| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | SSN 4 |
| 1978: | Captain | Richard Farnfield |
Ordered 1969
Launching scheduled for September 1972 but set back because of the effects of strike by the boilermakers Society April - June 1972.
Launched by Lady Ashmore, wife of Admiral Sir Edward Ashmore, Commander-in-Chief Fleet, Royal Navy.
Contractors sea trials February - March 1974.
October 1976 surfaced at the North Pole.
Stealth & Secrecy Under The Ocean Waves
As unusual places to have lunch go, 100ft beneath the Firth of Clyde is pretty hard to beat. Yet to the officers in the wardroom of the Sovereign it all seems pretty unremarkable. I suppose that when you have breakfasted below the North Atlantic and dined under the Arctic pack ice a calm sea five miles off Largs is nothing to write home about.
| 17-09-1970 | Laid Down |
| 17-02-1973 | Launched |
| 09-07-1974 | Completed |
| Length overall | 272 ft |
| Beam | 32 ft 3 inch |
| Displacement | 3500 tons (surface) |
| 4500 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | In excess of 1000 ft |
| Speed | In excess of 25 knots (surface) |
| 30 knots (submerged) | |
| No. of shafts | 1 |
| Armament | 5 21 inch bow tubes |
| Complement | 12 Officers and 85 Ratings |
| Class: | 1983 - 2025: Trafalgar Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | SSN 4b |
| Fate: | |
| 2009-12-04 Decommissioned. The first vessel of her class to be taken out of service. Trafalgar became the ninth decommissioned submarine to be stored in Plymouth while an ongoing MoD study decides how to dispose of them. | |
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| Length overall | 272 ft |
| Beam | 32 ft 3 inch |
| Displacement | 3500 tons (surface) |
| 4500 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | In excess of 1000 ft |
| Speed | In excess of 25 knots (surface) |
| 30 knots (submerged) | |
| No. of shafts | 1 |
| Armament | 5 21 inch bow tubes |
| Complement | 12 Officers and 85 Ratings |
| Class: | 1983 - 2025: Trafalgar Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | SSN 4b |
| Fate: | |
| 2009-12-04 Decommissioned. The first vessel of her class to be taken out of service. Trafalgar became the ninth decommissioned submarine to be stored in Plymouth while an ongoing MoD study decides how to dispose of them. | |
11 pages added or updated in the last Array month
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