An American TB-5 Avenger flying over HMS Artful in the mid-1950s.
The Amphion-class (also known as the "A"-class and Acheron-class) of British diesel-electric submarines were designed for use in the Pacific War. Only two were completed before the end of hostilities, but following modernisation in the 1950s, they continued to serve in the Royal Navy into the 1970s.
Unit Run[]
- HMS Amphion
- HMS Astute - sold to Turkey, renamed TCG Uluçalireis
- HMS Astute
- HMS Auriga
- HMS Aurochs - sold to Turkey, renamed Cerbe
- HMS Alcide - transferred to Italy in 1972, renamed RM Primo Longobardo (S501)
- HMS Alderney
- HMS Alliance - now at Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport
- HMS Ambush
- HMS Anchorite
- HMS Andrew
- HMS Affray
- HMS Aeneas
- HMS Alaric
- HMS Artemis
- HMS Artful
- HMS Acheron - transferred to Italy in 1972, renamed RM Gianfranco Gazzana Priaroggia (S502)
- HMS Ace
- HMS Achates
- HMS Andromache
- HMS Answer
- HMS Antagonist
- HMS Antaeus - sold to Greece, renamed VP Katsonis
- HMS Anzac
- HMS Aphrodite
- HMS Approach
- HMS Arcadian
- HMS Ardent
- HMS Argosy
- HMS Atlantis
- HMS Admirable
- HMS Asperity
- HMS Austere
- HMS Adversary
- HMS Awake
- HMS Aztec
- HMS Abelard
- HMS Acasta
- HMS Agate
- HMS Aggressor
- HMS Agile
- HMS Aladdin
- HMS Alcestis
- HMS Asgard
- HMS Assurance
- HMS Astarte