sunk in collision 4 April 1953
Blueback 28 August 1944 Transferred to Turkey as İnönü 23 May 1948; returned to United States for scrapping 30 November 1973
Bluefish Gato fleet submarine 2,424 24 May 1943 Sold for scrap 8 June 1960
Bluegill fleet submarine 2,424 11 November 1943 Scuttled 3 December 1970
Boarfish Balao fleet submarine 2,391 23 September 1944 Transferred to Turkey as Sakarya 23 May 1948; returned to United States for scrapping 1 January 1974
Bonefish Gato fleet submarine 2,424 31 May 1943 Sunk 18 June 1945
Bonita Barracuda submarine 2,506 22 May 1926 Sold for scrap 4 October 1945
Bowfin Balao fleet submarine 2,391 1 May 1943 Museum ship 1 August 1979
Bream Gato fleet submarine 2,424 24 January 1944 Sunk as target 7 November 1969
Brill Balao fleet submarine 2,391 26 October 1944 Transferred to Turkey as Birinci İnönü 25 May 1948; decommissioned 29 November 1972
Brin  Regia Marina Brin submarine 1,380 18 April 1939 Stricken 1 February 1948
Bronzo  Regia Marina Acciaio coastal submarine 864 2 January 1942 Captured by Royal Navy 12 July 1943; commissioned as HMS P714; transferred to France as Narval 29 January 1944; scrapped 1948
Bugara  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 15 November 1944 Sank under tow 1 June 1971
Bullhead 4 December 1944 Sunk 6 August 1945
Bumper 9 December 1944 Transferred to Turkey as Çanakkale 16 November 1950; decommissioned 11 August 1976
Burrfish 13 September 1943 Transferred to Canada as Grilse 11 May 1961; sunk as target 19 November 1969
CA 1  Regia Marina CA (Series I) midget submarine 16.1 15 April 1938 Scuttled 9 September 1943
CA 2 late April 1938 Captured by Germany 9 September 1943; Scuttled August 1944
CA 3 CA (Series II) midget submarine January 1943 Scuttled 9 September 1943
CA 4 January 1943 Scuttled 9 September 1943
Cabezon  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 30 December 1944 Sold for scrap 28 December 1971
Cabrilla 24 May 1943 Museum ship 19 October 1968; sold for scrap 18 April 1972
Cachalot Cachalot submarine 1,650 1 December 1933 Sold for scrap 26 January 1947
Cachalot  Royal Navy Grampus minelayer submarine 2,157 15 August 1938 Sunk 30 July 1941
Caïman  French Navy Requin submarine 1,132 7 February 1928 Scuttled 27 November 1942; refloated February 1943; sunk 11 March 1944
Caiman  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 17 July 1944 Transferred to Turkey as Dumlupınar 30 June 1972; retired 15 September 1986
Calypso  French Navy Circé submarine 764 29 January 1927 Disarmed December 1940; captured by Italy 8 December 1942; renamed FR117; scuttled 6 May 1943; refloated; stricken 18 August 1947
Capelin  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 4 June 1943 Missing after 2 December 1943
Capitaine 26 January 1945 Transferred to Italy 5 March 1966; retired 5 December 1977
Carbonero 7 February 1945 Sunk as target 27 April 1975
Carp 28 February 1945 Sold for scrap 26 July 1973
Casabianca  French Navy Redoutable cruiser submarine 1,968 1 January 1937 Scrapped February 1952
Catfish  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 19 March 1945 Transferred to Argentina as Santa Fe 1 July 1971; scuttled 20 February 1985
Cavalla Gato fleet submarine 2,424 29 February 1944 Museum ship 21 January 1971
CB-1  Regia Marina CB midget submarine 44.3 27 January 1941 Transferred to Romania September 1943; Scuttled 25 August 1944; refloated by Soviet Union; commissioned in Soviet Navy as TM-4; scrapped 1945
CB-2 27 January 1941 Transferred to Romania September 1943; Scuttled August 1944; refloated by Soviet Union; commissioned in Soviet Navy as TM-5; scrapped 1945
CB-3 10 May 1941 Transferred to Romania September 1943; Scuttled 25 August 1944; refloated by Soviet Union; commissioned in Soviet Navy as TM-6; scrapped 1945
CB-4 10 May 1941 Transferred to Romania September 1943; Scuttled August 1944; refloated by Soviet Union; commissioned in Soviet Navy as TM-7; scrapped 1945
CB-5 10 May 1941 Sunk 13 June 1942
CB-6 10 May 1941 Transferred to Romania September 1943; Scuttled August 1944
CB-7 1 August 1943 Captured by Germany 9 September 1943; cannibalized for spare parts
CB-8 1 August 1943 Scrapped 1948
CB-9 1 August 1943 Scrapped 1948
CB-10 1 August 1943 Scrapped 1948
CB-11 24 August 1943 Scrapped 1948
CB-12 24 August 1943 Scrapped 1948
CB-13  National Republican Navy CB midget submarine 44.3 late 1943 Sunk 23 March 1945
CB-14 late 1943 Sunk, possibly on 23 March 1945
CB-15 late 1943 Destroyed in port 20 April 1944
CB-16 late 1943 Beached after crew mutinied 2 October 1944; surrendered to United Kingdom
CB-17 late 1943 Sunk 3 April 1945
CB-18 late 1943 Sunk 31 March 1945
CB-19 late 1943 Captured by the Yugoslav Partisans May 1945; scrapped 1947
CB-20 late 1943 Captured by the Yugoslav Partisans May 1945; in service in Yugoslav Navy as Mališan during 1950s; museum ship 1959
CB-21 late 1943 Sunk in collision 29 April 1945
CB-22 late 1943 Sunk 11 March 1945
Cérès  French Navy Minerve submarine 856 15 July 1939 Scuttled 9 November 1942, salvaged 1943, stricken 18 February 1946
Cero  United States Navy Gato fleet submarine 2,424 4 July 1943 Sold for scrap October 1970
Charr Balao fleet submarine 2,391 23 September 1944 Sold for scrap 17 August 1972
Chivo 28 April 1945 Transferred to Argentina as Santiago del Estero 1 July 1971; sold for scrap 1983
Chopper 25 May 1945 Sank 21 July 1976
Chub 21 October 1944 Transferred to Turkey as Gür 25 May 1948; decommissioned 12 December 1975; scrapped
Circé  French Navy Circé submarine 764 12 May 1928 Disarmed December 1940; captured by Italy 8 December 1942; sunk 31 January 1943
Ciro Menotti  Regia Marina Bandiera submarine 1,080 29 July 1930 Stricken 1 February 1948
Cisco  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 10 May 1943 Sunk 28 September 1943
Clamagore 28 June 1945 Museum ship May 1981
Clyde  Royal Navy River submarine 2,723 12 April 1935 Paid off 30 July 1946
Cobbler  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 8 August 1945 Transferred to Turkey as Çanakkale 21 November 1973; decommissioned 22 January 1998
Cobia Gato fleet submarine 2,424 29 March 1944 Memorial ship 17 August 1970
Cobalto  Regia Marina Acciaio coastal submarine 864 18 March 1942 Sunk 12 August 1942
Cochino  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,424 25 August 1945 Sank 26 August 1949
Cod Gato fleet submarine 2,424 21 June 1943 Museum ship 1 May 1976
Comandante Cappellini  Regia Marina Marcello submarine 1,313 23 September 1939 Seized by Japan and transferred to Germany as UIT-24 10 September 1943; seized by Japan 5 May 1945; commissioned as I-503 May 1945; surrendered to United States August 1945; scuttled 16 April 1946
Comandante Faà di Bruno 23 October 1939 Missing after 31 October 1940
Conger  United States Navy Tench fleet submarine 2,414 14 February 1945 Sold for scrap 9 July 1964
Console Generale Liuzzi  Regia Marina Liuzzi submarine 1,484 21 November 1939 Sunk 27 June 1940
Corallo Perla coastal submarine 846 26 September 1936 Sunk 13 December 1942
Corvina  United States Navy Gato fleet submarine 2,424 6 August 1943 Sunk 16 November 1943
Crevalle Balao fleet submarine 2,391 21 April 1944 Sold for scrap 17 March 1971
Croaker Gato fleet submarine 2,424 24 June 1943 Museum ship 27 June 1976
Cutlass Tench fleet submarine 2,414 17 March 1945 Transferred to Republic of China as Hai Shih 15 April 1973
Curie  Royal Navy
 Free French Naval Forces
U submarine 740 2 May 1943 Formerly HMS Vox; loaned to Free French Naval Forces 2 May 1943; returned to United Kingdom July 1946; scrapped May 1949
