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The Royal Navy Submarine Service - sometimes known as the "Silent Service", on account of a submarine being required to operate quietly in order to remain undetected by enemy SONAR (or ASDIC as it was known in the RN pre-1948) - is the collective name given to the submarine element of the Royal Navy. The service consists of 10 Attack submarines (SSNs), of the Swiftsure and Trafalgar class, and four ballistic missile submarines(SSBN), of the Vanguard class. It also operates the LR5 Submarine Rescue System ROV. The Naval Service is the maritime branch of the British Armed Forces. ...
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The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ...
HMS Illustrious (R06), an Invincible class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy, and current flagship of the First Sea Lord. ...
The Fleet Air Arm is the operational group of the Royal Navy responsible for the operation of the aircraft on board their ships. ...
His/Her Majestys Royal Marines, also known as the Royal Marines (RM), are the Royal Navys Light Infantry, the United Kingdoms amphibious force and specialists in Arctic and Mountain Warfare. ...
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) is the service that keeps the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom running around the world. ...
Blue Ensign flown by merchant vessels commanded by officers in the RNR. The Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) is the volunteer reserve force of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom. ...
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The British Royal Navy does not have a well-defined moment of formation; it started out as a motley assortment of Kings ships during the Middle Ages, assembled only as needed and then dispersed, began to take shape as a standing navy during the 16th century, and became a...
At the beginning of the 1990s, the Royal Navy was a force designed for the Cold War - with its three ASW aircraft carriers and a force of small frigates and destroyers, its purpose was to search for and destroy Soviet submarines in the North Atlantic. ...
This is a list of active Royal Navy ships, complete and correct as of 2006. ...
Although the majority of the Royal Navy fleet, unless required, remains training and exercising in and around Home Waters, the Navy has a number of standing commitments, including those held for contingent operations, to provide ships for various missions around the world: // Fleet Flagship and R2 Carrier Normally two aircraft...
The following is a list of Royal Navy ship names by name in alphabetical order, both past and present. ...
Old Admiralty House, Whitehall, London, Thomas Ripley, architect, 1723-26, was not admired by his contemporaries and earned him some scathing couplets from Alexander Pope The Admiralty was historically the authority in the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. ...
This is a list of senior officers of the Royal Navy. ...
History Insignia for officers was first introduced in 1748, with differences in rank being seen in the cut of the lapels and the cuffs. ...
For Chief Petty Officer both the shoulder tab insignia and the sleeve insignia from the No. ...
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) — or sonar — (the British used Anti-Submarine Detection Investigation Committee (ASDIC) until 1948) is a technique that uses sound propagation under water to navigate...
The F70 type frigates (here, 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. ...
The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ...
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German UC-1 class World War I submarine A model of Günther Priens Unterseeboot 47 (U-47), German WWII Type VII diesel-electric hunter-killer (SSK) submarine Inside of the Argonaute, showing the typical obstructed, tiny space of a post-WWII diesel attack submarine. ...
The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ...
SSN is the United States Navy Hull classification symbol for a general-purpose fast attack submarine. ...
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 Trafalgar class submarines were, until the introduction of the Astute class, the Royal Navys most advanced nuclear fleet submarines (SSNs). ...
The Redoutable, a French SNLE (now a museum) A ballistic missile submarine is a submarine equipped to launch ballistic missiles (SLBMs), such as the Russian SS-N-18 or the American Trident. ...
The Vanguard class are the Royal Navys current nuclear ballistic missile submarines (SSBN), each armed with 16 Trident II SLBMs. ...
The LR5 is a manned submersible in operation with the British Royal Navy. ...
Variety of ROVs: Work Class, General, Mini Remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROVs) is the common accepted name for tethered underwater robots in the offshore industry. ...
All of the Royal Navy's current submarines (with the exception of the LR5, which is strictly speaking a submersible rather than a submarine) are nuclear powered. The LR5 is a manned submersible in operation with the British Royal Navy. ...
A submersible is a type of underwater vessel with limited mobility, intended to remain in one place during use. ...
The word nuclear means of or belonging to the nucleus of something. ...
History
 The "Dolphins" badge, issued to all British submariners on completion of training. It is worn on the upper left breast, just above any medal ribbons. The United Kingdom was the last major maritime power not to use submarines at the beginning of the 20th century, as the idea of submarine warfare was considered by many senior personnel in the Admiralty to be "Underhand, under water and damned un-English" (Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson VC, 1901). However, those in favour of experimenting with submarine technology eventually won the argument, and the Royal Navy launched its first submarine, Holland 1, in 1901. Image File history File links Smfirstholland. ...
