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HMS Triumph is a Trafalgar-class nuclear submarine of the Royal Navy and was the seventh and final boat of her class. She is the nineteenth nuclear-powered hunter-killer submarine built for the Royal Navy. Triumph is the tenth vessel, and the second submarine, to bear the name.
In 1999 Splendid participated in the Kosovo Conflict and became the first Royal Navy submarine to fire a Tomahawk cruise missile in anger. [ 15 ] During Operation Veritas , the attack on Al-Qaeda and Taliban forces following the September 11 attacks in the United States, Trafalgar was the first Royal Navy submarine to launch Tomahawk cruise ...
HMS Victorious is the second Vanguard-class submarine of the Royal Navy. [1] Victorious carries the Trident ballistic missile, [2] the UK's nuclear deterrent.. Victorious was built at Barrow-in-Furness by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd, later BAE Systems Submarine Solutions, was launched in September 1993, and commissioned in January 1995.
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They documented the submarine's role in the exercise as an enemy submarine, offering a detailed view of life on board for its crew. The program was broadcast on BBC One in January 1985, as part of a six-film series documenting the Royal Navy Submarine Service .
HMS Astute is an operational nuclear-powered attack submarine in the Royal Navy, the lead boat of her class.. Astute is the second submarine of the Royal Navy to be named after the characteristic of shrewdness and discernment—the first was the World War II-era Amphion-class Astute.
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]
Sixteen tubes for Polaris A3 Submarine-launched ballistic missiles were carried, in two rows of eight. [4] The missiles had a range of 2,500 nautical miles (2,900 mi; 4,600 km), [7] [8] and each missile could carry three 200 kt (840 TJ) nuclear warheads. [9] Defensive armament consisted of six 533-millimetre (21 in) torpedo tubes. [4]