Cuttlefish  United States Navy Cachalot submarine 1,650 8 June 1934 Sold for scrap 12 February 1947
Dace Gato fleet submarine 2,424 23 July 1943 Transferred to Italy as Leonardo da Vinci 31 January 1955; sold for scrap 1 April 1975
Dagabur  Regia Marina Adua coastal submarine 843 9 April 1937 Sunk 12 August 1942
Danaé  French Navy Ariane submarine 787 Scuttled 9 November 1942
Dandolo  Regia Marina Marcello submarine 1,313 25 March 1938 Stricken 1 February 1948
Darter  United States Navy Gato fleet submarine 2,424 7 September 1943 Wrecked 24 October 1944
Dauphin  French Navy Requin submarine 1,132 22 November 1927 Captured by Italy 8 December 1942; renamed FR 115; captured by Germany 9 September 1943; scuttled 15 September 1943
Dekabrist  Soviet Navy Dekabrist submarine 1,354 3 November 1928 Lost in training accident 13 November 1940
Delfin  Royal Hellenic Navy V submarine 740 16 October 1944 Formerly HMS Vengeful; loaned to Greece April 1945; returned to United Kingdom 1957; scrapped March 1958
Delfino  Regia Marina Squalo submarine 1,107 19 June 1931 Sunk in collision 23 March 1943
Delfinul  Royal Romanian Navy submarine 900 1936 Captured by Soviet Union August 1944; returned 1951; scrapped 1957
Dentuda  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 30 December 1944 Sold for scrap 12 February 1969
Des Geneys  Regia Marina Pisani submarine 1,040 31 October 1929 Decommissioned 16 April 1942; scrapped
Dessiè Adua coastal submarine 843 14 April 1937 Sunk 28 November 1942
Devilfish  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 1 September 1944 Sunk as a target 14 August 1968
Diablo Tench fleet submarine 2,414 31 March 1945 Transferred to Pakistan as Ghazi 1 June 1964; lost 4–5 December 1971
Diamant  French Navy Saphir minelayer submarine 925 21 June 1934 Scuttled 27 November 1942; refloated 29 March 1943; sunk 22 June 1944
Diamante  Regia Marina Sirena coastal submarine 837 18 November 1933 Sunk 20 June 1940
Diane  French Navy Diane submarine 796 1 September 1932 Scuttled 9 November 1942
Diaspro  Regia Marina Perla coastal submarine 846 22 August 1936 Stricken 1 February 1948
Dolfijn  Royal Netherlands Navy U submarine 730 8 October 1942 Scrapped 1952
Dolphin  United States Navy V-7 submarine 2,240 1 June 1932 Sold for scrap 26 August 1946
Domenico Millelire  Regia Marina Balilla cruiser submarine 1,874 11 August 1928 Decommissioned 1 April 1943, purchased by Pirelli and transformed into latex storage 1948, scrapped 1977
Dorado  United States Navy Gato fleet submarine 2,424 28 August 1943 Sunk 12 October 1943
Doris (Q135)  French Navy Circé submarine 764 26 May 1928 Sunk 8 May 1940
Doris (P84)  Free French Naval Forces V submarine 740 1 August 1944 Formerly HMS Vineyard; returned to the United Kingdom 18 November 1947; scrapped June 1950
Dragonet  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 6 March 1944 Scuttled 17 September 1961
Drum Gato fleet submarine 2,424 1 November 1941 Museum ship 14 April 1969
Durbo  Regia Marina Adua coastal submarine 843 1 July 1938 Scuttled 18 October 1940
Dzik  Polish Navy U submarine 730 16 December 1942 Transferred to Denmark as U 1 July 1947; scrapped 1958
Emo  Regia Marina Marcello submarine 1,313 25 October 1938 Scuttled 10 November 1942
Enrico Tazzoli Calvi cruiser submarine 2,028 18 May 1936 Missing after 17 May 1943
Enrico Toti Balilla cruiser submarine 1,874 19 September 1928 Decommissioned 1 April 1943, converted into blockship, scrapped 1946
Entemedor  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 6 April 1945 Transferred to Turkey as Preveze on 31 July 1972; discarded 1987
Escolar fleet submarine 2,391 2 June 1944 Missing after 17 October 1944
Espadon  French Navy Requin submarine 1,132 16 December 1927 Captured by Italy 8 December 1942; renamed FR 114; scuttled 15 September 1943; refloated; not repaired
Ettore Fieramosca  Regia Marina Balilla cruiser submarine 2,094 1930 Decommissioned April 1941
Eurydice  French Navy Ariane submarine 787 1 September 1929 Scuttled 27 November 1942
Filippo Corridoni  Regia Marina Bragadin submarine 981 17 November 1931 Stricken 1 February 1948
Finback  United States Navy Gato fleet submarine 2,424 31 January 1942 Sold for scrap 15 July 1959
Fisalia  Regia Marina Argonauta coastal submarine 1,080 5 June 1932 Sunk 28 September 1941
Flasher  United States Navy Gato fleet submarine 2,424 25 September 1943 Sold for scrap 8 June 1963
Flier 18 October 1943 Sunk 13 August 1944
Flounder 29 November 1943 Scrapped February 1960
Flutto  Regia Marina Flutto submarine 1,093 20 March 1943 Sunk 11 July 1943
Flying Fish  United States Navy Gato fleet submarine 2,424 10 December 1941 Sold for scrap 1 May 1959
Foca  Regia Marina Foca minelayer submarine 1,625 6 November 1937 Sunk 13 October 1940
FR 111 Requin submarine 1,132 7 May 1928 Former French submarine Phoque; captured 8 December 1942; sunk 28 February 1943
FR 112 Saphir minelayer submarine 925 30 September 1930 Former French submarine Saphir; captured 8 December 1942; captured bv Germany and scuttled 15 September 1943
FR 113 Requin submarine 1,132 28 May 1926 Former French submarine Requin; captured 8 December 1942; captured by Germany 9 September 1943; sold for scrap 1944
FR 114 16 December 1927 Former French submarine Espadon; captured 8 December 1942; scuttled 15 September 1943; refloated; not repaired
FR 115 22 November 1927 Former French submarine Dauphin; captured 8 December 1942; captured by Germany 9 September 1943; scuttled 15 September 1943
FR 116 Saphir minelayer submarine 925 10 September 1930 Former French submarine Turquoise; captured 8 December 1942; captured bv Germany and scuttled 8 September 1943
FR 117 Circé submarine 764 29 January 1927 Former French submarine Calypso; captured 8 December 1942; scuttled 6 May 1943; refloated; stricken 18 August 1947
Fratelli Bandiera Bandiera submarine 1,080 2 June 1930 Stricken 1 February 1948
Fresia  Chilean Navy H submarine 434 1917 Scrapped 1945
Fresnel  French Navy Redoutable cruiser submarine 1,968 22 February 1932 Scuttled 27 November 1942; refloated 28 January 1943; sunk 11 March 1944
Gabilan  United States Navy Gato fleet submarine 2,424 28 December 1943 Sold for scrap 11 January 1960
Galatea  Regia Marina Sirena coastal submarine 837 25 June 1934 Stricken 1 February 1948
Galatée  French Navy Sirène submarine 745 1927 Scuttled 27 November 1942
Galileo Galilei  Regia Marina
 Royal Navy
Archimede submarine 1,239 19 March 1934 Captured by United Kingdom 18 June 1940, commissioned as HMS X2 June 1942, paid off January 1946
Galileo Ferraris  Regia Marina 31 January 1935 Sunk 25 October 1941
Galvani Brin submarine 1,380 29 July 1938 Sunk 26 June 1940
Gar  United States Navy Tambor fleet submarine 2,370 14 April 1941 Sold for scrap 11 December 1959
Gato Gato fleet submarine 2,424 31 December 1941 Sold for scrap 25 July 1960
Gemma  Regia Marina Perla coastal submarine 846 8 July 1936 Sunk 8 October 1940
General Mola  Spanish Navy Archimede submarine 1,239 1935 Stricken 1959
General Sanjurjo 1934 Stricken 1959
Giada  Regia Marina Acciaio coastal submarine 864 6 December 1941 Stricken 1 January 1966
Giovanni Bausan Pisani submarine 1,040 15 September 1929 Decommissioned 16 April 1942; scrapped
Giovanni da Procida Mameli submarine 993 20 January 1929 Decommissioned 16 April 1942; scrapped
Giuseppe Finzi Calvi cruiser submarine 2,028 8 January 1936 Captured by Germany 9 September 1943; renamed UIT-21; scuttled 25 August 1944
Glauco Glauco submarine 1,305 January 1936 Scuttled 27 June 1941
Goffredo Mameli Mameli submarine 993 20 January 1929 Stricken 1 February 1948
