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Splendid (S 106)

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: SSN 4
Splendid (S 106)
Splendid
Splendid
Splendid

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Last of the swiftsure class submarines built for RN at Barrow.

Launched by Lady Ann Eberle, wife of Admiral Sir James Eberle KCB, Commander-in-Chief Fleet

Events

 26-05-1976   Ordered from Vickers, Barrow
 23-11-1977   Laid Down
 05-10-1979   Launched
 21-03-1981   Completed
 25-03-1999   In an operational first, the Royal Navy nuclear attack submarine HMS Splendid launched Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles (TLAM) against an air defense radar site in Yugoslavia during NATO operation Allied Force Wednesday night.
 17-07-2003   HMS Splendid arrives at Faslane from final deployment before decommissioning.
 22-08-2003   HMS Splendid paid off at Devonport
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