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Encyclopedia > HMS Sovereign (S108)
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Career Royal Navy Ensign
Ordered: 16 March 1969
Laid down: 18 September 1970
Launched: 17 February 1973
Commissioned: 11 July 1974
Decommissioned: 12 September 2006
Fate: Paid off
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement: 4,900 tonnes (dived)
Length: 82.9 m
Beam: 9.8 m
Draught: 8.5 m
Propulsion:
Speed: In excess of 20 knots when dived
Range:
Complement: 116
Armament: 5 tubes capable of firing:

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The HMS Sovereign (S108) is a nuclear powered submarine of the Swiftsure class decommisioned as of September 2006 from the Royal Navy.
Alvin in 1978, a year after first exploring hydrothermal vents. ... The Royal Navys Swiftsure-class of nuclear fleet submarines (SSNs) is the older of the two classes of attack submarine in service with the RN. It originally contained six boats, but HMS Swiftsure was decommissioned in 1992 due to damage suffered to the pressure hull during trials. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ...

Swiftsure-class submarine

Swiftsure | Sovereign | Superb | Sceptre | Spartan | Splendid The Royal Navys Swiftsure-class of nuclear fleet submarines (SSNs) is the older of the two classes of attack submarine in service with the RN. It originally contained six boats, but HMS Swiftsure was decommissioned in 1992 due to damage suffered to the pressure hull during trials. ... The HMS Swiftsure (S126) was the lead ship of her class of nuclear attack submarines. ... The HMS Superb (S109) is a nuclear powered submarine of the Swiftsure class serving in the Royal Navy. ... The fifth HMS Sceptre (S104) is a Swiftsure-class submarine built by Vickers in Barrow-in-Furness. ... HMS Spartan (S105) is a nuclear powered submarine of the Royal Navy Swiftsure class. ... The HMS Splendid (S106) was a nuclear powered submarine of the Swiftsure class. ...

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