R FLAG SUPERIOR

R CLASS SUBMARINES 1918-1934.
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
R1				1918-23
R2				1918-23
R3				1918-23
R4				1918-34
R5				1918 CANCELLED 1919
R6				1918 CANCELLED 1919
R7				1918 SOLD 1923
E8				1918 SOLD 1923
R9				1918 SOLD 1923
R10				1918 SOLD 1929
R11				1918 SOLD 1923
R12				1918 SOLD 1923