Golet  United States Navy Gato fleet submarine 2,424 30 November 1943 Sunk 14 June 1944
Gondar  Regia Marina Adua coastal submarine 843 28 February 1938 Scuttled 30 September 1940
Gorgo Flutto submarine 1,093 11 November 1942 Sunk 21 May 1943
Grampus  Royal Navy Grampus submarine 2,157 10 March 1937 Sunk 16 June 1940
Grampus  United States Navy Tambor fleet submarine 2,370 23 May 1941 Sunk 5 March 1943
Granito  Regia Marina Acciaio coastal submarine 864 3 January 1942 Sunk 9 November 1942
Graph  Royal Navy Type VIIC submarine 857 15 May 1941 Former German U-570, captured by United Kingdom 27 August 1941, wrecked September 1944
Grayback  United States Navy Tambor fleet submarine 2,370 30 June 1941 Sunk 27 February 1944
Grayling 1 March 1941 Sunk between 9 and 12 September 1943
Greenling Gato fleet submarine 2,424 21 January 1942 Sold for scrap 21 June 1960
Grenadier Tambor fleet submarine 2,370 1 May 1941 Scuttled 22 April 1943
Grouper Gato fleet submarine 2,424 12 February 1942 Sold for scrap 11 August 1970
Growler 20 March 1942 Sunk 8 November 1944
Grunion 11 April 1942 Sunk ca. 30 July 1942
Guacolda  Chilean Navy H submarine 434 1917 Scrapped 1949
Guale 1917 Scrapped 1945
Guardfish  United States Navy Gato fleet submarine 2,424 8 May 1942 Sunk as target 10 October 1961
Guavina 23 December 1943 Sunk as target 14 November 1967
Guglielmo Marconi  Regia Marina Marconi submarine 1,490 2 February 1940 Missing after 28 October 1941
Guglielmotti Brin submarine 1,380 12 October 1938 Sunk 17 March 1942
Guitarro  United States Navy Gato fleet submarine 2,424 26 January 1944 Sold for scrap December 1959
Gunnel 20 August 1942 Transferred to Turkey as Preveze 7 August 1954; scrapped September 1983
Gür  Turkish Navy submarine 968 29 December 1936 Decommissioned 1947
Gurnard  United States Navy Gato fleet submarine 2,424 18 September 1942 Sold for scrap 29 October 1961
H1  Regia Marina H submarine 520 23 December 1916 Stricken 23 March 1947
H2 15 December 1916 Stricken 23 March 1947
H4 15 May 1917 Stricken 23 March 1947
H6 23 July 1917 Scuttled 1 September 1943
H8 27 June 1918 Sunk 5 June 1943
H28  Royal Navy H submarine 510 29 June 1918 Scrapped 18 August 1944
H31 21 February 1919 Sunk 24 December 1941
H32 14 May 1919 Scrapped 18 October 1944
H33 17 May 1919 Scrapped 19 May 1944
H34 10 September 1919 Scrapped July 1945
H43 25 November 1919 Scrapped November 1944
H44 15 April 1920 Scrapped February 1945
H49 25 October 1919 Sunk 18 October 1940
H50 3 February 1920 Scrapped July 1945
Ha-101  Imperial Japanese Navy Ha-101 transport submarine 493 22 November 1944 Scrapped or scuttled October 1945
Ha-102 6 December 1944 Scrapped or scuttled October 1945
Ha-103 3 February 1945 Scuttled 1 April 1946
Ha-104 1 December 1944 Scuttled October 1945
Ha-105 19 February 1945 Scuttled 1 April 1946
Ha-106 15 December 1944 Scuttled 1 April 1946
Ha-107 7 February 1945 Scuttled 1 April 1946
Ha-108 6 May 1945 Scuttled 1 April 1946
Ha-109 10 March 1945 Scuttled 1 April 1946
Ha-111 13 July 1945 Scuttled 1 April 1946
Ha-201 Ha-201 submarine 440 31 May 1945 Scuttled 1 April 1946
Ha-202 31 May 1945 Scuttled 1 April 1946
Ha-203 20 June 1945 Scuttled 1 April 1946
Ha-204 25 June 1945 Wrecked 29 October 1945
Ha-205 3 July 1945 Scuttled 9 May 1946
Ha-207 14 August 1945 Scuttled 5 April 1946
Ha-208 4 August 1945 Scuttled 1 April 1946
Ha-209 4 August 1945 Wrecked 18 August 1945
Ha-210 11 August 1945 Scuttled 5 April 1946
Ha-216 16 August 1945 Scuttled 5 April 1946
Hackleback  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 7 November 1944 Sold for scrap 4 December 1968
Haddo Gato fleet submarine 2,424 9 October 1942 Sold for scrap 4 May 1959
Haddock 14 March 1942 Sold for scrap 23 August 1960
Hake 30 October 1942 Sold for scrap 5 December 1972
Halibut 10 April 1942 Sold for scrap 9 December 1946
Hammerhead 1 March 1944 Transferred to Turkey as Cerbe 23 October 1954; decommissioned 4 May 1972; scrapped
Harder 2 December 1942 Sunk 24 August 1944
Hardhead Balao fleet submarine 2,391 18 April 1944 Transferred to Greece as Papanikolis 26 July 1972; sold for scrap 1993
Hawkbill 17 May 1944 Transferred to the Netherlands as Zeeleeuw 21 April 1953; sold for scrap, 24 November 1970
Henri Poincaré  French Navy Redoutable cruiser submarine 1,968 23 December 1931 Scuttled 27 November 1942; refloated; scrapped September 1943
Herring  United States Navy Gato fleet submarine 2,424 4 May 1942 Sunk 1 June 1944
Hoe 16 December 1942 Sold for scrap 10 September 1960
Hrabri  Royal Yugoslav Navy
 Regia Marina
Hrabri submarine 1,164 1927 Captured and scrapped by the Italians in 1941
Humaytá  Brazilian Navy Balilla (Modified) cruiser submarine 1,884 20 July 1929 Decommissioned 25 November 1950
I-1  Imperial Japanese Navy Type J1 cruiser submarine 2,791 10 March 1926 Wrecked 29 January 1943
I-2 24 July 1926 Sunk 7 April 1944
I-3 30 November 1926 Sunk 9 December 1942
I-4 24 December 1929 Sunk 21 December 1942
I-5 Type J1 Modified submarine aircraft carrier 2,921 31 July 1932 Sunk 19 July 1944
I-6 Type J2 submarine aircraft carrier 2,921 15 May 1935 Sunk 16 June 1944
I-7 Type J3 submarine aircraft carrier 3,583 31 March 1937 Wrecked 22 June 1943
I-8 5 December 1938 Sunk 31 March 1945
I-9 Type A1 submarine aircraft carrier 4,129 13 February 1941 Sunk 13 June 1943
I-10 31 October 1941 Sunk 4 July 1944
I-11 16 May 1942 Missing after 11 January 1944
I-12 Type A2 submarine 4,150 25 May 1944 Sunk 13 November 1944
I-13 Type A3 submarine aircraft carrier 4,762 16 December 1944 Sunk 16 July 1945
I-14 14 March 1945 Sunk as target 28 May 1946
I-15 Type B1 submarine aircraft carrier 3,654 30 September 1940 Sunk 10 November 1942
I-16 Type C1 midget submarine-carrying submarine 3,561 30 March 1940 Sunk 19 May 1944
I-17 Type B1 submarine aircraft carrier 3,654 24 January 1941 Sunk 19 August 1943
I-18 Type C1 midget submarine-carrying submarine 3,561 31 January 1941 Sunk 11 February 1943
I-19 Type B1 submarine aircraft carrier 3,654 28 April 1941 Sunk 25 November 1943
I-20 Type C1 midget submarine-carrying submarine 3,561 26 September 1940 Missing after 31 August 1943
I-21 Type B1 submarine aircraft carrier 3,654 15 July 1941 Sunk 29 November 1943
I-22 Type C1 midget submarine-carrying submarine 3,561 10 March 1941 Sunk 6 October 1942
I-23 Type B1 submarine aircraft carrier 3,654 27 September 1941 Missing after 24 February 1942
I-24 Type C1 midget submarine-carrying submarine 3,561 31 October 1941 Sunk 1 June 1943
I-25 Type B1 submarine aircraft carrier 3,654 15 October 1941 Sunk 3 September 1943
I-26 6 November 1941 Sunk 26 October 1944
I-27 24 February 1942 Sunk 12 February 1944
I-28 6 February 1942 Sunk 17 May 1942
I-29 27 February 1942 Sunk 26 July 1944
I-30 28 February 1942 Sunk 13 October 1942
I-31 30 May 1942 Sunk 13 May 1943
I-32 26 April 1942 Sunk 24 March 1944
I-33 26 April 1942 Sank in diving accident 13 June 1944
I-34 31 August 1942 Sunk 13 November 1943
I-35 31 August 1942 Sunk 23 November 1943
I-36 30 September 1942 Scuttled 1 April 1946
I-37 10 March 1943 Sunk 19 November 1944
I-38 31 January 1943 Sunk 13 November 1944
I-39 22 April 1943 Missing after 25 November 1943
I-40 Type B2 submarine 3,700 31 July 1943 Missing after 22 November 1943
I-41 18 September 1943 Sunk 18 November 1944
I-42 3 November 1943 Sunk 23 March 1944
I-43 5 November 1943 Sunk 15 February 1944
I-44 31 January 1944 Missing April 1945
I-45 28 December 1943 Sunk 29 October 1944
I-46 Type C2 submarine 3,621 29 February 1944 Missing October 1944
I-47 10 July 1944 Scuttled 1 April 1946
I-48 5 September 1944 Sunk 23 January 1945
