List of submarine operators

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

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

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]
• 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)[]

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
• Argentina - Two submarines inactive on the Argentinian Navy.^[12][13]
• Austria-Hungary (list)
• Bulgaria - all retired by 2011
• Cuba - Operated 3 Foxtrot-class submarines retired. One indigenous desing submarine was reported in service in 2020.^[14]
• 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[]

• List of submarine classes

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Submarines by country.

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