HMS Resolution (S22)
1967 Resolution-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine of the Royal Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Resolution.
HMS Resolution (S22) was the first of the Royal Navy's Resolution-class ballistic missile submarines.[1] She operated from 1968 until 1994 providing the UK Polaris at sea nuclear deterrent.[1]
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Name | HMS Resolution |
Ordered | May 1963 |
Builder | Vickers Shipbuilding Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness |
Laid down | 26 February 1964 |
Launched | 15 September 1966 |
Commissioned | 2 October 1967 |
Decommissioned | 22 October 1994 |
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Class and type | Resolution-class ballistic missile submarine |
Displacement | surfaced 7,500 tons; submerged 8,400 tons. |
Length | 425 ft (130 m) |
Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
Draught | 30 ft 1 in (9.17 m) |
Propulsion | 1 × Vickers/Rolls-Royce PWR.1 pressurised-water nuclear reactor, 27,500 shp (20,500 kW); Propeller. |
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Range | Unlimited except by food supplies |
Complement | 143 (two crews) |
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