Vanguard class submarine
Career (UK)
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Launched:	September 1993
Commissioned:	January 1995 Vanguard Class Submarine Source: apparently from [1]. The same image (left-right mirrored and larger) also exists at [2]. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The source for an SVG image of the White Ensign can be found at User:David Newton/SVG Graphics/White Ensign. ...
Status:	Active in service as of 2005. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Homeport:	HMNB Clyde Faslane Naval Base, part of HMNB Clyde Her Majestys Naval Base Clyde is a base of the Royal Navy in Scotland, best known as the home of Britains nuclear weapons submarines. ...
General Characteristics
Displacement:	Dived: 15,680 tons
Length:	149.9 m
Beam:	12.8 m
Draught:	12 m
Propulsion and power:	1 × Rolls-Royce PWR2 nuclear reactor 2 × GEC turbines 1 × shaft pump jet  27,500 hp (20.5 MW) 2 × auxiliary retractable propulsion motors 2 × W H Allen turbo generators  6 MW 2 × Paxman diesel alternators  2 × 2,700 hp (20.5 MW)
Speed:	Dived: 25 knots (46 km/h)
Range:	Essentially unlimited The Rolls Royce logo Rolls-Royce is a set of several companies, all deriving from the British automobile and aero-engine manufacturing company founded by Henry Royce and C.S. Rolls in 1906. ... Vanguard SSBN The Rolls-Royce Pressurised Water Reactor 2 (PWR2) is the latest nuclear reactor designed to power the Royal Navys submarines. ... A nuclear reactor is a device in which nuclear chain reactions are initiated, controlled, and sustained at a steady rate (as opposed to a nuclear explosion, where the chain reaction occurs in a split second). ... Jump to: navigation, search The General Electric Company plc or GEC was a major UK company involved in consumer and defence electronics, communications and engineering. ... Jeremy Paxman hosting BBC Newsnight Jeremy Paxman (born 11 May 1950 in Leeds, West Yorkshire) is a BBC journalist, news presenter and author. ...
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Complement:	14 officers 121 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems:	BAE Systems SCMS TMSL 2054 composite sonar suite comprising  Marconi/Ferranti Type 2046 towed array sonar  Type 2043 hull-mounted active and passive search sonar  Type 2082 passive intercept and ranging sonar 1 × Kelvin Hughes Type 1007 I band navigation radar 1 × Pilkington Optronics CK51 search periscope 1 × Pilkington Optronics CH91 attack periscope Jump to: navigation, search BAE Systems, plc is the worlds fourth largest defense contractor [2] and a commercial aerospace products manufacturer. ... Marconi may be: People Guglielmo Marconi (1874–1937) Corporations: Alenia Marconi Systems GEC Marconi Marconi plc (formerly GEC) Marconi Electronic Systems Matra Marconi Space This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Ferranti or Ferranti International Signal plc by the time of its collapse, was a major UK electrical engineering and equipment firm, known primarily for their defense electronics and power grid systems. ... Jump to: navigation, search Search and attack periscopes of a French-built Scorpene type submarine. ...
Electronic warfare and decoys:	Racal UPM intercept ESM 2 × Mk10 launchers for launching Type 2066 and Type 2071 decoys Racal was a British defence electronics firm purchased by Thomson-CSF (now Thales) in 2000. ... ESM is an acronym. ...
Armament:	4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 16 × ballistic missile tubes Spearfish torpedoes 16 × Lockheed Trident D5 SLBMs carrying up to 192 warheads The Spearfish torpedo is the heavy Acoustic homing torpedo used by the submarines of the Royal Navy. ... The Lockheed SR-71, remarkably advanced for its time and unsurpassed in many areas of performance The Lockheed U-2 first flew in 1955 providing much needed intelligence on Soviet bloc countries Lockheed Corporation was an aerospace company founded in 1912 which merged with Martin Marietta in 1995 to form... The Trident missile is an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) which is armed with nuclear warheads and is launched from submarines (SSBNs), making it an SLBM. There are 14 active US Ohio class submarines and 4 UK Vanguard class submarines equipped with the two variants of Trident: the initial Trident-I... Submarine-launched ballistic missiles or SLBMs are ballistic missiles delivering nuclear weapons that are launched from submarines. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945 lifted nuclear fallout some 18 km (60,000 feet) above the epicenter. ...
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HMS Victorious (S29) is the second Vanguard class submarine of the Royal Navy. Victorious carries the Trident ballistic missile, the UK's nuclear deterrent. Vanguard Class Submarine Trident missile launch in the United States The Royal Navys Vanguard class of nuclear ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs), each armed with 16 Trident II SLBMs, includes four boats: Vanguard (S28), Victorious (S29), Vigilant (S30), and Vengeance (S31), all built by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd, now... Jump to: navigation, search Royal Navy Vanguard class submarine A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... The Trident missile is an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) which is armed with nuclear warheads and is launched from submarines (SSBNs), making it an SLBM. There are 14 active US Ohio class submarines and 4 UK Vanguard class submarines equipped with the two variants of Trident: the initial Trident-I... The United Kingdom has a nuclear arsenal but is generally believed not to have any chemical or biological weapons. ...

