This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Underwater vehicle" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2026) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
An underwater vehicle is a class of watercraft intended to operate in the underwater environment, including crewed submersibles and unmanned systems such as remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs).
This article lists the types of underwater vehicle, with a brief description of each type. An underwater vehicle can be crewed or unmanned (which may be remotely operated or fully autonomous), and will generally, but not necessarily, have some form of onboard propulsion system.