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According to the MOD the problems were not nuclear related. [6] In 2012, Vengeance started a 40-month refit at HMNB Devonport near Plymouth [7] which refueled her reactor and renewed her machinery and electronics. During that period her sister ship Vigilant took her place in the patrol rotations. [8]
The Vanguard class is a class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) in service with the Royal Navy. [2] The class was introduced in 1994 as part of the Trident nuclear programme, and comprises four vessels: Vanguard, Victorious, Vigilant and Vengeance, built between 1986 and 1999 at Barrow-in-Furness by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, now owned by BAE Systems. [3]
HMRC Vigilant was an Isles-class naval trawler, formerly HMS Benbecula, acquired by the HM Customs and Excise in 1946, and fitted out for service with the Customs.. She took part in many clandestine operations in co-operation with the Investigations Branch of HM Customs and Excise, against smuggling.
HMS Vigilant is the third Vanguard-class submarine of the Royal Navy. [1] Vigilant carries the Trident ballistic missile, the United Kingdom's nuclear deterrent. [2]
Vigilant was a centerboard sloop with all-metal (steel and bronze) construction. [4] She was owned by a syndicate led by Charles Oliver Iselin and which included Edwin Dennison Morgan, August Belmont Jr., Cornelius Vanderbilt, Charles R. Flint, Chester W. Chapin, George R. Clark, Henry Astor Carey, Dr. Barton Hopkins, E.M. Fulton Jr. and Adrian G Iselin.
The Vickers Vigilant was a British 1960s era MCLOS wire-guided anti-tank missile used by the British Army. It was also licence-built in the United States by Clevite for the US Marine Corps , and sometimes known as Clevite rounds in this case.
The Royal Navy initially named her Vigilant, and later that year, renamed her Subtle. She was wrecked off Bermuda in 1807. HMS Vigilant (1821) was a cutter built in 1821 and sold in 1832. HMS Vigilant (1846) was a wood screw frigate, ordered in 1846, but cancelled in 1849. HMS Vigilant (1856) was a wood screw gunvessel, built in 1856 and sold ...
HMRC Vigilant (1901) was a customs cutter built in 1901 and converted into a houseboat in 1920. She is currently laid up awaiting preservation. HMRC Vigilant (1921) was the former HMS Esther, acquired in 1921 and the sole Revenue vessel during the 1920s. HMRC Vigilant (1947) was the former HMS Benbecula, acquired in 1947.