| Name | Class | Pennant | Crew | Built | Builder
| Disposal Date | Method |
Ambush | A | P418, S18, later S68 c/s MVBP | 61 | 24-Sep-45 |
Vickers Armstrong Barrow | 05-Jul-71 |
Scrap |
| Carried out prolonged snort Feb/March 1948, testing snort conditions in
northern waters. (Previous trials by Alliance in tropics and Taciturn in temperate waters). Scrapped at
Inverkeithing.
|
Amphion | A | P439, S39, later S43 c/s GGVJ | 61 | 31-Aug-44 | Vickers Armstrong Barrow | 06-Jul-71 |
Scrap |
 Completed 27 Mar 45. Hit training ship 3-Sep-58. 10-Jan-67 another collision. Scrapped at Inverkeithing. |
Anchorite | A | P422, S22, later S64 c/s MVBQ | 61 | 22_Jan_46 | Vickers Armstrong Barrow |
01-Aug-70 | Scrap |
  13-Oct-56 ran aground in Rothesay Bay. Refloated two days later.
Damaged 3-Oct-60, striking uncharted rock in Hauraki Gulf off Auckland, New Zealand. Broken up at Troon 1970. Pictured before and after streamlining and conversion.
|
Andrew | A | P423, S23, later S63 c/s MVBR | 61 | 06-Apr-46 | Vickers Armstrong Barrow | 01-May-77 | Scrap |
Last boat with permanent deck gun. Appeared as "HMS Trojan"
in the (very good) film "Morning Departure" in 1950. First ever submerged crossing of Atlantic, May 1953, Bermuda to English Channel. Film star in On the Beach and others. Involved in collision 1-Oct-58. Far East 1958-68. Caught by trawler in Channel, 1973. Scrapped at Plymouth 1977.
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Artemis | A | P449, S39, later S49 c/s MVBS | 61 | 26-Aug-46 | Scott's,
Greenock | 01-Jan-72 | Scrap |
 Pictured above in 1949. Sabotaged 1954. Modernised 1955. 21-Jan-56 collided with a motor fishing vessel off the Isle of Wight. The submarine was undamaged and continued on exercises. Submiss 1963 while on loan to Canada. Sank alongside at Gosport 1-Jul-71, while 'first filling' fuel tanks - unable to shut after torpedo hatch due to cabling in place. Three men were trapped onboard the submarine but managed to escape successfully through the Forward escape tower. A bad trim and poor precautions lead to the loss and many lessons were learnt. HMS Artemis never returned to service. Scrapped by Pounds of Portsmouth. Another Picture |
Artful | A | P456, S56, later S96 c/s MVBT | 61 | 22-May-47 | Scott's,
Greenock | 23-Jun-72 | Scrap |
|
Broken up at
Cairn Ryan. Seen below in 1954, before streamlining.
|
Astute | A | P447, S47, later S45 c/s GGVQ | 61 | 30-Jan-45 | Vickers Armstrong Barrow | 01-Oct-70 | Scrap |
| Scrapped Oct 1970 at Dunston on Tyne. Another Picture
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Auriga | A | P419, S19, later S69 c/s GGWM | 61 | 29-Mar-45 | Vickers Armstrong Barrow | 01-Feb-75 | Scrap |
| 30 years service. 11/2/70: suffered a battery explosion while on the surface in the Gibraltar area during NATO exercises. Ten people were injured, but the boat surfaced safely and limped to Gibraltar. Scrapped in Newport Feb 1975. One of the last to carry deck gun. Pictured below in 1953 and 1956, before and after streamlining.
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Aurochs | A | P426, S26, later S62 c/s MVSL | 61 | 28-Jul-45 | Vickers Armstrong Barrow | 01-Feb-67 | Scrap |
 Involved in collision 2-Jul-47. Made 12,000 mile voyage from Australia via Pacific, ending 3/12/1958. Second British SM to circumnavigate world. Scrapped at Troon 1967, after three years in Reserve at
Gosport. |
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