I-52 Type C3 transport submarine 3,644 28 December 1943 Sunk 24 June 1944
I-53 submarine 3,644 20 February 1944 Scuttled 1 April 1946
I-54 Type B3 submarine aircraft carrier 3,747 31 March 1944 Missing after 23 October 1944
I-55 Type C3 transport submarine 3,644 20 April 1944 Missing after 13 July 1944
I-56 Type B3 submarine aircraft carrier 3,747 8 June 1944 Missing April 1945
I-58 7 September 1944 Scuttled 1 April 1946
I-60 KD3 type cruiser submarine 2,300 24 December 1929 Sunk 17 January 1942
I-64 KD4 type cruiser submarine 2,300 30 August 1930 Sunk 17 May 1942
I-70 KD6 type cruiser submarine 2,440 9 November 1935 Sunk 10 December 1941
I-73 7 January 1937 Sunk 27 January 1942
I-121 (ex-I-21) Kiraisen type minelayer submarine 1,768 31 March 1927 Scuttled 30 April 1946
I-122 (ex-I-22) 28 October 1928 Sunk 10 June 1945
I-123 (ex-I-23) 28 April 1928 Sunk 29 August 1942
I-124 (ex-I-24) 10 December 1928 Sunk 20 January 1942
I-152 (ex-I-52) KD2 type training submarine 2,500 1 November 1924 Scrapped 1946–1948
I-153 (ex-I-53) KD3A type submarine 2,300 30 March 1927 Scuttled May 1946
I-154 (ex-I-54) 15 December 1927 Scuttled May 1946
I-155 (ex-I-55) 5 September 1927 Scuttled 8 May 1946
I-156 (ex-I-56) KD3B type submarine 2,300 31 March 1929 Scuttled 1 April 1946
I-157 (ex-I-57) 15 May 1928 Scuttled 1 April 1946
I-158 (ex-I-58) KD3A type submarine 2,300 24 December 1929 Scuttled 1 April 1946
I-159 (ex-I-59) KD3B type submarine 2,300 31 March 1930 Scuttled 1 April 1946
I-162 (ex-I-62) KD4 type submarine 2,300 24 April 1930 Scuttled 1 April 1946
I-165 (ex-I-65) KD5 type submarine 2,330 1 December 1932 Sunk 27 June 1945
I-166 (ex-I-66) 10 November 1932 Sunk 17 July 1944
I-168 (ex-I-68) KD6 type cruiser submarine 2,440 31 July 1934 Sunk 27 July 1943
I-169 (ex-I-69) 28 September 1935 Sank in diving accident 4 April 1944
I-171 (ex-I-71) 24 December 1935 Sunk 1 February 1944
I-172 (ex-I-72) 7 January 1937 Sunk October–November 1942
I-174 (ex-I-74) 15 August 1938 Sunk 12 April 1944
I-175 (ex-I-75) 8 December 1938 Sunk 4 February 1944
I-176 KD7 type cruiser submarine 2,602 4 August 1942 Sunk 16 May 1944
I-177 28 December 1942 Sunk 3 October 1944
I-178 26 December 1942 Missing June 1943
I-179 18 June 1943 Sank 14 July 1944
I-180 15 January 1943 Sunk 27 April 1944
I-181 24 May 1943 Wrecked 16 January 1944
I-182 10 May 1943 Sunk 1 September 1944
I-183 3 October 1943 Sunk 29 April 1944
I-184 15 October 1943 Sunk 19 June 1944
I-185 23 September 1943 Sunk 22 June 1944
I-201 Sentaka type submarine 1,479 2 February 1945 Sunk as target 23 May 1946
I-202 12 February 1945 Scuttled 5 April 1946
I-203 29 May 1945 Sunk as target 21 May 1946
I-351 Senho type submarine tanker 4,290 28 January 1945 Sunk 14 July 1945
I-361 Type D1 transport submarine/kaiten carrier 2,215 25 May 1944 Sunk 31 May 1945
I-362 transport submarine 23 May 1944 Sunk 14 January 1945
I-363 transport submarine/kaiten carrier 8 July 1944 Sunk 29 October 1945
I-364 transport submarine 14 June 1944 Sunk 16 September 1944
I-365 transport submarine 1 August 1944 Sunk 29 November 1944
I-366 transport submarine/kaiten carrier 15 August 1944 Scuttled 1 April 1946
I-367 transport submarine/kaiten carrier 3 August 1944 Scuttled 1 April 1946
I-368 transport submarine/kaiten carrier 25 August 1944 Sunk 26 February 1945
I-369 transport submarine 9 October 1944 Scrapped 1946
I-370 transport submarine/kaiten carrier 4 September 1944 Sunk 26 February 1945
I-371 transport submarine 2 October 1944 Missing February 1945
I-372 transport submarine 8 November 1944 Sunk 18 July 1945
I-373 Type D2 transport/tanker submarine 2,240 14 April 1945 Sunk 14 August 1945
I-400 Sentoku type submarine aircraft carrier 6,560 30 December 1944 Sunk as target 4 June 1946
I-401 submarine aircraft carrier 8 January 1945 Sunk as target 31 May 1946
I-402 submarine tanker 24 July 1945 Scuttled 1 April 1946
I-501 (ex-U-181) Type IXD2 submarine 1,771 16 July 1945 Scuttled 12 February 1946
I-502 (ex-U-862) 15 July 1945 Scuttled 13 February 1946
I-503 Marcello submarine 1,313 10 May 1945 Former Italian submarine Comandante Cappellini and German UIT-24; scuttled 16 April 1946
I-504 Marconi submarine 1,400 10 May 1945 Former Italian submarine Luigi Torelli and German UIT-25; scuttled 16 April 1946
I-505 (ex-U-219) Type XB minelayer submarine 2,143 15 July 1945 Scuttled 3 February 1946
I-506 (ex-U-195) Type IXD1 submarine 1,771 15 July 1945 Scuttled 15 February 1946
Icefish  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 10 June 1944 Transferred to the Netherlands as Walrus 21 February 1953; sold for scrap 15 August 1971
Iku-Turso  Finnish Navy Vetehinen submarine 705 13 October 1931 Decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1950s
Irex  United States Navy Tench fleet submarine 2,414 14 May 1945 Sold for scrap 13 September 1971
Iride  Regia Marina Perla coastal submarine 839 6 November 1936 Sunk 22 August 1940
Iris  French Navy Minerve submarine 856 15 September 1936 Decommissioned 1 February 1950
Jack  United States Navy Gato fleet submarine 2,424 6 January 1943 Transferred to Greece as Amfitriti 21 April 1958; sunk as target 5 September 1967
Jalea  Regia Marina Argonauta coastal submarine 1,080 16 March 1933 Stricken 1 February 1948
Jallao  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 8 July 1944 Transferred to Spain as Narciso Monturiol 26 June 1974; scuttled 1985
Jantina  Regia Marina Argonauta coastal submarine 1,080 1 March 1933 Sunk 5 July 1941
Jastrząb  Polish Navy S (Group I) submarine 1,062 9 July 1923 Former USS S-25, transferred to United Kingdom as HMS P551 4 November 1941; loaned to Polish government-in-exile 4 November 1941; sunk 2 May 1942
Junon  French Navy
 Free French Naval Forces
Minerve submarine 856 20 September 1937 Decommissioned 6 December 1954, scrapped 1960
K VII  Royal Netherlands Navy K V submarine 649 5 September 1922 Destroyed in a Japanese bombing on 18 February 1942
K VIII K VIII submarine 810 15 September 1922 Stripped and abandoned in 1943 due lack of crew and age
K IX  Royal Netherlands Navy
 Royal Australian Navy
21 June 1923 Transferred to RAN as HMAS K9 on 22 June 1943
K X  Royal Netherlands Navy 24 September 1923 Scuttled on 2 March 1942 at Surabaya to avoid being captured by the Japanese
K XI K XI submarine 828 24 March 1925 Stripped and scuttled 1945 / 1946
K XII 19 May 1925 Sold in 1946 and scrapped in 1951
K XIII 29 March 1926 Scuttled on 2 March 1942 to prevent being captured by the Japanese
K XIV K XIV submarine 1,045 6 July 1933 Decommissioned 23 April 1946, stricken 1 June 1946
K XV 30 December 1933 Stricken 1 June 1946, sold for scrap December 1950
K XVI 31 January 1934 Sunk on 25 December 1941 by a torpedo of the I-166
K XVII 19 December 1933 Struck and sunk by a Japanese mine on 21 December 1941
K XVIII 23 March 1934 Scuttled on 2 March 1942 in order to prevent Japanese capture
Kalev  Estonian Navy
 Soviet Navy
Kalev minelayer submarine 853 12 March 1937 Captured by Soviet Union 18 September 1940, missing 29 October 1941
Kete  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 31 July 1944 Missing after 20 March 1945
Kingfish  United States Navy Gato fleet submarine 2,424 20 May 1942 Sold for scrap 6 October 1960
Kraken  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 8 September 1944 Transferred to Spain as Almirante García de los Reyes 24 October 1959; Stricken 1 April 1982; scrapped
Krasnogvardyeyets  Soviet Navy Dekabrist submarine 1,354 12 July 1929 Missing after 10 June 1942
L23  Royal Navy L submarine 1,106 31 October 1924 Paid off May 1946