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Holland 1 was the first submarine commissioned by the Royal Navy, the first in a six-boat batch of the Holland class submarine. ...
The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ...
The Submarine Museum Have you ever been in a W.W.II submarine? Pictured yourself cramped in a tiny miniature submarine about to slip under an enemy ship? Thought about escaping from a submarine trapped many hundreds of feet below the surface of the sea? Now you can experience the...
Gosport is a town and district in Hampshire with around 77,000 inhabitants (including Lee-on-the-Solent), situated on the south coast of England. ...
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This article concerns British and Commonwealth of Nations orders and decorations awarded by the British Sovereign. ...
(19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999...
Old Admiralty House, Whitehall, London, Thomas Ripley, architect, 1723-26, was not admired by his contemporaries and earned him some scathing couplets from Alexander Pope The Admiralty was historically the authority in the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. ...
Arthur Knyvet Wilson (VC, GCB, OM, GCVO) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ...
Victoria Cross medal, ribbon, and bar. ...
The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ...
Holland 1 was the first submarine commissioned by the Royal Navy, the first in a six-boat batch of the Holland class submarine. ...
The Submarine Service proved its worth in World War I, where it won five of the Royal Navy's 14 Victoria Crosses of the war. {{Infobox Military Conflict |conflict = World War I |partof = |image = |caption = Clockwise from top: Trenches on the Western Front; a British Mark IV tank crossing a trench; Royal Navy battleship HMS Irresistible sinking after striking a mine at the Battle of the Dardanelles; a Vickers machine gun crew with gas masks...
Victoria Cross medal, ribbon, and bar. ...
The Jolly Roger -
Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson VC, the Controller of the Royal Navy, summed up the opinion of the many in the Admiralty at the time when he said in 1901 "Submarines are underhand, unfair and damned un-English. The crews of all submarines captured should be treated as pirates and hanged". In response Lieutenant Commander (later Admiral Sir) Max Horton first flew the Jolly Roger on return to port after sinking the German cruiser SMS Hela and the destroyer SMS S-116 in 1914. During World War I, the submarine service came of age winning five of the Royal Navy's fourteen Victoria Crosses. The first by Lieutenant Norman Holbrook, Commanding Officer of HMS B11. In World War II it became common practice for the submarines of the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy to fly the Jolly Roger on completion of a successful combat mission where some action had taken place, but as an indicator of bravado and stealth rather than of lawlessness. The Jolly Roger is now the emblem of the Royal Navy Submarine Service.[1] A typical Jolly Roger The Jolly Roger is the traditional flag of European and American pirates, envisioned today as a skull over crossed bones on a black field. ...
Sir Arthur Knyvet Wilson, VC , GCB , OM , GCVO was an English Admiral and First Sea Lord. ...
Victoria Cross medal, ribbon, and bar. ...
The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ...
Old Admiralty House, Whitehall, London, Thomas Ripley, architect, 1723-26, was not admired by his contemporaries and earned him some scathing couplets from Alexander Pope The Admiralty was historically the authority in the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. ...
Admiral Sir Max Kennedy Horton (29 November 1883 - 30 July 1951) was a British First World War submariner and commander-in-chief of the Western Aproaches in the latter half of the Second World War, responsible for British participation in the Battle of the Atlantic. ...
Light Cruiser SMS Hela SMS Hela was a light cruiser of the German Imperial Navy prior to and during World War I. The only ship of her class, SMS Hela was built as an aviso and launched on 28 March 1895 in Bremen. ...
{{Infobox Military Conflict |conflict = World War I |partof = |image = |caption = Clockwise from top: Trenches on the Western Front; a British Mark IV tank crossing a trench; Royal Navy battleship HMS Irresistible sinking after striking a mine at the Battle of the Dardanelles; a Vickers machine gun crew with gas masks...
Norman Douglas Holbrook Norman Holbrook (born 9 July 1888 Southsea, Hampshire; died Midhurst, Sussex 3 July 1976) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ...
A scale model of the B11 in Holbrook HMS B11 was the last boat of the Royal Navys B class of submarines. ...
Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. ...
The Jolly Roger was brought to the attention of a post World War II public when HMS Conqueror flew the Jolly Roger on her return from the Falklands War having sunk ARA General Belgrano. In May 1991 Oberon class submarines HMS Opossum and her sister HMS Otus returned to the submarine base HMS Dolphin in Gosport from patrol in the Persian Gulf flying Jolly Rogers, the only indication that they had been involved in alleged SAS and SBS reconnaissance operations[2]. In 1999 HMS Splendid participated in the Kosovo Conflict and became the first Royal Navy submarine to fire a cruise missile in anger. On her return to Faslane, on July 9, 1999, Splendid flew the Jolly Roger.[3][4] Download high resolution version (1065x803, 79 KB)HMS Conqueror (S48) possibly returning home from the Falklands War in 1982 (seems to be a Jolly Roger on the tower, The British Naval tradition is to fly a Jolly Roger when returning to port when the sub made a kill at sea. ...
