| HMS Vanguard (S28) | |
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 HMS Vanguard arrives back at HM Naval Base Clyde, Faslane, Scotland following a patrol | |
| Career (UK) |  |
| Ordered: | 30 May 1986 |
| Builder: | Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Laid down: | 3 September 1986[1] |
| Launched: | 4 March 1992[1] |
| Commissioned: | 14 August 1993[1] |
| Homeport: | HMNB Clyde, Argyll, Scotland |
| Status: | In active service, as of 2013 |
| Badge: | File:Vanguard crest.jpg |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class & type: | Vanguard-class submarine |
| Displacement: | Dived: 15,900 long tons (16,200 t) |
| Length: | 149.9 m (491 ft 10 in) |
| Beam: | 12.8 m (42 ft 0 in) |
| Draught: | 12 m (39 ft 4 in) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | Dived: 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
| Range: | Unlimited distance; 20–25 years |
| Complement: |
14 officers 121 ratings |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys: |
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| Armament: |
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The eleventh HMS Vanguard of the Royal Navy is the lead boat of her class of Trident ballistic missile-armed submarines. The submarine is based at Faslane, HMNB Clyde, Argyll, Scotland.
Vanguard was built at Barrow-in-Furness by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd (now BAE Systems Submarine Solutions), was launched on 4 March 1992, and commissioned on 14 August 1993.
She has two crews, "Port" and "Starboard".[2]
Operational history[]
The submarine's first commanding officer 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. During this refit, Vanguard was illegally boarded by a pair of anti-nuclear protestors.[3]
On 4 February 2009, Vanguard collided with the French submarine Triomphant in the Atlantic.[4][5][6] She returned to Faslane in Scotland, under her own power arriving on 14 February 2009.[7]
Vanguard being assisted into a Florida harbor by two civilian tugboats
Vanguard spent the Christmas of 2011 & 12 on deterrent patrol.[8]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Jane's Fighting Ships, 2004-2005. Jane's Information Group Limited. p. 794. ISBN 0-7106-2623-1.
- ↑ http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/linkedfiles/referencelibrary/ref_library_docs/20110603bridgecard03jun11.pdf
- ↑ BBC News, 13 March 2003
- ↑ "British and French nuclear submarines crash". The Sun. London. 16 February 2009. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2240543.ece. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
- ↑ Allen, Peter; Kelly, Tom (17 February 2009). "British and French submarines packed with nuclear missiles collide beneath the Atlantic". London: The Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1146124/British-French-submarines-packed-nuclear-missiles-crash-underwater.html. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
- ↑ Williams, Rachel (16 February 2009). "Nuclear submarines collide in Atlantic". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/feb/16/nuclear-submarines-collide. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
- ↑ "Nuclear subs collide in Atlantic". BBC News. 16 February 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7892294.stm. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ↑ http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/News-and-Events/Latest-News/2013/February/26/130226-Christmas-On-Patrol-with-HMS-Vanguard
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