The following countries operate or have operated submarines for naval or other military purposes.
Countries with currently operational submarines
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- Algeria[1]
- Australia
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Brazil[2]
- Canada
- Chile[3]
- Colombia[4]
- Cuba - One indigenous design submarine was reported in service in 2020.[5]
- Ecuador[6]
- Egypt[7]
- France (list)
- Germany (list)
- Greece
- India (list)
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Italy (list)
- Israel
- Japan
- Malaysia
- Myanmar
- Netherlands (list)[8]
- North Korea
- Norway
- Pakistan
- People's Republic of China
- Republic of China (Taiwan)
- Peru[9]
- Poland
- Portugal (list)[10]
- Russia (list) (some ex-Soviet Union)
- Singapore
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain (list)[11]
- Sweden (list
- Thailand
- Turkey (list)
- United Kingdom (list)
- United States (list)
- Venezuela[12]
- Vietnam
Ballistic Missile Submarines (SSBN)
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Ballistic missile submarines are larger than any other type of submarine, in order to accommodate ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
Countries previously operating submarines
edit- Albania - all retired 1998
- Argentina - Two submarines inactive (non-operational) in the Argentinian Navy.[13][14]
- Austria-Hungary (list)
- Bulgaria - all retired by 2011
- Cuba - Operated 3 Foxtrot-class submarines retired.
- Denmark[15] - 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, not operational; used for dockside training)[16][17]
- Serbia and Montenegro (ex-Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) [18]
- 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 annexation of Crimea)[19]
See also
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edit- ^ "World Navies Today: Algeria". hazegray.org.
- ^ "World Navies Today: Brazil". hazegray.org.
- ^ "World Navies Today: Chile". hazegray.org.
- ^ "World Navies Today: Colombia". hazegray.org.
- ^ Sutton, H. I. "New Photo Reveals Cuban Navy's Secret Submarine". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
- ^ "World Navies Today: Ecuador". hazegray.org.
- ^ "World Navies Today: Egypt". hazegray.org.
- ^ "Dutch Submarines: The Submarines of the Royal Netherlands Navy". dutchsubmarines.com.
- ^ "World Navies Today: Peru". hazegray.org.
- ^ "Fuel Cell Today - Portuguese navy orders two submarines with Siemens fuel cell technology". Archived from the original on 2005-08-17. Retrieved 2005-08-26.
- ^ "Spain - Navy". reference.allrefer.com.
- ^ "World Navies Today: Venezuela". June 29, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29.
- ^ "Estiman que la llegada del próximo submarino operativo para Argentina demoraría de cinco a seis años". Fundación Nuestro Mar (in Spanish). 8 September 2020.
- ^ "A. Rossi Argentina: Argentina tiene que tener una Fuerza Aérea con aviones supersónicos 2". Infodefensa (in Spanish).
- ^ "Danish Submarines 1909-2004". navalhistory.dk.
- ^ Adamowski, Jaroslaw (2018-02-09). "Romania to buy 3 sub, 4 ships to bolster Black Sea ops". Defense News. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
- ^ "World Navies Today: Romania". hazegray.org.
- ^ "World Navies Today: Yugoslavia". hazegray.org.
- ^ Seleznev, Denis (6 August 2014). Корреспондент: На маленьком флоту. На что сейчас способны остатки украинского флота. Korrespondent (in Russian). Retrieved 18 June 2015.
External links
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