HMS Sovereign (S108)

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Career

Ordered: 16 March 1969
Laid down: 18 September 1970
Launched: 17 February 1973
Commissioned: 11 July 1974
Decommissioned: January 2007
Fate: Paid off
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement: 4,900 tonnes (dived)
Length: 82.9 m
Beam: 9.8 m
Draught: 8.5 m
Propulsion: In excess of 20 knots, dived
Speed:
Range:
Complement: 116
Armament: 5 tubes capable of firing:
Spearfish Torpedoes
RN Sub Harpoon Missiles
Tomahawk Missiles
Aircraft:
Motto:
The HMS Sovereign (S108) is a nuclear powered submarine of the Swiftsure class serving in the Royal Navy. She will be decommissioned later this year and recently left Faslane to embark on a round the world deployment prior to decommission due around november.


Career
Ordered:	16 March 1969
Laid down:	18 September 1970
Launched:	17 February 1973
Commissioned:	11 July 1974
Decommissioned:	January 2007
Fate:	Paid off
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement:	4,900 tonnes (dived)
Length:	82.9 m
Beam:	9.8 m
Draught:	8.5 m
Propulsion:	In excess of 20 knots, dived
Speed:
Range:
Complement:	116
Armament:	5 tubes capable of firing: Spearfish Torpedoes RN Sub Harpoon Missiles Tomahawk Missiles
Aircraft:
Motto:

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