N FLAG SUPERIOR

1940
IN 1940, ALL “N” INFERIOR PENNANTS WERE CHANGED TO “N” SUPERIOR. THE GAPS CAUSED BY LOSSES WERE FILLED BY A FEW NEW UNITS AND LATER BY GREEK, DUTCH AND CAPTURED GERMAN AND ITALIAN SUBMARINES. MOST OF THE BRITISH WARTIME CONSTRUCTION WAS GIVEN “P” PENNANT NUMBERS.
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
N11		THORN		1941-42 SUNK
N12		CLYDE		1934-46
N13		O13		DUTCH
N14		PORPOISE		1932-45
N15		TRITON		1937-40 SUNK
N15		O15		DUTCH
N16		RAINBOW		1930-40 SUNK
N16		KATSONIS		GREECE
N16				EX U1105 (BLACK PANTHER)
N17		TARPON		1939-40 SUNK
N17		URGE		EX P40
N18		TRIUMPH		1938-40 SUNK
N18		MATROZOS		GREECE
N19		STARFISH		1933-40 SUNK
N19		UTMOST		EX P42
N19				EX U1171 (WHITE PUMA)
N20				EX U2348
N21		OBERON		1926-45
N21		EX U1057		TO USSR
N22		STERLET		1937-40 SUNK
N22		K14		DUTCH
N22				EX U1058 TO USSR
N23				EX L23 1919-46
N24		THISTLE		1938-40 SUNK
N24		K15		DUTCH
N24				EX U1305 TO USSR
N25		THUNDERBOLT		EX THETIS1940-1943 SUNK
N25				EX U1407 REN METEORITE
N26				EX L26 1919-45
N26				EX U1231 TO USSR
N27				EX L27 1919-44
N27				EX U2529 TO USSR
N28				EX H28 1918-44
N28				EX U3035 TO USSR
N29		PROTEUS		1929-46
N29				EX U3041 TO USSR
N30				EX U3515 TO USSR
N31				EX H31 1918-41 SUNK
N31		ATROPO I
N31				EX U2352 TO USSR
N32				EX H32 1918-44
N33				EX H33 1918-44
N34				EX H34 1918-44
N35		OLYMPUS		1928-42 SUNK
N35				EX U2326 TO FRENCH
N36		PERSEUS		1929-41 SUNK
N36		CAGNI I
N37		SEAL		1938-40 CAPTURED BY GERMANS IN KATTEGAT
N37		THRASHER		1940-47
N38		TAKU		1939-46
N39		SNAPPER		1934-41 SUNK
N39		K9		DUTCH
N41		REGENT		1930-43 SUNK
N41		EX U3017		BU 1949
N42		PANDORA		1929-42 SUNK
N43		EX H43		1919-44
N44		EX H44		1919-44
N45		NARWHAL		1935-40 SUNK
N45		TRUSTY		1941-47
N46		ORPHEUS		1929-40 SUNK
N46		GRAPH		EX U570 1941-44
N47		SEAWOLF		1935-45
N48		UNDINE		1937-40 SUNK
N48		TRAVELLER		1941-42 SUNK
N49				EX H49 1919-40 SUNK
N49		BRAGADINO I
N50				EX H50 1919-45
N51		OTWAY		1931-45 EX RAN
N52		TRIDENT		1938-46
N53		TRIAD		1939-40 SUNK
N53		K11		DUTCH
N54		SHARK		1934-40 SUNK
N54		O19		DUTCH
N55		OXLEY		1931-39 SUNK EX RAN
N55		UNDAUNTED		EX P34 1940-41 SUNK
N55		CORRIDONI I
N56		GRAMPUS		1936-40 SUNK
N56		UNION		1940-42 SUNK
N56		NEREUS		GREECE
N57		SEVERN		1934-46
N58		OSWALD		1928-40 SUNK
N58		ALAGI I
N59		URSULA		1938-40 TO USSR TO 1949
N61		SWORDFISH		1931-40 SUNK
N61		K12		DUTCH
N62		ROVER		1930-46
N63		TIGRIS		1939-43 SUNK
N64		WILK		POLISH CREWED 1939-42 LAID UP AND RET TO POLISH NAVY 1951
N65		SALMON		1934-40 SUNK MINED
N65		USK		EX P41 1940-41 SUNK MINED
N65				EX U776
N66		UNITY		1938-40 SUNK COLLISION
N66		MENOTTI I
N67		OSIRIS		1928-46
N68		TRUANT		1939-45
N69		SPEARFISH		1936-40 SUNK
N71		THAMES		1932-40 SUNK
N71		GALATEA I
N72		SEALION		1934-45
N73		STURGEON		1932-43 TO DUTCH AS ZEEHOND TO 1945
N73		ZEEHOND		DUTCH 1943-45 EX STURGEON BU 1946
N74		RORQUAL		1936-46
N75		PARTHIAN		1929-43 SUNK MINED
N76		TRIBUNE		1938-47
N77		TETRARCH		1939-41 SUNK
N78		TALISMAN		1940-42 SUNK
N79		TORBAY		1940-45
N81		SUNFISH		1936-44 TO USSR AS B1 SUNK IN ERROR 1944
N82		UMPIRE		1940-41 SUNK COLLISION
N82		ZOEA I
N83		CACHALOT		1937-41 SUNK
N83				EX U1023
N84		ODIN		1928-40 SUNK
N85		ORZEL		POLISH
N86				EX U249 1945-48
N86		TEMPEST		1941-42 SUNK
N86				EX U249
N87		UNA		EX P32 1941-49
N88		REGULUS		1930-40 SUNK
N88		GIADA I
N89		UPRIGHT		EX P38 1940-45
N91		TROOPER		1942-43 SUNK
N92		OTUS		1928-46
N93		UNBEATEN		1940-42 SUNK
N94		TUNA		1940-45
N95		UNIQUE		1940-42 SUNK
N96		PHOENIX		1929-40 SUNK
N96		BRIN I
N97		URCHIN		EX P39 1940-41 TO POLISH AS SOKOL
N97		SOKOL		POLISH REN P97 1946 BU 1949
N98		SEAHORSE		1932-40 SUNK
N98		TURBULENT		1941 -43 SUNK
N99		UPHOLDER		1940-42 SUNK