XE Class Submarine - List of XE-Craft

List of XE-Craft

First group

• XE1 — built by Thomas Broadbent and Sons, used in Operation Struggle, scrapped 1945
• XE2 — built by Thomas Broadbent and Sons, scrapped 1945
• XE3 — built by Thomas Broadbent and Sons, used in Operation Struggle, scrapped 1945
• XE4 "Exciter" — built by Thomas Broadbent and Sons, used in Operation Sabre, scrapped 1945
• XE5 — built by Thomas Broadbent and Sons, used in Operation Foil, scrapped 1945
• XE6 — built by Thomas Broadbent and Sons, scrapped 1945
• XE7 — built by Thomas Broadbent and Sons, scrapped 1952
• XE8 "Expunger" — built by Broadbent, sunk as target 1952, recovered 1973 and preserved at Chatham Historic Dockyard, on loan from the Imperial War Museum
• XE9 — built by Markham, scrapped 1952
• XE10 — built by Markham, cancelled incomplete 1945

Second group

• XE11 — built by Marshall, collided with boom defence vessel in Loch Striven after drifting out of her exercise area and lost 6 March 1945. Three crew were killed in the accident but two managed to escape. The boat was later salvaged.
• XE12 — built by Marshall, cannibalised for spares 1952

Third group

with minor improvements, built 1954-5. See

• X51 Stickleback - to Swedish Navy as Spiggen
• X52 Shrimp
• X53 Sprat - to US Navy
• X54 Minnow