Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Royal Navy submarine combat records

The Royal Navy receives credit for two rare submarine combat records, although the exchange leaves the conditions of one claim unspecified.

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Question

Which navy has achieved a confirmed submarine-against-submarine sinking?

Short answer

The Royal Navy, although the exchange does not specify what makes the submarine-against-submarine sinking unique. The nuclear-powered submarine claim is explicitly tentative.

Notes

The question credits the Royal Navy with a unique confirmed submarine-against-submarine sinking, and the reply accepts that claim. Neither submarine is named, and the conditions that would make the sinking unique are not specified. A separate, explicitly tentative claim gives the Royal Navy the only ship sinking by a nuclear-powered submarine. The brief answer supplies no further details for either action.