B FLAG SUPERIOR

B CLASS SUBMARINES 1904-1922.
UNTIL THE SECOND WORLD WAR, IT WAS USUAL FOR SUBMARINES TO HAVE ONLY A PENNANT NUMBER AND NO NAME; WINSTON CHURCHILL DIRECTED THAT ALL SUBMARINES BE NAMED.

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Pennant Number		Name		Information
B1				1904-1921
B2				1905-1912 SUNK
B3				1905-1919
B4				1905-1919
B5				1905-1921
B6				1905-1919 COMPLETED 1917 AS
B7		SURFACE PATROL BOAT		1905-1919 COMPLETED 1917 AS
B8		SURFACE PATROL BOAT		1906-1919 COMPLETED 1917 AS
B9		SURFACE PATROL BOAT		1906-1919 COMPLETED 1917 AS
B10		SURFACE PATROL BOAT		1906-1916 SUNK WHILE UNDER REPAIR AT VENICE
B11				1906-1919 COMPLETED 1917 AS SURFACE PATROL BOAT