L26 submarine 11 October 1926 Sunk as target 1 November 1946
L27 training submarine Scrapped 1944
L'Espoir  French Navy Redoutable cruiser submarine 1,968 1 February 1934 Scuttled 27 November 1942
La Psyché  French Navy Diane submarine 796 23 December 1933 Sunk 8 November 1942
La Sultane  French Navy
 Free French Naval Forces
Argonaute submarine 785 20 May 1935 Joined the Free French Naval Forces December 1942; sold for scrap 14 August 1946
La Sibylle  French Navy Diane submarine 796 22 December 1934 Missing after 8 November 1942
La Vestale  French Navy
 Free French Naval Forces
Argonaute submarine 785 18 September 1934 Joined the Free French Naval Forces December 1942; laid up 1944; sold for scrap 25 March 1946
Lafolè  Regia Marina Adua coastal submarine 843 13 August 1938 Sunk 20 October 1940
Lagarto  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 14 October 1944 Sunk 4 May 1945
Lamprey 17 November 1944 Transferred to Argentina as Santiago del Estero 21 August 1960; scrapped 1974
Lancetfish 12 February 1945 Sank at pier 15 March 1945; never repaired; sold for scrap 20 August 1959
Lapon Gato fleet submarine 2,424 23 January 1943 Transferred to Greece as Poseidon 10 August 1957; retired April 1976
Le Centaure  French Navy
 Free French Naval Forces
Redoutable cruiser submarine 1,968 1 January 1935 Scrapped June 1952
Le Conquérant  French Navy Redoutable 7 September 1936 Sunk 13 November 1942
Le Glorieux  French Navy
 Free French Naval Forces
Redoutable 1 June 1934 Scrapped October 1952
Le Héros  French Navy Redoutable 12 September 1934 Sunk 7 May 1942
Le Tonnant 1 June 1937 Scuttled 15 November 1942
Lembit  Estonian Navy
 Soviet Navy
Kalev minelayer submarine 853 14 May 1937 Captured by Soviet Union 18 September 1940; museum ship 5 May 1985
Leonardo da Vinci  Regia Marina Marconi submarine 1,490 7 April 1940 Sunk 23 May 1943
Ling  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 8 June 1945 Stricken 1 December 1971; museum ship
Lionfish 1 November 1944 Museum ship 30 August 1972
Lizardfish 30 December 1944 Transferred to Italy as Evangelista Torricelli 9 January 1960; Sold for scrap 1976
Loggerhead 9 February 1945 Sold for scrap 29 August 1969
Luciano Manara  Regia Marina Bandiera submarine 1,080 29 July 1930 Stricken 1 February 1948
Luigi Settembrini Settembrini submarine 1,135 29 July 1930 Sunk in collision 15 November 1944
Luigi Torelli Marconi submarine 1,490 15 May 1940 Seized by Germany September 1943; renamed UIT-25; seized by Japan May 1945; renamed I-504; surrendered August 1945; scuttled 12 February 1946
Macabi  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 29 March 1945 Transferred to Argentina as Santa Fe 11 August 1960; scrapped 1974
Macallé  Regia Marina Adua coastal submarine 843 1 March 1937 Wrecked and sank 15 June 1940
Mackerel  United States Navy Mackerel submarine 1,190 31 March 1941 Sold for scrap 24 April 1947
Maggiore Baracca  Regia Marina Marconi submarine 1,490 10 July 1940 Sunk 7 September 1941
Malachite Perla coastal submarine 839 6 November 1936 Sunk 9 February 1943
Manta  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 18 December 1944 Sunk as target 16 July 1969
Mapiro 30 April 1945 Transferred to Turkey as Piri Reis 18 March 1960; scrapped 1973
Marcantonio Bragadin  Regia Marina Bragadin submarine 981 16 November 1931 Stricken 1 February 1948
Marcantonio Colonna Pisani submarine 1,040 10 July 1929 Decommissioned 16 April 1942; scrapped 1943
Marcello Marcello submarine 1,313 5 March 1938 Missing from late February 1941
Marea Flutto submarine 1,093 7 May 1943 Stricken 1 February 1948; transferred to the Soviet Union 7 February 1949
Marlin  United States Navy Mackerel submarine 1,165 1 August 1941 Sold for scrap 29 March 1946
Marsouin  French Navy
 Free French Naval Forces
Requin submarine 1,132 7 September 1927 Joined Free French Naval Forces ca. December 1942; disarmed April 1944; stricken 28 February 1946
Marsuinul  Royal Romanian Navy submarine 620 May 1943 Captured by the Soviets in August 1944, returned 1951 and scrapped 1967
Matchanu  Royal Thai Navy Matchanu submarine 420 19 July 1938 Scrapped in 1952
Medregal  United States Navy Tench fleet submarine 2,414 14 April 1945 Sold for scrap 13 June 1972
Medusa  Regia Marina Argonauta coastal submarine 1,080 25 September 1932 Sunk 30 January 1942
Méduse  French Navy Diane submarine 796 1 September 1932 Wrecked 10 November 1942
Menhaden  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 22 June 1945 Sold for scrap 1988
Mero 17 August 1945 Transferred to Turkey as Hızırreis 20 April 1960; discarded 1977
Michele Bianchi  Regia Marina Marconi submarine 1,490 15 April 1940 Sunk 5 July 1941
Minerve  French Navy
 Free French Naval Forces
Minerve submarine 856 15 September 1936 Wrecked 19 September 1945
Mingo  United States Navy Gato fleet submarine 2,424 12 February 1943 Transferred to Japan as Kuroshio 15 August 1955; sunk as target 1973
Mocenigo  Regia Marina Marcello submarine 1,313 14 August 1938 Sunk 13 May 1943
Monge  French Navy Redoutable cruiser submarine 1,968 19 June 1932 Sunk 8 May 1942
Moray  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 26 January 1945 Sunk as target 18 June 1970
Morosini  Regia Marina Marcello submarine 1,313 9 November 1938 Missing after 8 August 1942
Morse (Q119)  French Navy Requin submarine 1,132 10 February 1928 Sunk 16 June 1940
Morse (P87)  Free French Naval Forces V submarine 740 1 December 1944 Formerly HMS Vortex; returned to the United Kingdom 17 September 1946; loaned to Denmark as U 3 (later renamed Sælen) 1947; returned to the United Kingdom 16 January 1958 scrapped September 1958
Murena  Regia Marina Flutto submarine 1,093 25 August 1943 Scuttled 9 September 1943; refloated by Germany; renamed UIT-16; destroyed in port 4 September 1944
Muskallunge  United States Navy Gato fleet submarine 2,424 15 March 1943 Transferred to Brazil as Humaitá 18 January 1957; sunk as target 9 July 1968
Naïade  French Navy Sirène submarine 745 1927 Scuttled 27 November 1942
Naiade  Regia Marina Sirena coastal submarine 837 14 November 1933 Sunk 14 December 1940
Nani Marcello submarine 1,313 5 September 1938 Sunk 7 January 1941
Narodovolets  Soviet Navy Dekabrist submarine 1,354 19 May 1929 Museum ship 1989
Narval  French Navy Requin submarine 1,132 23 July 1926 Sunk 15 December 1940
Narval Acciaio coastal submarine 864 2 January 1942 Formerly Italian submarine Bronzo, captured by Royal Navy 12 July 1943; commissioned as HMS P714; transferred to France 29 January 1944; scrapped 1948
Narvalo  Regia Marina Squalo submarine 1,107 6 December 1930 Sunk 14 January 1943
Narwhal  Royal Navy Grampus submarine 2,157 28 February 1936 Sunk 23 July 1940
Narwhal  United States Navy V-5 submarine 3,900 15 May 1930 Sold for scrap 16 November 1945
Nautilo  Regia Marina Flutto submarine 1,093 26 July 1943 Captured by Germany 9 September 1943; renamed UIT-19, but not commissioned; sunk 9 January 1944; seized and refloated postwar by Yugoslavia; commissioned 1949 as Sava; scrapped 1971
Nautilus  United States Navy V-5 submarine 3,900 1 July 1930 Sold for scrap 16 November 1945
Nautilus  French Navy Saphir minelayer submarine 925 15 July 1931 Captured by Italy 8 December 1942; sunk 31 January 1943; refloated; not repaired; stricken 12 August 1947
Nebojša  Royal Yugoslav Navy Hrabri submarine 1,164 1927 Scrapped in 1958
Neghelli  Regia Marina Adua coastal submarine 843 28 February 1938 Sunk 19 January 1941
Nereide Sirena coastal submarine 837 18 February 1934 Sunk 13 July 1943
Nichelio Acciaio coastal submarine 864 30 July 1942 Stricken 1 February 1948; transferred to Soviet Union 1949; scrapped 1960