Download high resolution version (1065x803, 79 KB)HMS Conqueror (S48) possibly returning home from the Falklands War in 1982 (seems to be a Jolly Roger on the tower, The British Naval tradition is to fly a Jolly Roger when returning to port when the sub made a kill at sea. ...
HMS Conqueror was a Churchill-class nuclear-powered submarine that served in the Royal Navy from 1971 to 1990. ...
A typical Jolly Roger The Jolly Roger is the traditional flag of European and American pirates, envisioned today as a skull over crossed bones on a black field. ...
Faslane Naval Base, officially HMS Neptune, is a Royal Navy base situated on Gare Loch, which connects to the River Clyde in Scotland. ...
Belgrano as she was in 1941 as USS Phoenix passing Battleship row at Pearl Harbor The ARA General Belgrano was an Argentine Navy cruiser sunk, with significant loss of life, in a controversial incident during the Falklands War. ...
HMS Conqueror was a Churchill-class nuclear-powered submarine that served in the Royal Navy from 1971 to 1990. ...
Combatants United Kingdom Argentina Casualties 258 killed [5] 777 wounded 59 taken prisoner 649 killed 1,068 wounded 11,313 taken prisoner The Falklands War (Spanish: ) was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. ...
Belgrano as she was in 1941 as USS Phoenix passing Battleship row at Pearl Harbor The ARA General Belgrano was an Argentine Navy cruiser sunk, with significant loss of life, in a controversial incident during the Falklands War. ...
The Oberon-class was a thirteen-ship class of diesel-electric submarines of the Royal Navy, and were based on the successful Porpoise-class submarine. ...
HMS Otus in Sassnitzer Hafen, Germany HMS Otus (S18) was a British Royal Navy Oberon class submarine. ...
HMS Dolphin (1751-1770) was an 18th century British Royal Navy sailing ship, which circumnavigated the world twice in an era when this was still a hazardous and infrequently-made undertaking. ...
Gosport is a town and district in Hampshire with around 77,000 inhabitants (including Lee-on-the-Solent), situated on the south coast of England. ...
It has been suggested that Persian Gulf States be merged into this article or section. ...
The Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) is the principal special forces organisation of the British Armed Forces. ...
The Special Boat Service (SBS) is the British Royal Navys special forces unit. ...
The HMS Splendid (S106) was a nuclear powered submarine of the Swiftsure class. ...
The term Kosovo War or Kosovo Conflict is often used to describe two sequential and at times parallel armed conflicts (a civil war followed by an international war) in the southern Serbian province called Kosovo (officially Kosovo and Metohia), part of the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ...
A Tomahawk cruise missile The Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) is a long-range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile with stubby wings. ...
Location of Faslane and RNAD Coulport Faslane Naval Base, HMNB Clyde Her Majestys Naval Base Clyde is the headquarters of the Royal Navy in Scotland and is best known as the home of the United Kingdoms strategic deterrent submarine force. ...
July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 175 days remaining. ...
1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
After Operation Veritas, the attack on Al-Qaeda and Taliban forces following the 9/11 attacks in the United States, HMS Trafalgar entered Plymouth Sound flying the Jolly Roger on March 1, 2002. She was welcomed back by Admiral Sir Alan West, Commander-in-Chief of the fleet and it emerged she was the first Royal Navy submarine to launch Tomahawk cruise missiles against Afghanistan,[5]. HMS Triumph was also involved in the initial strikes and on returning to port had a Jolly Roger that was emblazoned with two crossed Tomahawks to indicate her opening missiles salvoes in the "war against terrorism" and HMS Superb's whose flag had a dagger, for force protection, a bee for her nickname (the Super B), and two communications flashes[6]. Operation Veritas was the codename used for British military operations against the Taliban government of Afghanistan in 2001. ...
The date that commonly refers to the attacks on United States citizens on September 11, 2001 (see the September 11, 2001 Attacks). ...
{{Ship table| |Ship table fate=status |Ian McGhie, an instructor, both pleaded guilty at court-martial to contributing to the accident. ...
Plymouth Sound, or just The Sound, is a bay at Plymouth in England. ...
March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ...
For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...
