List of Submarine Classes - Canada

Canada

Royal Canadian Navy:

  • Oberon-class submarine (decommissioned after 2000); 3 acquired and 2 for training and spares; 2 sold as museum ship (HMCS Ojibwa (S72) and HMCS Onondaga (S73)) and 3 scrapped (HMS Olympus (S12), HMS Osiris (S13), HMCS Okanagan (S74))
  • Victoria-class submarine - 4 ex-RN Upholder-class acquired with 1 out of service due to fire
  • Tench class submarine (decommissioned); built for United States Navy; USS Argonaut (SS-475) renamed HMCS Rainbow 1968 and retired 1974
  • Balao class submarine (decommissioned); built for United States Navy; USS Burrfish (SS-312) acquired 1961 and renamed as HMCS Grisle and served until 1969; return to USN and later scrapped.
  • British H class submarine (decommissioned); built in United States; acquired 1919 HMCS CH-14 and HMCS CH-15 and disposed 1927 and 1922 respectively
  • CC class submarine (decommissioned); built in United States for Chilean Navy and sold to British Columbia 1913; CC-1 and CC-2were scrapped in 1920

Captured and recommissioned German U-boats:

  • Captured and recommissioned German U-boats - German Type IX submarines German submarine U-190 and German submarine U-889
See also: Fleet of the Royal Canadian Navy

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