Editing XE-class submarine (section)

==List of  XE Craft==
[[File:Submarine XE8 Expunger bow.JPG|thumb|XE8 ''Expunger'' raised and now on display at [[Chatham Historic Dockyard]]]]
;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.<ref name=kemp>{{cite book |title=The Admiralty Regrets British Warship Losses of the 20th Century |url=https://archive.org/details/admiraltyregrets0000kemp |url-access=limited |last=Kemp |first=Paul |year=1999 |publisher=Sutton Publishing Ltd |isbn=0-7509-1567-6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/admiraltyregrets0000kemp/page/251 251]}}</ref><ref name=USSubCasualties1966>{{cite journal |title=Submarine Casualties Booklet |publisher=U.S. Naval Submarine School |year=1966 |url=http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/8200 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090911042946/http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/8200 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=11 September 2009 |access-date=2009-09-08}}</ref> The boat was later salvaged.
* ''XE12'' — built by Marshall, cannibalised for spares 1952
;Third group
[[File:Submarine XE8 Expunger stern.JPG|thumb|XE8 stern]]
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* ''X51 Stickleback'' - to [[Swedish Navy]] as ''Spiggen''.  Now on display at Scottish Submarine Heritage Centre, [[Helensburgh]].<ref>{{cite web|title=MIDGET SUBMARINE TAKES THE HIGH ROAD TO SCOTLAND|url=http://www.submarine-museum.co.uk/component/content/article/1-latest-news/531-midget-submarine-takes-the-high-road-to-scotland|website=Royal Navy Submarine Museum|access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref>
* ''X52 Shrimp''
* ''X53 Sprat'' - to [[United States Navy]]
* ''X54 Minnow''