O 9  Royal Netherlands Navy O 9 submarine 656 18 January 1926 Scrapped October 1946
O 10 1 September 1926 Scrapped October 1946
O 11 18 January 1926 Sunk in 1940 after taking damage from a collision
O 12  Royal Netherlands Navy
 Kriegsmarine
O 12 submarine 754 20 July 1931 Scuttled in 1940, raised by Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine and taken into service as U-D2
O 13  Royal Netherlands Navy 1 October 1931 Lost during patrol in the North Sea on 25 June 1940
O 14 4 March 1932 Decommissioned in 1943 due to a lack of replacement engines
O 15 28 July 1932 Paid off 2 October 1946
O 16 O 16 submarine 1,194 27 January 1936 Sunk by mine on 15 December 1941
O 19 O 19 submarine 1,491 22 September 1938 Scuttled on 10 July 1945
O 20 28 August 1939 Sunk 19 December 1941
O 21 O 21 submarine 1,205 10 May 1940 Sold for scrap 24 January 1958
O 22 10 May 1940 Lost during a patrol in the North Sea in 1940
O 23 13 May 1940 Sold for scrap April 1949
O 24 13 May 1940 Sold for scrap 1963
O 25  Royal Netherlands Navy
 Kriegsmarine
8 June 1941 Captured during the invasion of the Netherlands and commissioned in the Kriegsmarine as U-D3
O 26 28 January 1941 Captured during the invasion of the Netherlands and commissioned in the Kriegsmarine as U-D4
O 27 26 September 1941 Captured during the invasion of the Netherlands and commissioned in the Kriegsmarine as U-D5
O-2  United States Navy O submarine 629 19 October 1918 Sold for scrap 16 November 1945
O-3 13 June 1918 Sold for scrap 4 September 1946
O-4 29 May 1918 Decommissioned 20 September 1945, scrapped 1 February 1946
O-6 12 June 1918 Sold for scrap 4 September 1946
O-7 4 July 1918 Sold for scrap 22 January 1946
O-8 11 July 1918 Sold for scrap 4 September 1946
O-9 27 July 1918 Foundered 20 June 1941
O-10 17 August 1918 Sold for scrap 21 August 1946
Oberon  Royal Navy Odin submarine 1,922 24 August 1927 Paid off 5 July 1944
Odax  United States Navy Tench fleet submarine 2,414 11 July 1945 Transferred to Brazil as Rio de Janeiro 8 July 1972; scrapped 1981
Odin  Royal Navy Odin submarine 2,038 21 December 1929 Sunk 14 June 1940
Ouessant  French Navy Redoutable cruiser submarine 1,968 1 January 1939 Scuttled 18 June 1940
Olympus  Royal Navy Odin submarine 2,038 14 June 1930 Sunk 8 May 1942
Onice  Regia Marina Perla coastal submarine 839 1 September 1936 Stricken 1 February 1948
Ondina Sirena coastal submarine 837 19 September 1934 Sunk 11 July 1942
Ondine  French Navy
 Free French Naval Forces
Orion submarine 775 5 July 1932 Stricken April 1943 and dismantled for spare parts
Oréade  French Navy Diane submarine 796 14 December 1933 Sunk 8 November 1942
Orion  French Navy
 Free French Naval Forces
Orion submarine 775 5 July 1932 Stricken April 1943 and dismantled for spare parts
Orphée  French Navy
 Free French Naval Forces
Diane submarine 796 8 June 1933 Stricken 15 April 1946
Orpheus  Royal Navy Odin submarine 2,038 23 September 1930 Sunk 19 June 1940
Orzeł  Polish Navy Orzeł submarine 1,473 2 February 1939 Lost 8 June 1940
Osiris  Royal Navy Odin submarine 2,038 25 January 1929 Paid off 7 March 1945
Osvetnik  Royal Yugoslav Navy
 Regia Marina
Ostevnik submarine 809 14 January 1929 Captured by Italy 1941, scuttled by Germany in 1943
Oswald  Royal Navy Odin submarine 2,038 1 May 1929 Sunk 1 August 1940
Otaria  Regia Marina Glauco submarine 1,305 20 October 1935 Stricken 1 February 1948
Otus  Royal Navy Odin submarine 2,038 5 July 1929 Paid off March 1946
Otway 1,922 15 June 1927 Paid off 1945
Oxley 1,922 1 April 1927 Sunk by friendly fire 10 September 1939
P31 U submarine 730 2 April 1941 Renamed Ullswater February 1943; renamed Uproar April 1943; sold for scrap 13 February 1946
P32 3 May 1941 Sunk 18 August 1941
P33 30 May 1941 Missing after 6 August 1941
P36 24 September 1941 Sunk 1 April 1942
P38 17 October 1941 Sunk 23 February 1942
P39 16 November 1941 Damaged beyond repair 26 March 1942; scrapped 1954
P48 18 June 1942 Sunk 25 December 1942
P222 S (Third Group) submarine 990 4 March 1942 Sunk 12 December 1942
P311 T submarine 1,560 7 August 1942 Sunk 8 January 1943
P511 R training submarine 680 17 April 1919 Former USS R-3, transferred to United Kingdom 4 November 1941; scrapped 1948
P512 17 August 1918 Former USS R-17, transferred to United Kingdom 9 March 1942; sold for scrap 6 November 1945
P514 7 October 1918 Former USS R-19, transferred to United Kingdom 9 March 1942; sunk 21 June 1942
P551 S (Holland design) submarine 1,062 9 July 1923 Former USS S-25, transferred to United Kingdom 4 November 1941; loaned to Polish government-in-exile as Jastrząb 4 November 1941; sunk 2 May 1942
P552 S (Navy design) submarine 1,092 5 June 1920 Former USS S-1, transferred to United Kingdom 20 April 1942; sold for scrap 14 September 1945
P553 S (Holland design) submarine 1,062 24 August 1921 Former USS S-21, transferred to United Kingdom 14 September 1942; sunk as target 23 March 1945
P554 23 June 1924 Former USS S-22, transferred to United Kingdom 19 June 1942; sold for scrap 16 November 1945
P555 24 August 1923 Former USS S-24, transferred to United Kingdom 10 August 1942; scuttled 25 August 1947
P556 22 May 1924 Former USS S-29, transferred to the United Kingdom 5 June 1942; sold for scrap, 24 January 1947
P611 Oruç Reis submarine 856 1 December 1941 Transferred to Turkey as Oruç Reis 9 May 1942; scrapped 1957
P612 7 January 1942 Transferred to Turkey as Murat Reis 16 May 1942; scrapped 1957
P614 10 March 1942 Transferred to Turkey 1945; commissioned as Burak Reis 17 January 1946; scrapped 1957
P615 3 April 1942 Sunk 18 April 1943
P714 Acciaio coastal submarine 864 2 January 1942 Formerly Italian submarine Bronzo, captured by Royal Navy 12 July 1943; transferred to France as Narval 29 January 1944; scrapped 1948
Paddle  United States Navy Gato fleet submarine 2,424 29 March 1943 Transferred to Brazil as Riachuelo 18 January 1957; sunk as target ca. 30 June 1968
Pallas  French Navy Minerve submarine 856 12 June 1939 Scuttled 9 November 1942
Pampanito  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 6 November 1943 Museum ship 21 November 1975
Pandora  Royal Navy Parthian submarine 2,040 30 June 1930 Sunk 1 April 1942, scrapped 1955
Komissar  Soviet Navy Bars submarine 1,354 1916 Converted to harbor training ship 1941
Parche  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 20 November 1943 Sold for scrap 18 June 1970
Pargo Gato fleet submarine 2,424 26 April 1943 Sold for scrap 16 May 1961
Parthian  Royal Navy Parthian submarine 2,040 30 June 1930 Sunk August 1943
Pascal  French Navy Redoutable cruiser submarine 1,968 10 September 1931 Scuttled 27 November 1942; refloated; sunk 11 March 1944
Pasteur 1 September 1932 Scuttled 18 June 1940
Pégase 19 June 1932 Decommissioned 1 January 1944; scrapped 1951
Perch (SS-176)  United States Navy Porpoise fleet submarine 1,997 19 November 1936 Scuttled 3 March 1942
Perch (SS-313) Balao fleet submarine 2,391 7 January 1944 Sold for scrap 15 January 1973
Perla  Regia Marina
 Royal Navy
 Hellenic Navy
Perla coastal submarine 846 8 July 1936 Captured by UK as HMS P-712 9 July 1942, to Greece as Matrozos 1943, stricken 1947
Perle  French Navy
 Free French Naval Forces
Saphir minelayer submarine 925 1 March 1937 Sunk 8 July 1944
Permit  United States Navy Porpoise fleet submarine 1,997 17 March 1937 Sold for scrap 28 June 1958
Persée  French Navy Redoutable cruiser submarine 1,968 10 June 1934 Sunk 23 September 1940
Perseus  Royal Navy Parthian submarine 2,040 15 April 1930 Sunk 6 December 1941.
