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| Name: | HMS Victorious |
| Laid down: | 3 December 1987 |
| Launched: | 29 September 1993 |
| Commissioned: | 7 January 1995 |
| Homeport: | HMNB Clyde |
| Status: | In refit |
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| Class & type: | Vanguard-class submarine |
| Displacement: | 15,900 tonnes, submerged |
| Length: | 149.9 m (491 ft 10 in) |
| Beam: | 12.8 m (42 ft 0 in) |
| Draught: | 12 m (39 ft 4 in) |
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| Speed: | In excess of 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph), submerged |
| Range: | Only limited by food and maintenance requirements. |
| Complement: | 135 |
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HMS Victorious is the second Vanguard-class submarine of the Royal Navy.[2] Victorious carries the Trident ballistic missile,[3] 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.[3]
Operational history[]
In November 2000, while travelling on the surface, Victorious grounded on Skelmorlie Bank in the upper Firth of Clyde in Scotland.[4]
She became the second of the class to refit, during which time she was fitted with a Core H reactor ensuring that the boat will not need to refuel again until the end of its service life.[5] In 2008, she underwent sea trials before resuming patrols in 2009.[6]
In 2013, Victorious completed the UK's 100th deterrent patrol by a Vanguard-class submarine.[7]
In 2022, Victorious was forced to surface in the North Atlantic after a fire broke out in an electrical module. A Royal Navy spokesperson said the submarine was not actively deployed on a continuous at-sea deterrent (CASD) patrol, but was instead en route to the United States for a series of exercises. Victorious subsequently returned to her homebase in Faslane, Scotland.[8]
Affiliations[]
- The Highlanders, 4th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland
See also[]
- Letters of last resort
- List of submarines of the Royal Navy
- List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy
- Nuclear weapons and the United Kingdom
- Royal Navy Submarine Service
- Submarine-launched ballistic missile
- Trident nuclear programme
References[]
- ↑ Mills, Claire (1 August 2024). "Replacing the UK's nuclear deterrent: The warhead programme". https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-9777/CBP-9777.pdf.
- ↑ "Vanguard class submarine". https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/the-equipment/submarines/ballistic-submarines/vanguard-ballistic.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jane's Fighting Ships, 2004–2005. Jane's Information Group Limited. p. 794. ISBN 0-7106-2623-1.
- ↑ Peter Luff, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support & Technology (2 November 2010) "Nuclear Submarines: Accidents" Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) House of Commons col. 693W–694W https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm101102/text/101102w0001.htm#10110298000032. Archived 9 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "HMS Victorious". https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/our-organisation/the-fighting-arms/submarine-service/ballistic-submarines/hms-victorious.
- ↑ "HMS Victorious leaves Plymouth after three-year refit". 10 July 2008. http://www.justplymouth.com/hms-victorious-leaves-plymouth-after-three-year-refit/.
- ↑ "Victorious summer ends with divisions for submarine's crew". 26 July 2013. https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2013/july/26/130726-victorious-clyde.
- ↑ Nicholls, Dominic (7 November 2022). "Royal Navy nuclear-armed submarine forced to abort mission after catching fire". The Telegraph. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/11/07/royal-navy-nuclear-armed-submarine-forced-abort-mission-catching/.
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