HMS Vanguard (S28)

HMS Vanguard (S28)

HMS Vanguard arrives back at HM Naval Base Clyde, Faslane, Scotland following a patrol

Career (UK)
Ordered: Builder: Laid down: Launched: Commissioned: Homeport: Status: Badge: 30 May 1986 Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness 3 September 1986 4 March 1992
[1] [1] [1]

14 August 1993

HMNB Clyde, Argyll, Scotland In active service, as of 2013

General characteristics [1]

Class & type: Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Vanguard-class submarine Dived: 15,900 long tons (16,200t) 149.9m (491ft10in) 12.8m (42ft0in) 12m (39ft4in)

1 Rolls-Royce PWR2 nuclear reactor 2 GEC turbines; 27,500shp (20.5MW) 1 shaft, pump jet propulsor 2 auxiliary retractable propulsion motors 2 WH Allen turbo generators(6 MW) 2 Paxman diesel alternators;2,700shp (2.0MW)

Speed: Range:

Dived: 25 knots (46km/h; 29mph) Unlimited distance; 20-25 years

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14 officers 121 ratings BAE Systems SMCS Kelvin Hughes Type 1007 I-band navigation radar Thales Underwater Systems Type 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 Pilkington Optronics CK51 search periscope 1 Pilkington Optronics CH91 attack periscope

Complement:

Sensors and processing systems:

Electronic warfare & decoys: Armament:

2 SSE Mk10 launchers for Type 2066 and Type 2071 torpedo decoys RESM Racal UAP passive intercept 4 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes for Spearfish torpedoes 16 ballistic missile tubes for 16 x Lockheed Trident D5 SLBMs carrying up to 192 warheads

The eleventh HMS Vanguard of the Royal Navy is the lead boat of her class of Trident ballistic missile-armed submarines. The submarine is based at Faslane, HMNB Clyde, Argyll, Scotland. Vanguard was built at Barrow-in-Furness by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd (now BAE Systems Submarine Solutions), was launched on 4 March 1992, and commissioned on 14 August 1993. She has two crews, "Port" and "Starboard".[2]

Operational history
The submarine's first commanding officer was Captain David Russell. In February 2002, Vanguard began a two-year refit at HMNB Devonport. The refit was completed in June 2004 and in October 2005, Vanguard completed her return to service trials (Demonstration and Shakedown Operations) with the firing of an unarmed Trident missile. During this refit, Vanguard was illegally boarded by a pair of anti-nuclear protestors.[3] On 4 February 2009, Vanguard collided with the French submarine Triomphant in the Atlantic.[4][5][6] She returned to Faslane in Scotland, under her own power arriving on 14 February 2009.[7] Vanguard spent the Christmas of 2012 on deterrent patrol.[8]

References
[1] Jane's Fighting Ships, 2004-2005. Jane's Information Group Limited. p. 794. ISBN 0-7106-2623-1. [2] http:/ / www. royal-navy. mod. uk/ linkedfiles/ referencelibrary/ ref_library_docs/ 20110603bridgecard03jun11. pdf [3] BBC News, 13 March 2003 (http:/ / news. bbc. co. uk/ 1/ hi/ england/ 2848279. stm) [8] http:/ / www. royalnavy. mod. uk/ News-and-Events/ Latest-News/ 2013/ February/ 26/ 130226-Christmas-On-Patrol-with-HMS-Vanguard Vanguard being assisted into a Florida harbor by two civilian tugboats

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External links
HMS Vanguard Royal Navy photo gallery (http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/operations-and-support/ submarine-service/ballistic-submarines-ssbn/hms-vanguard/photo-gallery/index.htm)

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