Admiral Sir Alan West, GCB, DSC (born 1948) was the First Sea Lord, the professional head of the Royal Navy, 2002-2006. ...
The current HMS Triumph (S93) is a Trafalgar-class fleet submarine. ...
Combatants Participants in Operations: United States United Kingdom Turkey South Korea Australia Canada Israel Spain Portugal Pakistan Afghanistan New Zealand Italy Netherlands Denmark France Germany Norway Slovakia Romania Philippines Poland Ukraine Georgia Jordan Saudi Arabia NATO New Iraqi Army and others Targets of Operations: al-Qaeda Taliban Baathist Iraq...
The HMS Superb (S109) is a nuclear powered submarine of the Swiftsure class serving in the Royal Navy. ...
More recently, on April 16, 2003, HMS Turbulent, the first Royal Navy vessel to return home from the war against Iraq, arrived in Plymouth flying the Jolly Roger after launching fourteen Tomahawk cruise missiles. [7] April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
HMS Turbulent (S87) is a Trafalgar-class submarine of the Royal Navy. ...
Plymouth is a city in the southwest of England, or alternatively the Westcountry, and is situated within the traditional county of Devon. ...
A Tomahawk cruise missile The Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) is a long-range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile with stubby wings. ...
The Perisher The Perisher is a 24 week submarine command course all officers must take prior to serving as an Executive Officer on board a Royal Navy Submarine. It has been run twice a year since 1917, and is widely regarded as one of the toughest command courses in the world, with an historical failure rate of 25%[8]. While Executive officer literally refers to a person responsible for the performance of duties involved in running an organization, the exact meaning of the role is highly variable, depending on the organization. ...
If at any point during the training a candidate is withdrawn from training he will be nominated for boat transfer and kept occupied until the transfer. His bag is packed for him and he is notified of the failure when the boat arrives. On departure he is presented with a bottle of whisky. A failure on Perisher means that the candidate will not return to the Submarine Service. Whisky, or whiskey, refers to a broad category of alcoholic beverages that are distilled from grains and aged in oak casks. ...
Traditions The Submarine Service has many traditions that are not found in the surface fleet. These include slang unique to submariners (such as referring to the weapons storage department as the Bomb Shop and the engine room as the Donk Shop[9]), a special communications code known as the Dolphin Code and the entitlement of a sailor to wear Dolphins upon entering the service. HMS Illustrious (R06), an Invincible class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy, and current flagship of the First Sea Lord. ...
This article is about the dolphin mammal. ...
Active submarines
Attack submarines As of 2006, the Submarine Service consists of two classes of attack (sometimes known as Fleet or Hunter-Killer) submarines - the Swiftsure class submarine and the Trafalgar class submarine. Since they are all nuclear submarines, they are classified as SSNs. Download high resolution version (1080x847, 73 KB)HMS Sceptre S104 (Swiftsure-class submarine). ...
Download high resolution version (1080x847, 73 KB)HMS Sceptre S104 (Swiftsure-class submarine). ...
The fifth HMS Sceptre (S104) is a Swiftsure-class submarine built by Vickers in Barrow-in-Furness. ...
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). ...
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 Trafalgar class submarines were, until the introduction of the Astute class, the Royal Navys most advanced nuclear fleet submarines (SSNs). ...
USS Los Angeles A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. ...
SSN is the United States Navy Hull classification symbol for a general-purpose fast attack submarine. ...
Ballistic submarines -
The four ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) of the Royal Navy are all of the Vanguard class. They are: HMS Vanguard (S28), HMS Victorious (S29), HMS Vigilant (S30), and HMS Vengeance (S31). They were all built by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd, now BAE Systems Submarines. The SSBN flotilla or bomber 'fleet' fleet tends to be almost a separate entity, for example it rarely uses pennant numbers preferring to use hull numbers, thus Vanguard 05, Victorious 06, Vigilant 07 and Vengeance 08. The Vanguard class are the Royal Navys current nuclear ballistic missile submarines (SSBN), each armed with 16 Trident II SLBMs. ...
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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. ...
USS Los Angeles A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. ...
The Redoutable, a French SNLE (now a museum) A ballistic missile submarine is a submarine equipped to launch ballistic missiles (SLBMs), such as the Russian SS-N-18 or the American Trident. ...
The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ...
The Redoutable, a French SNLE (now a museum) A ballistic missile submarine is a submarine equipped to launch ballistic missiles (SLBMs), such as the Russian SS-N-18 or the American Trident. ...
The Vanguard class are the Royal Navys current nuclear ballistic missile submarines (SSBN), each armed with 16 Trident II SLBMs. ...
