List of submarine operators

The following countries operate or have operated submarines for naval or other military purposes.

Map showing submarine operators (green) and ballistic missile submarine operators (orange).

Countries with currently operational submarines

Type 212 submarine of the German Navy in dock

Russian Akula-class submarine

United States Navy submarine USS Los Angeles

Chinese Navy Han-class submarine

• Algeria[1]
• Argentina
• Australia
• Azerbaijan
• Bangladesh: 2 Type 035G submarines[2][3]
• Brazil[4]
• Canada
• Chile[5]
• Colombia[6]
• Ecuador[7]
• Egypt[8]
• France (list)
• Germany (list)
• Greece
• India (list)
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Italy (list)
• Israel
• Japan
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Netherlands (list)[9]
• North Korea
• Norway
• Pakistan
• People's Republic of China
• Republic of China (Taiwan)
• Peru[10]
• Poland
• Portugal (list)[11]
• Russia (list) (some ex-Soviet Union)
• Singapore
• South Africa
• South Korea
• Spain (list)[12]
• Sweden (list)
• Turkey (list)
• United Kingdom (list)
• United States (list)
• Venezuela[13]
• Vietnam

Ballistic Missile Submarines (SSBN)

HMS Vanguard, a Royal Navy Vanguard-class ballistic missile submarine.

Ballistic missile submarines are larger than any other type of submarine, in order to accommodate ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads.

• China – Type 094 submarine, Type 092 submarine
• France – Triomphant class
• India – Arihant class
• Russia – Typhoon, Delta, and Borei classes
• United Kingdom – Vanguard class
• United States – Ohio class

Countries previously operating submarines

• Albania - all retired 1998
• Austria-Hungary (list)
• Bulgaria - all retired by 2011
• Cuba - all three Foxtrot-class submarines retired
• Denmark[14] - retired after 2003
• Estonia (Kalev and Lembit) - decommissioned 1955 in the Soviet Navy
• Finland - last subs decommissioned after World War II
• Latvia - all submarines taken over by Soviet Union in 1940
• Libya - all Foxtrot-class submarines retired (1 non-commissioned remains docked)
• Romania (Delfinul, under repair)[15]
• Serbia and Montenegro (ex-Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) [16]
• Soviet Union (list) (prior to 1991 collapse, many now operated by successor state Russia)
• Syria - all Romeo-class submarines retired around 1992
• Thailand (Matchanu class during the Franco-Thai War - built in Japan 1938 and retired 1951)
• Ukraine (Zaporizhzhia - lost to Russia in the 2014 Crimean crisis)[17]

See also

• List of submarine classes

References

1. "World Navies Today: Algeria". hazegray.org.
2. "Bangladesh's first 2 submarines commissioned". The Daily Star. 12 March 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
3. "Bangladesh's first submarines commissioned". Dhaka Tribune. 12 March 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
4. "World Navies Today: Brazil". hazegray.org.
5. "World Navies Today: Chile". hazegray.org.
6. "World Navies Today: Colombia". hazegray.org.
7. "World Navies Today: Ecuador". hazegray.org.
8. "World Navies Today: Egypt". hazegray.org.
9. "Dutch Submarines: The Submarines of the Royal Netherlands Navy". dutchsubmarines.com.
10. "World Navies Today: Peru". hazegray.org.
11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-08-17. Retrieved 2005-08-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
12. "Spain - Navy". reference.allrefer.com.
13. "World Navies Today: Venezuela". web.archive.org. June 29, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29.
14. "Danish Submarines 1909-2004". navalhistory.dk.
15. "World Navies Today: Romania". hazegray.org.
16. "World Navies Today: Yugoslavia". hazegray.org.
17. "Sputnik News". En.ria.ru. 2018-05-25. Retrieved 2020-12-19.

External links

• Jane's
• Submarine Warfare in the 20th & 21st Centuries:Bibliography
• World Navies Today