Royal Navy Submarine Service

Royal Navy Submarine Service
Founded	1901
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Navy
Motto(s)	"We Come Unseen"
Equipment	6 SSNs & 4 SSBNs
Website	www.royalnavy.mod.uk/our-organisation/the-fighting-arms/submarine-service
Commanders
Current commander	Commodore Paul Dunn OBE[1]
Commodore-in-Chief	HRH The Prince of Wales
Insignia
White Ensign (1901 – present)
Naval jack
Dolphin Badge

His Majesty's Naval Service of the British Armed Forces
Components
Royal Navy Surface Fleet Fleet Air Arm Submarine Service Royal Naval Reserve Royal Navy Medical Service Nursing Service (QARNNS) Chaplaincy Royal Navy Police Royal Marines Royal Marines Reserve Royal Marines Band Service Organisation Equipment Uniforms Special Forces Special Boat Service Naval Careers Service
History and future
before 1707 / after 1707 / future History of the Royal Marines Coloured squadrons Customs and traditions Flag officer command flags
Operations
Current deployments Naval parties Shore establishments
Equipment
Current fleet Historic ships Equipment
Personnel
The Admiralty Senior officers Uniforms Officer / ratings rank insignia
Auxiliary services
Royal Fleet Auxiliary Marine Services
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The Royal Navy Submarine Service is one of the five fighting arms of the Royal Navy. It is sometimes known as the Silent Service, as submarines are generally required to operate undetected.^[2]

The service operates six fleet submarines (SSNs), of the Trafalgar and Astute classes (with two further Astute-class boats currently under construction), and four ballistic missile submarines (SSBN), of the Vanguard class. All of these submarines are nuclear powered.

The Royal Navy's senior submariner was for many years located at HMS Dolphin in Hampshire.^[3] It moved from Dolphin to the Northwood Headquarters in 1978.^[4] The Submarine School is now at HMS Raleigh at Torpoint in Cornwall.