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| Career (UK) |  |
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| Ordered: | 30 May 1986 |
| Builder: | Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Laid down: | 3 September 1986 |
| Launched: | 4 March 1992 |
| Commissioned: | 14 August 1993 |
| Homeport: | HMNB Clyde |
| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | Dived: 15,680 long tons (17,560 short tons) |
| Length: | 149.9 m (491 ft 10 in) |
| Beam: | 12.8 m (42 ft 0 in) |
| Draught: | 12 m (39 ft 4 in) |
| Propulsion: | 1 × Rolls-Royce PWR2 nuclear reactor 2 × GEC turbines 1 × shaft pump jet 27,500 hp (20.5 MW) 2 × auxiliary retractable propulsion motors 2 × W H Allen turbo generators 6 MW 2 × Paxman diesel alternators 2 × 2,700 hp (4 MW) |
| Speed: | Dived: 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
| Range: | Essentially unlimited |
| Complement: | 14 officers 121 enlisted |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
BAE Systems SMCS Thales Underwater Systems Type 2054 composite sonar suite comprising: Type 2046 towed array sonar Type 2043 hull-mounted active and passive search sonar Type 2082 passive intercept and ranging sonar 1 × Kelvin Hughes Type 1007 I band navigation radar 1 × Pilkington Optronics CK51 search periscope 1 × Pilkington Optronics CH91 attack periscope |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
Thales UPM intercept ESM 2 × Mk10 launchers for launching Type 2066 and Type 2071 decoys |
| Armament: | 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 16 × ballistic missile tubes Spearfish torpedoes 16 × Lockheed Trident D5 SLBMs carrying up to 128 warheads |
The tenth HMS Vanguard (S28) of the Royal Navy is the lead boat of her class of Trident ballistic missile-armed submarines. The sub is based at HMNB Clyde, Faslane.
Vanguard was built at Barrow-in-Furness by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd (now BAE Systems Submarine Solutions), was launched on 4 March 1992, and commissioned on 14 August 1993.
The submarine's first commanding officer was Captain David Russell.
In February 2002, Vanguard began a two-year refit at HMNB Devonport. The refit was completed in June 2004 and in October 2005, Vanguard completed her return to service trials (Demonstration and Shakedown Operations) with the firing of an unarmed Trident missile. During this refit, Vanguard was illegally boarded by a pair of anti-nuclear protestors.[1]
On 4 February 2009, Vanguard collided with the French submarine Triomphant in the Atlantic.[2][3][4] She returned to Faslane in Scotland, under her own power arriving on 14 February 2009. [5]
See also
References
- ^ BBC News, 13 March 2003
- ^ "British and French nuclear submarines crash". The Sun. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2240543.ece. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
- ^ "British and French submarines packed with nuclear missiles collide beneath the Atlantic". The Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1146124/British-French-submarines-packed-nuclear-missiles-crash-underwater.html. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
- ^ "Nuclear submarines collide in Atlantic". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/feb/16/nuclear-submarines-collide. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7892294.stm
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