HMS Vanguard (S28)
1993 Vanguard-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 Vanguard.
The eleventh HMS Vanguard of the Royal Navy is the lead boat of her class of Trident ballistic missile-armed submarines.[1][2] The submarine is based at Faslane, HMNB Clyde, Argyll, Scotland.
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Name | HMS Vanguard |
Ordered | 30 May 1986 |
Builder | Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness |
Laid down | 3 September 1986 |
Launched | 4 March 1992 |
Sponsored by | Diana, Princess of Wales |
Commissioned | 14 August 1993 |
Homeport | HMNB Clyde, Argyll, Scotland |
Status | In active service |
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Class and 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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Vanguard was built at Barrow-in-Furness by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd, later BAE Systems Submarine Solutions, was launched on 4 March 1992, and commissioned on 14 August 1993 in the presence of Diana, Princess of Wales.[3][4]