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| Career (UK) |
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| Ordered: |
30 May 1986 |
| Laid down: |
3 September 1986 |
| Launched: |
4 March 1992 |
| Commissioned: |
14 August 1993 |
| Homeport: |
HMNB Clyde |
| Fate: |
active in service |
| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
Dived: 15,680 tons |
| Length: |
149.9 m |
| Beam: |
12.8 m |
| Draught: |
12 m |
| 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 (20.5 MW) |
| Speed: |
Dived: 25 knots (46 km/h) |
| 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 British Royal Navy is the lead boat of her class of Trident ballistic missile-capable submarines and 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 March 4, 1992, and commissioned on August 14, 1993.
The submarine's first captain 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.
General characteristics
- Displacement: 16,000 tons submerged
- Propulsion: Rolls-Royce PWR2 reactor, two GEC turbines, single shaft, pump jet propulsor
- Electrical Power: two Paxman diesel generators, two WH Allen turbogenerators
- Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h) submerged
- Complement: 14 officers, 121 men
- Strategic Armament: 16 Lockheed Trident II D5 ballistic missiles
- Defensive Armament: four 533 mm (21-inch) torpedo tubes, Spearfish torpedoes
HMS Vanguard seen here being assisted into a Florida Harbor by two civilian tugboats.
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