X FLAG SUPERIOR

MIDGET SUBMARINES 1943-45
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
X3		PIKER		LD 1943
X4		X4		LD 1943
X5		PLATYPUS		LOST 1943 ATTACKING TIRPITZ
X6		PIKER II		LOST 1943 ATTACKING TIRPITZ
X7		PDINICHTHYS		LOST 1943 ATTACKING TIRPITZ
X8		EXPECTANT		LOST 1943 ATTACKING TIRPITZ
X9		PLUTO		LOST 1943 ATTACKING TIRPITZ
X10		X10		LOST 1943 ATTACKING TIRPITZ
X20		EXEMPLAR		LD 1943 BU 1945
X21		EXULTANT		LD 1943 BU 1945
X22		EXPLOIT		LD 1943 LOST 1944
X23		XIPHIAS		LD 1943 BU 1945
X24		EXPEDITIONS		LD 1943 PRESERVED GOSPORT
X25		XEMA		LD 1943 BU 1945