List of submarine actions

This is a list of submarine actions.

Submarine actions have been performed in several wars, including the American Civil War (1861 – 1865), the First Balkan War (1912 – 1913), World War I (1914 – 1918), and World War II (1939 – 1945).

There have also been three more actions since the end of WWII in 1945.

A German World War I-era submarine

Illustration by Hans Bohrdt depicting the sinking of HMS Cressy , HMS Hogue and HMS Aboukir by U-9 on 22 September 1914 off the Dutch coast.

O'Brien hit by torpedo as USS Wasp burns. Both ship were torpedoed and sunk by I-19 .

Archerfish undergoing a sea test on 5 June 1945 near San Francisco