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List of submarine operators 
Summary
The following countries operate or have operated submarines for naval or other military purposes.
Countries with currently operational submarines edit
- 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)
- Turkey (list)
- United Kingdom (list)
- United States (list)
- Venezuela[12]
- Vietnam
Ballistic Missile Submarines (SSBN) edit
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 2014 Crimean crisis)[19]
See also edit
References 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 edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Submarines by country.
- Jane's
- Submarine Warfare in the 20th & 21st Centuries:Bibliography
- World Navies Today