As of 2026-07-08, USS Seawolf tops the list with 39 km/h.
- #1 USS Seawolf — 39 km/h
1939 Sargo-class submarine
USS Seawolf (SS-197), a Sargo-class submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy named for the seawolf. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #2 Soviet submarine S-2 — 36 km/h
1935 S-class submarine
S-2 was the second S-class submarine of the Soviet Navy. In early 1940, it entered Swedish territorial waters in the Sea of Åland where it hit a Swedish naval mine, and sank on January 2, 1940, with the loss of all 50 crew members. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #3 B-262 Stary Oskol — 31 km/h
Russian Project 636.3 attack submarine
Stary Oskol is a Project 636.3 diesel-electric attack submarine of the Russian Navy. It was laid down on 17 August 2012, launched on 28 August 2014, and commissioned on 3 July 2015. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #4 BAP Abtao — 30 km/h
1953 Abtao-class submarine
BAP Abtao (SS-42) is an Abtao-class submarine of the Peruvian Navy. The vessel which was originally named BAP Tiburón ("Shark"), was constructed by the American Electric Boat company in the United States and launched in 1953. The Abtao class were the last submarines constructed by the United States for the export market. The submarine entered service in 1954 and by presidential decree, was renamed Abtao for the battle during the Chincha Islands War. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #5 HMS P311 — 29 km/h
1942 T-class submarine
HMS P311 was a T-class submarine of the Royal Navy, the only boat of her class never to be given a name. She was to have received the name Tutankhamen but was lost before this was formally done. P311 was a Group 3 T-class boat built by Vickers-Armstrongs at Barrow-in-Furness and commissioned on 5 March 1942 under the command of Lieutenant R.D. Cayley. She was one of only two T-class submarines completed without an Oerlikon 20 mm anti-aircraft gun, the other being HMS Trespasser. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #6 Favorite — 28 km/h
French submarine
Favorite was an Aurore-class submarine of the French Navy. The boat was captured by the German in June 1940 and renamed UF-2 on 13 May 1941. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #7 Andromède — 28 km/h source Wikidata
- #8 USS S-4 — 28 km/h
1919 S-class submarine
USS S-4 (SS-109), also known as "Submarine No. 109", was an S-3-class, also referred to as a "Government"-type, submarine of the United States Navy. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #9 SM U-13 — 27 km/h
submarine
SM U-13 was one of 329 U-boats which served in the Imperial German Navy during World War I. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #10 USS S-25 — 27 km/h
1922 S-class submarine
USS S-25 (SS-130) was an S-18-class submarine, also referred to as an S-1-class or "Holland"-type, of the United States Navy. During World War II, she was transferred to the Royal Navy as P.551, and subsequently transferred to Poland as Jastrząb. She was sunk in a friendly fire incident, on 2 May 1942. Read more on Wikipedia.
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