The tenth HMS Vanguard (S28) of the British Royal Navy is the lead boat of her class of Trident ballistic missile-capable submarines and is based at HMNB Clyde, Faslane, Vanguard was built at Barrow-in-Furness by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd (now BAE Systems Marine), was launched on...
HMS Victorious (S29) is the second Vanguard class submarine of the Royal Navy. ...
HMS Vigilant (S30) is the third Vanguard class submarine of the Royal Navy. ...
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BAE Systems Submarines, until 2003 a unit within BAE Systems Marine, is responsible for the development and production of the Astute class submarine. ...
The four Vanguard class boats are responsible for the United Kingdom's nuclear deterrent, and use the Trident missile system. Each boat is capable of carrying up to 16 Trident II D5 Missiles and each may carry up to 12 warheads giving a quite formidable potential. It is UK Government policy to limit that number to a total of 28 warheads per boat. Mutual assured destruction (MAD) is the doctrine of military strategy in which a full scale use of nuclear weapons by one of two opposing sides would result in the destruction of both the attacker and the defender. ...
The Trident missile, named after the trident, is an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) which is armed with nuclear warheads and is launched from submarines (SSBNs), making it a SLBM. The Trident was built in two variants: the I (C4) UGM-96A and II (D5) UGM-133A. The C4 and D5...
Impressively there has been an SSBN on patrol continuously for over 30 years, representing over 300 missions.
LR5 Submarine Rescue System The Royal Navy also operates the LR5 Submarine Rescue System, an ROV designed for retrieving sailors from stranded submarines. It is capable of rescuing 16 at a time. The LR5 is a manned submersible in operation with the British Royal Navy. ...
Variety of ROVs: Work Class, General, Mini Remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROVs) is the common accepted name for tethered underwater robots in the offshore industry. ...
Future submarines The Royal Navy is to receive three new Astute class submarines in 2009, 2010 and 2012. The Swiftsure-class will be entirely decommissioned by 2010. HMS Trafalgar is to be decommissioned in 2008, followed by HMS Turbulent in 2011. The Astute Class submarine will be the biggest nuclear attack submarine ever to have been in service with the Royal Navy, nearly 30% larger than its predecessors. This is due to the powerplant, the Rolls Royce PWR2 reactor (developed for the Vanguard class SSBN). The armament of Astute class is set to be 38 Spearfish torpedoes (the British equivalent of the US Mk48 ADCAP torpedoes), Tomahawk Block III/IV Cruise Missiles and submarine launched mines. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...
It is unclear whether more Astute class submarines will be ordered. Another development project is the Maritime Underwater Future Capability (MUFC). These will follow on from the Astute class and possibly replace the Trafalgar class. Reports (e.g. in Defense News) have suggested that the MUFC studies may result in a single class of multi-role submarines to replace the Trafalgar class, Vanguard class SSBNs and eventually the Astute class. This would require a submarine capable of launching conventional land attack missiles, some form of nuclear missile (ICBM or tactical nuclear missile) as well as conventional submarine munitions including mines and torpedoes. Maritime Underwater Future Capability is the designation for UK Ministry of Defence studies to replace the Royal Navys Trafalgar class submarines and follow on from the Astute class. ...
A Minuteman III missile soars after a test launch. ...
See also German UC-1 class World War I submarine A model of Günther Priens Unterseeboot 47 (U-47), German WWII Type VII diesel-electric hunter-killer (SSK) submarine Inside of the Argonaute, showing the typical obstructed, tiny space of a post-WWII diesel attack submarine. ...
The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ...
This is a list of Royal Navy submarines, arranged chronologically. ...
A typical Jolly Roger The Jolly Roger is the traditional flag of European and American pirates, envisioned today as a skull over crossed bones on a black field. ...
Further reading - Submarine Service official webpage
Footnotes - ^ General information on the Royal Navy Submarine Service use and history of the Jolly Roger
- ^ Opossum and Otus were seen returning to HMS Dolphin ... with a jolly roger
- ^ Barton Gellman U.S., NATO Launch Attacks on Yugoslavia Washington Post 25 March 1999
- ^ Swiftsure Class Nuclear Fleet Submarines
- ^ Trafalgar Returns March 1, 2002
- ^ HMS Triumph and HMS Superb
- ^ Cruise missile sub (HMS Turbulent) back in UK by Richard Norton-Taylor in The Guardian April 17, 2003
- ^ Perisher Sumarine Command Training in the Royal Navy
- ^ Rick Jolly, Jackspeak: A Guide to British Naval Slang & Usage, FoSAMMA (2000), ISBN 0-9514305-2-1
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