HMS Courageous (S50)
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| Career |
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|---|---|
| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | |
| Launched: | |
| Commissioned: | 1971 |
| Decommissioned: | 10th April 1992 |
| Fate: | Museum ship |
| Struck: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,900 tonnes submerged |
| Length: | 86.9 m |
| Beam: | 10.1 m |
| Draught: | 8.2 m |
| Propulsion: | One nuclear reactor, one shaft |
| Speed: | 28 knots submerged |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 103 |
| Armament: | 6 x 533 mm tubes capable of firing: Mark 8 torpedoes Tigerfish torpedoes RN Sub Harpoon Missiles |
| Motto: | Fortiter in Angustis |
In 1982, the Courageous was sent with her sister ship, the HMS Conqueror, with the British task force to retake the Falkland Islands from the occupying Argentine forces. She returned home later in the year without damage.
The Courageous was retired from service in 1992. She is now a museum ship at Devonport Dockyard.
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