XE Class Submarine - List of XE-Craft

List of XE-Craft

First group
  • XE1 — built by Thomas Broadbent and Sons, used in Operation Struggle, scrapped 1945
  • XE2 — built by Thomas Broadbent and Sons, scrapped 1945
  • XE3 — built by Thomas Broadbent and Sons, used in Operation Struggle, scrapped 1945
  • XE4 "Exciter" — built by Thomas Broadbent and Sons, used in Operation Sabre, scrapped 1945
  • XE5 — built by Thomas Broadbent and Sons, used in Operation Foil, scrapped 1945
  • XE6 — built by Thomas Broadbent and Sons, scrapped 1945
  • XE7 — built by Thomas Broadbent and Sons, scrapped 1952
  • XE8 "Expunger" — built by Broadbent, sunk as target 1952, recovered 1973 and preserved at Chatham Historic Dockyard, on loan from the Imperial War Museum
  • XE9 — built by Markham, scrapped 1952
  • XE10 — built by Markham, cancelled incomplete 1945
Second group
  • XE11 — built by Marshall, collided with boom defence vessel in Loch Striven after drifting out of her exercise area and lost 6 March 1945. Three crew were killed in the accident but two managed to escape. The boat was later salvaged.
  • XE12 — built by Marshall, cannibalised for spares 1952
Third group
with minor improvements, built 1954-5. See
  • X51 Stickleback - to Swedish Navy as Spiggen
  • X52 Shrimp
  • X53 Sprat - to US Navy
  • X54 Minnow

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