Peto  United States Navy Gato fleet submarine 2,424 21 November 1942 Sold for scrap 29 November 1960
Phoenix  Royal Navy Parthian submarine 2,040 3 February 1931 Sunk 16 July 1940
Phoque  French Navy Requin submarine 1,132 7 May 1928 Captured by Italy 8 December 1942; renamed FR 111; sunk 28 February 1943
Phlai-chumphon  Royal Thai Navy Matchanu submarine 420 19 July 1938 Scrapped 1952
Pickerel  United States Navy Porpoise fleet submarine 1,997 26 January 1937 Sunk 3 April 1943
Picuda Balao fleet submarine 2,391 16 October 1943 Transferred to Spain as Narciso Monturiol 1 October 1972; Stricken 30 April 1977
Pier Capponi  Regia Marina Mameli submarine 993 19 January 1929 Sunk 31 March 1941
Pietro Calvi Calvi cruiser submarine 2,028 16 October 1935 Sunk 14 July 1942
Pietro Micca minelayer submarine 1,883 1 October 1935 Sunk 29 July 1943
Pike  United States Navy Porpoise fleet submarine 1,934 2 December 1935 Sold for scrap 14 January 1957
Pilotfish Balao fleet submarine 2,391 16 December 1943 Sunk as target 25 July 1946
Pintado 1 January 1944 Sold for scrap 19 February 1969
Pipefish 22 January 1944 Sold for scrap 4 February 1969
Piper 23 August 1944 Sold for scrap June 1971
Pipinos  Royal Hellenic Navy V submarine 740 1 November 1943 Formerly HMS Veldt; returned to United Kingdom 10 December 1957; scrapped February 1958
Piranha  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 5 February 1944 Sold for scrap 11 August 1970
Plaice 12 February 1944 Transferred to Brazil as Bahia 7 September 1963; scrapped 1973
Platino  Regia Marina Acciaio coastal submarine 864 2 October 1941 Stricken 1 February 1948
Plunger  United States Navy Porpoise fleet submarine 1,997 19 November 1936 Sold for scrap 22 April 1957
Pogy Gato fleet submarine 2,424 10 January 1943 Sold for scrap 1 May 1959
Pollack Porpoise fleet submarine 1,997 15 January 1937 Sold for scrap 2 February 1947
Pomfret Balao fleet submarine 2,391 19 February 1944 Transferred to Turkey as Oruçreis 1 July 1971; retired 1987
Pompano Porpoise fleet submarine 1,997 12 June 1937 Lost September 1943
Pompon Gato fleet submarine 2,424 17 March 1943 Sold for scrap 22 December 1960
Poncelet  French Navy Redoutable cruiser submarine 1,968 1 September 1932 Scuttled 7 November 1940
Porfido  Regia Marina Acciaio coastal submarine 864 24 January 1942 Sunk 6 December 1942
Porpoise  United States Navy Porpoise fleet submarine 1,934 15 August 1935 Sold for scrap 14 May 1957
Porpoise  Royal Navy Grampus submarine 2,035 11 March 1933 Sunk 19 January 1945
Poseidon Parthian submarine 2,040 5 May 1930 Sunk in accidental collision with a merchant ship 9 June 1931
Provana  Regia Marina Marcello submarine 1,313 25 June 1938 Sunk 16 June 1940
Protée  French Navy
 Free French Naval Forces
Redoutable cruiser submarine 1,968 1 November 1932 Sunk 20 December 1943
Proteus  Royal Navy Parthian submarine 2,040 5 May 1930 Scrapped March 1946
Puffer  United States Navy Gato fleet submarine 2,424 27 April 1943 Sold for scrap 3 December 1960
Queenfish Balao fleet submarine 2,391 11 March 1944 Sunk as target 14 August 1963
Quidora  Chilean Navy H submarine 434 1917 Scrapped 1945
Quillback  United States Navy Tench fleet submarine 2,414 29 December 1944 Sold for scrap 21 March 1974
R-1 R coastal submarine 680 16 December 1918 Sold for scrap 16 March 1946
R-2 24 January 1919 Sold for scrap 28 September 1945
R-3 28 March 1919 Transferred to United Kingdom as P511 4 November 1941; scrapped 1948
R-4 17 April 1919 Sold for scrap January 1946
R-5 15 April 1919 Sold for scrap 22 August 1946
R-6 1 May 1919 Sold for scrap March 1946
R-7 12 June 1919 Sold for scrap September 1946
R-9 30 July 1919 Sold for scrap February 1946
R-10 20 August 1919 Sold for scrap January 1946
R-11 5 September 1919 Scrapped 1948
R-12 23 September 1919 Sank 12 June 1943
R-13 17 October 1919 Sold for scrap 13 March 1946
R-14 24 December 1919 Scrapped 1946
R-15 27 July 1918 Sold for scrap October 1945
R-16 5 August 1918 Sold for scrap March 1946
R-17 17 August 1918 Transferred to United Kingdom as P512 9 March 1942; sold for scrap 6 November 1945
R-18 11 September 1918 Sold for scrap 1946
R-19 7 October 1918 Transferred to United Kingdom as P514 9 March 1942; sunk 21 June 1942
R-20 26 October 1918 Sold for scrap 13 March 1946
Rainbow  Royal Navy Rainbow submarine 2,030 18 January 1932 Sunk 4 October 1940 in collision
Rasher  United States Navy Gato fleet submarine 2,424 8 June 1943 Sold for scrap 7 August 1974
Raton 13 July 1943 Sold for scrap 12 October 1973
Ray 27 July 1943 Sold for scrap 18 December 1960
Razorback Balao fleet submarine 2,391 3 April 1944 Transferred to Turkey as Muratreis 30 November 1970; museum ship 15 May 2005
Rechinul  Royal Romanian Navy Rechinul submarine 789 May 1943 Captured by the Soviets in August 1944, sunk by accident February 1945
Redfin  United States Navy Gato fleet submarine 2,424 31 August 1943 Sold for scrap 31 March 1971
Redfish Balao fleet submarine 2,391 12 April 1944 Sunk as target 6 February 1969
Redoutable  French Navy Redoutable cruiser submarine 1,968 10 July 1931 Scuttled 27 November 1942; refloated 16 May 1943; sunk 11 March 1944
Regent  Royal Navy Rainbow submarine 2,030 11 November 1930 Sunk 18 April 1943
Reginaldo Giuliani  Regia Marina Liuzzi submarine 1,484 3 February 1940 Seized by Germany 8 September 1943; renamed UIT-23; sunk 18 February 1944
Regulus  Royal Navy Rainbow submarine 2,030 7 December 1930 Sunk 6 December 1940
Remo  Regia Marina R transport submarine 2,520 19 June 1943 Sunk 15 July 1943
Requin  French Navy Requin submarine 1,132 28 May 1926 Captured by Italy 8 December 1942; renamed FR 113; captured by Germany 9 September 1943; sold for scrap 1944
Requin  United States Navy Tench fleet submarine 2,414 28 April 1945 Museum ship 1972
Revolutsioner  Soviet Navy Dekabrist submarine 1,354 12 March 1929 Missing after 1 December 1943
Ro-31  Imperial Japanese Navy Kaichū V type training submarine 1,030 10 May 1927 Scuttled 5 April 1946
Ro-33 Kaichū VI type submarine 1,200 7 October 1935 Sunk 29 August 1942
Ro-34 31 May 1937 Sunk 7 April 1943
Ro-35 Kaichū VII type submarine 1,447 25 March 1943 Sunk 25 August 1943
Ro-36 27 May 1943 Sunk 13 June 1944
Ro-37 30 June 1943 Sunk 22 January 1944
Ro-38 24 July 1943 Missing after 19 November 1943
Ro-39 12 September 1943 Sunk 1 February 1944
Ro-40 28 September 1943 Sunk 16 February 1944
Ro-41 26 November 1943 Sunk 23 March 1945
Ro-42 31 August 1943 Sunk 11 June 1944
Ro-43 16 December 1943 Sunk 26 February 1945
Ro-44 13 September 1943 Sunk 16 June 1944
Ro-45 11 January 1944 Sunk 30 April 1944
Ro-46 19 February 1944 Missing after 17 April 1945
Ro-47 31 January 1944 Sunk 26 September 1944
Ro-48 31 March 1944 Sunk 19 July 1944
Ro-49 19 May 1944 Missing after 25 March 1945
Ro-50 31 July 1944 Scuttled 1 April 1946
Ro-55 30 September 1944 Sunk 7 February 1945
Ro-56 15 November 1944 Sunk 9 April 1945
Ro-57 Type L3 training submarine 1,102.7 30 July 1922 Scrapped 1946
Ro-58 25 November 1922 Scrapped 1946
Ro-59 20 March 1923 Scrapped 1946
Ro-60 Type L4 submarine 1,301 17 September 1923 Wrecked 29 December 1941
Ro-61 9 February 1924 Sunk 31 August 1942
Ro-62 24 July 1924 Scuttled May 1946
Ro-63 20 December 1924 Scuttled May 1946
Ro-64 30 April 1925 Sunk 12 April 1945
Ro-65 30 June 1926 Sunk in diving accident 3 November 1942
Ro-66 28 July 1927 Sunk in collision 17 December 1941
Ro-67 15 December 1926 Scrapped 1946
Ro-68 29 October 1925 Scuttled 30 April 1946
Ro-100 Ko type coastal submarine 782 23 September 1942 Sunk 25 November 1943
Ro-101 31 October 1942 Sunk 15 September 1943
Ro-102 17 November 1942 Missing after 9 May 1943
Ro-103 21 October 1942 Missing after 28 July 1943
Ro-104 25 February 1943 Sunk 23 May 1944
Ro-105 5 March 1943 Sunk 31 May 1944
Ro-106 26 December 1942 Sunk 22 May 1944
Ro-107 26 December 1942 Missing after 6 July 1943
Ro-108 20 April 1943 Sunk 26 May 1944
Ro-109 30 April 1943 Sunk 25 April 1945
Ro-110 6 July 1943 Sunk 11 February 1944
Ro-111 19 July 1943 Sunk 10 June 1944
Ro-112 14 September 1943 Sunk 11 February 1945
Ro-113 12 October 1943 Sunk 13 February 1945
Ro-114 20 November 1943 Sunk 17 June 1944
Ro-115 30 November 1943 Sunk 1 February 1945
Ro-116 21 January 1944 Sunk 24 May 1944
Ro-117 31 January 1944 Sunk 17 June 1944
Ro-500 (ex-U-511) Type IXC submarine 1,213 16 September 1943 Scuttled 30 April 1946
Ro-501 (ex-U-1224) Type IXC/40 submarine 1,237 15 February 1944 Sunk 13 May 1944
Robalo  United States Navy Gato fleet submarine 2,424 28 September 1943 Sunk 26 July 1944
Rock 26 October 1943 Sold for scrap 17 August 1972
Romolo  Regia Marina R transport submarine 2,520 19 June 1943 Sunk 18 July 1943
Roncador  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 27 March 1945 Stricken 1971; scrapped ca. 1982
Ronis  Latvian Naval Forces
 Soviet Navy
Ronis submarine 514 1927 Captured by Soviet Union 13 August 1940, scuttled 24 June 1941
Ronquil  United States Navy Balao fleet submarine 2,391 22 April 1944 Transferred to Spain as Isaac Peral 1 July 1971; decommissioned 3 April 1984
Rorqual  Royal Navy Grampus submarine 2,157 10 February 1937 Scrapped 1946
Rover Rainbow submarine 2,030 29 January 1931 Scrapped 1946
Rubino  Regia Marina Sirena coastal submarine 837 21 March 1934 Sunk 29 June 1940
Rubis  French Navy
 Free French Naval Forces
Saphir minelayer submarine 925 4 April 1933 Scuttled 31 January 1958
Rucumilla  Chilean Navy H submarine 434 1917 Scrapped 1945
Ruggiero Settimo  Regia Marina Settembrini submarine 1,135 25 April 1932 Stricken 23 March 1947
Runner (SS-275)  United States Navy Gato fleet submarine 2,424 30 July 1942 Missing June 1943
Runner (SS-476) Tench fleet submarine 2,414 6 February 1945 Sold for scrap 19 June 1973
Ryś  Polish Navy Wilk submarine 1,250 1932 Interned 17 September 1939, decommissioned 1955, scrapped 1956
S-1  Soviet Navy Srednyaya (IX series) submarine 1,050 11 September 1936 scuttled 23 June 1941
S-1  United States Navy S (Holland design) submarine 1,062 5 June 1920 Transferred to the United Kingdom as P552 20 April 1942; sold for scrap 14 September 1945
S-2  Soviet Navy Srednyaya (IX series) submarine 1,050 23 September 1936 Sunk 3 January 1940
S-3 8 July 1938 Sunk 24 June 1941
S-4 Srednyaya (IX-bis series) submarine 1,050 30 October 1939 Sunk 7 January 1945
S-5 30 October 1939 Sunk 28 August 1941
S-6 30 October 1939 Missing after 6 August 1941
S-7 30 June 1940 Sunk 21 October 1942
S-8 30 June 1940 Missing after 11 October 1941
S-9 31 October 1940 Missing August 1943
S-10 25 December 1940 Sunk around 28 June 1941
S-11 27 June 1941 Sunk 2 August 1941, raised 1955, scrapped 1957–1958
S-11  United States Navy S (Navy design) submarine 1,092 11 January 1923 Sold for scrap 28 October 1945
S-12  Soviet Navy Srednyaya (IX-bis series) submarine 1,050 24 July 1941 Missing 1 August 1943
S-12  United States Navy S (Navy design) submarine 1,092 30 April 1923 Sold for scrap 28 October 1945
S-13  Soviet Navy Srednyaya (IX-bis series) submarine 1,050 31 July 1941 Decommissioned 7 September 1954
S-13  United States Navy S (Navy design) submarine 1,092 14 July 1923 Stricken 19 May 1945; sold for scrap
S-14 11 February 1921 Sold for scrap 16 November 1945
S-15 17 December 1920 Sold for scrap 4 December 1946
S-16 15 January 1921 Sunk as target 3 April 1945
S-17 1 March 1921 Sunk as target 5 April 1945
S-18 S (Holland design) submarine 1,062 3 April 1924 Sold for scrap 9 November 1946
S-20 22 November 1922 Sold for scrap 22 January 1946
S-21 24 August 1921 Transferred to United Kingdom as P553 14 September 1942; sunk as target 23 March 1945
S-22 23 June 1924 Transferred to United Kingdom as P554 19 June 1942; sold for scrap 16 November 1945
S-23 30 October 1923 Stricken 16 November 1945; sold for scrap
S-24 24 August 1923 Transferred to United Kingdom as P555 10 August 1942; scuttled 25 August 1947
S-26 15 October 1923 Sunk in collision 24 January 1942
S-27 22 January 1924 Wrecked 19 June 1942
S-28 13 December 1923 Sank in diving accident 4 July 1944
S-29 22 May 1924