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  2. List of submarines of the Royal Navy - Wikipedia

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    HMS Holland 1, the first submarine to serve in the Royal Navy A-class submarines, the first British-designed class. Holland class. Holland 1, launched: 2 October 1901, decommissioned: 5 November 1913

  3. Astute-class submarine - Wikipedia

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    GEC-Marconi and BMT had little experience with British submarine designs, whereas VSEL and Rolls-Royce were heavily involved in both British nuclear submarine design and construction. During the assessment phase of the bids put forward by both teams, the MOD favoured the GEC-Marconi/BMT design on both cost and capability grounds. [9]

  4. Royal Navy Submarine Service - Wikipedia

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    The Astute-class submarine is the largest nuclear fleet submarine ever to serve with the Royal Navy, being nearly 30% larger than its predecessors. Its powerplant is the Rolls-Royce PWR2 reactor, developed for the Vanguard-class SSBN. The submarine's armament consists of up to 38 Spearfish torpedoes and Tomahawk Block IV land-attack cruise ...

  5. Category:Submarines of the Royal Navy - Wikipedia

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    Nuclear submarines of the Royal Navy (7 C, 2 P) * Royal Navy submarine badges (154 F) A. ... British H-class submarines (2 C, 52 P) Holland-class submarines (8 P) J.

  6. Vanguard-class submarine - Wikipedia

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    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]

  7. List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy - Wikipedia

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    2 October 1901 HMS Holland 5 1902 First submarines of the Royal Navy A class: 13 HMS A1 19 February 1902 HMS A13 22 June 1908 Royal Navy's first class of British-designed submarines B class: 11 HMS B1 25 October 1904 HMS B11 1906 C class: 38 HMS C1 13 November 1905 HMS C38 10 February 1910 Last class of petrol powered submarines of the Royal Navy

  8. Royal Navy nuclear submarine ‘sinks to dangerous ... - AOL

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    The Vanguard is a class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine introduced in 1994 as part of the Trident nuclear programme. Each sub costs around £3.75 billion, measuring nearly 500ft ...

  9. HMS Artful (S121) - Wikipedia

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    HMS Artful is the third Astute-class nuclear-powered fleet submarine of the British Royal Navy.She is the second submarine of the Royal Navy to bear this name. Artful was ordered from GEC's Marconi Marine (now BAE Systems Submarine Solutions) on 17 March 1997, and was constructed at Barrow in Furness. [7]