Victorious was built at Barrow-in-Furness by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd (now BAE Systems Marine), was launched in September 1993, and commissioned in January 1995. Barrow-in-Furness is a town in Cumbria, England. ... Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd (VSEL), based at Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. ... BAE Systems Marine Ltd. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... The ceremonies involved in commissioning ships into a military force are based in traditions thousands of years old. ...

Victorious was involved in minor collision with a US Coastguard ship in July 2001. The Coastguard ship became tangled in the fibre optic cables of the submarine's sonar system which disabled its turbines. Victorious was not damaged in the incident. Coast Guard shield The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the coast guard of the United States. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Jump to: navigation, search The F70 type frigates (here, La Motte-Picquet) are fitted with VDS (Variable Depth Sonar) type DUBV43 or DUBV43C tugged sonars Sonar (sound navigation and ranging) is a technique that uses sound propagation under water to navigate or to detect other watercraft. ...

General Characteristics

• Displacement: 16,000 tons submerged
• Propulsion: Rolls-Royce PWR2 reactor, two GEC turbines, single shaft, pump jet propulsor
• Electrical Power: two Paxman diesel generators, two WH Allen turbogenerators
• Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h) submerged
• Complement: 14 officers, 121 men
• Strategic Armament: 16 Lockheed Trident II D5 ballistic missiles
• Defensive Armament: four 533 mm (21-inch) torpedo tubes, Mark 24 Mod 2 Tigerfish torpedoes or Spearfish torpedoes

See HMS Victorious for other ships of this name. Jump to: navigation, search Rolls-Royce plc (LSE: RR.) (also known as Rolls-Royce Aero Engines) is the second-largest aircraft engine maker in the world, behind General Electrics GE Aircraft Engines division. ... Vanguard SSBN The Rolls-Royce Pressurised Water Reactor 2 (PWR2) is the latest nuclear reactor designed to power the Royal Navys submarines. ... Jeremy Paxman hosting BBC Newsnight Jeremy Paxman (born 11 May 1950 in Leeds, West Yorkshire) is a BBC journalist, news presenter and author. ... The Lockheed SR-71, remarkably advanced for its time and unsurpassed in many areas of performance The Lockheed U-2 first flew in 1955 providing much needed intelligence on Soviet bloc countries Lockheed Corporation was an aerospace company founded in 1912 which merged with Martin Marietta in 1995 to form... The Trident missile is an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) which is armed with nuclear warheads and is launched from submarines (SSBNs), making it an SLBM. There are 14 active US Ohio class submarines and 4 UK Vanguard class submarines equipped with the two variants of Trident: the initial Trident-I... The Mk24-2 Tigerfish torpedo is a heavy Acoustic homing torpedo used by the Royal Navy for several years. ... The Spearfish torpedo is the heavy Acoustic homing torpedo used by the submarines of the Royal Navy. ... Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Victorious. ...