HMS Vengeance (S31)
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HMS Vengeance (S31) is the fourth and final Vanguard class submarine of the Royal Navy. Vengeance carries the Trident ballistic missile, the UK's nuclear deterrent.
Vengeance was built at Barrow-in-Furness by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd (now BAE Systems Marine), was launched in September 1998, and commissioned in November 1999.
Before she was commissioned, the British Government stated that once the Vanguard submarines became fully operational, they would only carry 200 warheads,
General Characteristics
- Displacement: 16,000 tons submerged
- Propulsion: Rolls-Royce PWR2 reactor, two GEC turbines, single shaft, pump jet propulsor
- Electrical Power: two Paxman diesel generators, two WH Allen turbogenerators
- Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h) submerged
- Complement: 14 officers, 121 men
- Strategic Armament: 16 Lockheed Trident II D5 ballistic missiles
- Defensive Armament: four 533 mm (21-inch) torpedo tubes, Spearfish torpedoes
| Vanguard-class submarine |
| