List of submarine museums
This is a list of museums that include submarines that can either be toured or viewed on display.
Australia

The composite of midget submarines M-14 & M-21 at the Australian War Memorial in 2007
Name | Location | City / Town | Nationality | Class | Launch Year | Remarks |
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HMAS Otway | Holbrook Submarine Museum | Holbrook | ![]() | Oberon-class | 1966 | |
HMAS Ovens | Western Australian Maritime Museum | Fremantle | ![]() | Oberon-class | 1967 | |
HMAS Onslow | Australian National Maritime Museum | Sydney | ![]() | Oberon-class | 1968 | |
M-21 | Royal Australian Navy Heritage Centre | Sydney | ![]() | Type A Kō-hyōteki-class | 1940 | Conning Tower |
M-14 and M-21 | Australian War Memorial | Campbell | ![]() | Type A Kō-hyōteki-class | 1940 | Composite Submarine |
Belgium
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 | ![]() | ![]() | Oberon-class | 1964 |
HMCS Onondaga | Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père | Rimouski | ![]() | ![]() | Oberon-class | 1965 |
RV Ben Franklin | Vancouver Maritime Museum | Vancouver | ![]() | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | Redoutable-class | 1967 | Nuclear |
Alose | COMEX headquarters | Marseille | ![]() | Naïade-class | 1904 | Petrol |
Argonaute | Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie | Paris | ![]() | Aréthuse-class | 1958 | Diesel |
Espadon | Saint-Nazaire submarine base | Saint Nazaire | ![]() | Narval-class | 1960 | Diesel |
Flore | Keroman Submarine Museum | Lorient | ![]() | Daphné-class | 1964 | Diesel |
Germany
Name | Location | City / Town | Nationality | Class | Launch Year | Other Names |
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Brandtaucher | Military History Museum | Dresden | ![]() | Military Submarine | 1850 | |
U-1 | Deutsches Museum | Munich | ![]() | U-boat | 1906 | |
U-995 | Laboe Naval Memorial | Laboe | ![]() | Type VIIC/41 | 1943 | Kaura (Norway) |
U-2540 | Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum | Bremerhaven | ![]() | Type XXI | 1945 | Wilhelm Bauer (West Germany) |
U-9 (S188) | Technik Museum Speyer | Speyer | ![]() | Type 205 | 1966 | |
U-10 (S189) | Deutsches Marinemuseum | Wilhelmshaven | ![]() | Type 205 | 1967 | |
U-11 (S190) | U-Boot Museum | Fehmarn | ![]() | Type 205 | 1968 | |
HMS Otus | Erlebnsiwelt U-Boot | Sassnitz | ![]() | Oberon-class | 1961 | |
U-461 | Museum Peenemünde | Peenemuende | ![]() | Juliett-class | 1962 | K-24 |
U-434 | U-Bootmuseum Hamburg | Hamburg | ![]() | Tango-class | 1976 | B-515 |
India
- INS Kursura (S20) – Ramakrishna Mission Beach, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Service: 1969-2001.
Indonesia
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

Andrea Provana in Italy
Name | Location | City / Town | Nationality | Class | Launch Year | Remarks |
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Enrico Toti | Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia | Milan | ![]() | Toti-class | 1967 | |
Nazario Sauro | Galata Museo del mare | Genoa | ![]() | Sauro-class | 1976 | |
Andrea Provana | Parco del Valentino | Turin | ![]() | 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
- Daphne-class submarine – 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 | ![]() | Nacken-class | 1979 |
HSwMS Hajen | ![]() | Holland-class | 1904 | ||
HSwMS Nordkaparen | Göteborgs Maritima Centrum | Gothenburg | ![]() | Draken-class | 1961 |
HSwMS U3 | Teknikens och sjöfartens hus | Malmö | ![]() | Kustubat | 1942 |
Switzerland
Name | Location | City / Town | Canton | Nationality | Launch Year |
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Auguste Piccard (PX-8) | Swiss Transport Museum | Lucerne | ![]() | ![]() | 1964 |
F.-A. Forel (PX-28) | La Maison de la Rivière | Tolochenaz | ![]() | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | Tench-class | 1944 | USS Thornback (![]() |
TCG Hızırreis (S 342) | Gayret Gemi Museum | İzmit | ![]() | Tang-class | 1952 | USS Gudgeon (![]() |
TCG Pirireis (S 343) | İnciraltı Sea Museum | İzmir | ![]() | Tang-class | 1951 | USS Tang (![]() |
SM UB-46 | Dardanelles Naval Museum | Çanakkale | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | Amphion-class | 1945 | Diesel | Guided Tours |
HMS Holland 1 | ![]() | Holland-class | 1901 | Petrol | |||
Biber 105 | ![]() | Biber | 1945 | Diesel | |||
HMS X24 | ![]() | X-class | 1943 | Diesel | |||
HMS E17 | ![]() | E-class | 1915 | Diesel | Conning Tower | ||
LR3 | ![]() | DSRV | 1990s | Electric | |||
HMS Ocelot | Chatham Historic Dockyard | Chatham | ![]() | Oberon-class | 1962 | Diesel | |
HMS XE8 Expunge | ![]() | XE-class | 1944 | Diesel | |||
HMS X51 Stickleback | Scottish Submarine Center | Helensburgh | ![]() | Stickleback-class | 1954 | Diesel | |
HMS Courageous | Devonport Naval Heritage Centre | Plymouth | ![]() | Churchill-class | 1970 | Nuclear | |
U-534 | U-boat Story | Birkenhead | ![]() | Type IXC/40 | 1941 | Diesel | |
Biber 90 | Imperial War Museum | London | ![]() | Biber | 1944 | Diesel | |
U-475 Black Widow | River Medway | Strood | ![]() | Foxtrot-class | 1966 | Diesel | Museum Closed |
United States
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
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