N FLAG INFERIOR

1939
IN 1939, ALL SUBMARINES WERE GIVEN AN “N” INFERIOR NUMBER.
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
11N		THETIS
12N		CLYDE
14N		PORPOISE
15N		TRITON
16N		RAINBOW
17N		TARPON
18N		TRIUMPH
19N		STARFISH
21N		OBERON
22N		STERLET
23N		L23
24N		THISTLE
26N		L26
27N		L27
28N		H28
29N		PROTEUS
31N		H31
32N		H32
33N		H33
34N		H34
35N		OLYMPUS
36N		PERSEUS
37N		SEAL
38N		TAKU
39N		SNAPPER
41N		REGENT
42N		PANDORA
43N		H43
44N		H44
45N		NARWHAL
46N		ORPHEUS
47N		SEAWOLF
48N		UNDINE
49N		H49
50N		H50
51N		OTWAY
52N		TRIDENT
53N		TRIAD
54N		SHARK
55N		OXLEY
56N		GRAMPUS
57N		SEVERN
58N		OSWALD
59N		URSULA
61N		SWORDFISH
62N		ROVER
63N		TIGRIS
64N		WILK		POLISH CREWED 1939-42 REALLOCATED N64
65N		SALMON
66N		UNITY
67N		OSIRIS
68N		TRUANT
69N		SPEARFISH
71N		THAMES
72N		SEALION
73N		STURGEON
74N		RORQUAL
75N		PARTHIAN
76N		TRIBUNE
77N		TETRARCH
78N		TALISMAN
79N		TORBAY
81N		SUNFISH
83N		CACHALOT
84N		ODIN
85N		ORZEL		POLISH CREWED 193940 LOST 1940
88N		REGULUS
92N		OTUS
94N		TUNA
96N		PHOENIX
98N		SEAHORSE
99N		POSEIDON