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| Launched: | 9 September 1998 |
| Commissioned: | 27 November 1999 |
| In service: | 12 February 20011 |
| 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 |
HMS Vengeance (S31) is the fourth and final Vanguard class submarine of the Royal Navy. Vengeance carries the Trident ballistic missile, the UK's nuclear deterrent.
Vengeance was built at Barrow-in-Furness by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd (now BAE Systems Submarine Solutions), was launched in September 1998, and commissioned in November 1999.
Before she was commissioned, the British Government stated that once the Vanguard submarines became fully operational, they would only carry 200 warheads,
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
Vengeance carries the unopened "last instructions" of the current British Prime Minister that are to be used posthumously in the event of a national catastrophe or a nuclear strike2.
Affiliations
References
- ^ "The Current British Arsenal". The Nuclear Weapon Archive - A Guide to Nuclear Weapons. Retrieved on 2007-02-23.
- ^ Cabinets and the Bomb by Peter Hennnessy, published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press reviewed on BBC Radio 4, Start the Week
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