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
United States Navy submarine USS Los Angeles
Chinese Navy Han-class submarine
- Algeria[1]
- Argentina
- Australia
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Brazil[2]
- Canada
- Chile[3]
- Colombia[4]
- Ecuador[5]
- Egypt[6]
- France (list)
- Germany (list)
- Greece
- India (list)
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Italy (list)
- Israel
- Japan
- Malaysia
- Myanmar
- Netherlands (list)[7]
- North Korea
- Norway
- Pakistan
- People's Republic of China
- Republic of China (Taiwan)
- Peru[8]
- Poland
- Portugal (list)[9]
- Russia (list) (some ex-Soviet Union)
- Singapore
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain (list)[10]
- Sweden (list)
- Turkey (list)
- United Kingdom (list)
- United States (list)
- Venezuela[11]
- Vietnam
Ballistic Missile Submarines (SSBN)
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
- Russia – Typhoon, Delta, and Borei classes
- United Kingdom – Vanguard class
- United States – Ohio class
- India – Arihant 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[12] - 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)[13]
- Serbia and Montenegro (ex-Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) [14]
- 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)[15]
See also
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-08-17. Retrieved 2005-08-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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