S-class submarine
Five classes of submarine are known as the S class:
- The S class of three boats built by Scotts of Greenock in 1914–1915 and transferred to the Italian Regia Marina in 1915.
- The S class of the Italian Regia Marina consisted of three boats built by Laurenti-Fiat between 1914 and 1919. Length: 148 feet Surface Tonnage: 265 Crew: 28. All were withdrawn from service prior to World War II.
- The S class of the United States Navy of 48 boats built between 1918 and 1925.
- The S class of the British Royal Navy of 63 boats built in the 1930s and 1940s.
- The Soviet S class submarine of World War II vintage.
- The Ha-9-class also called Type S of the Imperial Japanese Navy of 2 boats built between 1917 and 1920.
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