HMS Churchill (S46)
1970 Churchill-class nuclear-powered fleet submarine of the Royal Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Churchill.
HMS Churchill was the first of three Churchill-class submarine nuclear fleet submarines that served with the Royal Navy.
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HMS Churchill (S46) nuclear submarine at sea | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Churchill |
Namesake | Winston Churchill |
Ordered | 21 October 1965 |
Laid down | 30 June 1967 |
Launched | 20 December 1968 |
Commissioned | 15 July 1970 |
Decommissioned | 28 February 1991 |
Fate | Awaiting disposal |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Churchill-class submarine |
Displacement | 4,900 tonnes (4,823 long tons) submerged |
Length | 86.9 m (285 ft 1 in) |
Beam | 10.1 m (33 ft 2 in) |
Draught | 8.2 m (26 ft 11 in) |
Propulsion | 1 Rolls-Royce PWR nuclear reactor, 1 shaft |
Speed | 28 knots (32 mph; 52 km/h) submerged |
Complement | 103 |
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