D FLAG SUPERIOR

D CLASS SUBMARINES
1908-1921.
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
D1
1908-1918 SUNK AS TARGET
D2
1910-1914 SUNK IN ACTION
D3
1910-1918 SUNK ACCIDENTALLY
D4
1911-1921
D5
1911-1914 SUNK MINED
D6
1911-1915 SUNK BY UB73
D7
1911-1921
D8
1911-1921
D9
1912 RENAMED E1
D10
1912 RENAMED E2