XE CLASS MIDGET SUBMARINES 1944-1953UNTIL 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
XE1 EXECUTIONER BU 1945 IN AUSTRALIA XE2 XERXES BU 1945 IN AUSTRALIA XE3 SIGYN BU 1945 IN AUSTRALIA XE4 EXCITER BU 1945 IN AUSTRALIA XE5 PERSEUS BU 1945 IN AUSTRALIA XE6 EXCALIBUR II BU 1945 IN AUSTRALIA XE7 EXUBERANT BU 1952 XE8 EXPUNGER} SUNK AS TARGET 1954 XE9 UNEXPECTED SUNK AS TARGET 1954 XE10 CANCELLED XE11 LUCIFER LOST 1945 COLLISION XE12 EXCITABLE BU 1953 XE14 CANCELLED XE15 CANCELLED XE16 CANCELLED XE17 CANCELLED XE20 CANCELLED XE21 CANCELLED XE22 CANCELLED XE23 CANCELLED XE24 CANCELLED XE25 CANCELLED
