Contributed by J. D. Perkins, author of Canada's Submariners.
Taken from the September 1914 Navy List and other sources. Submarines are listed in order of seniority within each flotilla. The Flotillas were not numbered at the beginning of the war. (corrected to 15 October 1999, with the assistance of Brian Head)
HMS ONYX
Devonport (1st Flotilla)
In command and S/Ms LCdr. Tom K. Triggs
A9 - Lt. George S. Walsh
A8 - Lt. Robert N. Stopford
HMS DOLPHIN
Portsmouth (2nd Flotilla)
Commodore S/M's: Captain Roger J. B. Keyes
E10 - LCdr. William St. J. Fraser
D2 - LCdr. Arthur G. Jameson
S1 - LCdr. Gilbert H. Kellett
A5 - Lt. John de B. Jessop
A6 - Lt. Henry E. Smyth
A13 - Lt. Edward R. Lewes
B1 - Lt. Basil A Beal
HMS ARROGANT
Dover (4th Flotilla)
Commander S/M Cdr. Charles J. C. Little
C32 - LCdr Brownlow V. Layard
C34 - Lt. John F. Hutchings
C31 - Lt. George Pilkington
C33 - Lt. Gerald E. B. Carter
C18 - Lt. Victor E. Ward
C35 - Lt. Alfred Gordon-Hine
C17 - Lt. Thomas B. S. McGregor Robertson
HMS THAMES
Sheerness (5th Flotilla)
Commander S/M Cdr. Alexander R. Palmer
C1 - LCdr. Clyfford H. Warren
C2 - LCdr. Herbert W. Shove
C6 - LCdr. Thomas C. B. Harbottle
C3 - Lt. Edward W. B. Ryan
C4 - Lt. Alfred E. Whitehouse
C5 - Lt. George E. Jenkinson
HMS BONAVENTURE
Humber (6th Flotilla)
Commander S/M Cdr. Stanley L. Willis
C9 - LCdr. John R. G. Moncreiffe
C13 - LCdr. William J. Foster
C10 - The Hon. Lt. Byron P. Cary
C7 - Lt. George F. Bradshaw
C8 - Lt. Richard H. B. Everard
C12 - Lt. Percy H. Boulnois
HMS VULCAN
Leith (7th Flotilla)
Captain S/M Captain Vernon S. Haggard
C23 - LCdr. Geoffrey Layton
C27 - LCdr. Claude C. Dobson
C21 - LCdr. Vincent M. Cooper
C26 - Lt. Colin Cantlie
C29 - Lt. William R. Schofield
C30 - Lt. Allan Poland
C25 - Lt. Henry G. Higgins
C24 - Lt. Fredrick H. Taylor
C28 - Lt. Kenneth Michell
C22 - Lt. Edward C. Carré
C19 - Lt. Hugh R. Marrack
C20 - Lt. Francis J. H. Dawson
HMS MAIDSTONE
Harwich (8th Flotilla)
Captain S/M Captain Arthur K. Waistell
E4 - LCdr. Ernest W. Leir
E1 - LCdr. Noel F. Laurence
E3 - LCdr. George F. Cholmley
E2 - LCdr. David de B. Stocks
E6 - LCdr. Cecil P. Talbot
E8 - LCdr. Francis H. H. Goodhart
D8 - LCdr. Theodore S. Brodie
E9 - LCdr. Max K. Horton
E5 - LCdr. Charles S. Benning
E7 - LCdr. Ferdinand E. B. Feilmann
D4 - LCdr. Kenneth M. Bruce
E11 - LCdr. Martin E. Nasmith
D7 - LCdr. George C. Street
D1 - LCdr. Archibald D. Cochrane
HMS ADAMANT
Harwich (8th Flotilla)
Commander S/M Cdr. Fredrick A. Sommerville
D3 - LCdr. Edward C. Boyle
D6 - LCdr Robert C. Halahan
D5 - LCdr Godfrey Herbert
HMS PACTOLUS
Ardrossan (9th Flotilla)
In command and S/Ms LCdr. William R. D. Crowther
A12 - Lt. David M. Fell
A10 - Lt. Cromwell H. Varley
A11 - Lt. Ernest G. Ebblewhite
HMS FORTH
Devonport (10th Flotilla)
In command S/Ms LCdr. Lionel A. D. Sturdee
C15 - LCdr. Robert R. Turner
C16 - LCdr. Geoffrey N. Biggs
C14 - LCdr. George W. E. Naper
B3 - Lt. Robert F. Chisholm
B4 - Lt. Henry P. Hughes
B5 - Lt. Thomas Kerr
HMS CORMORANT
Gibraltar
HMS RAPID
(Tender to Cormorant)
In command and S/Ms LCdr. Charles H. Brodie
B6 - Lt. Philip E. Phillips
B8 - Lt. Eric E. C. Tufnell
B7 - Lt. Thomas C. A. Ouchterlony
HMS EGMONT
Malta
In command S/Ms LCdr. George H. Pownall
B9 - Lt. Geoffrey Warburton
B10 - Lt. Samuel M. G. Gravener
B11 - Lt. Norman D. Holbrook
NOTE
The six B-class boats based at Malta and Gibraltar were all sent to the Dardanelles shortly after the outbreak of war arriving there during September 1914. They were accompanied by their depot, the converted merchant ship Hindu Kush.
HMS ROSARIO
Hong Kong
In command S/Ms LCdr. F. N. A. Cromie
C36 - Lt. D. I. McGillewie
C37 - Lt. John A. Gaimes
C38 - Lt. Rowland K. C. Pope
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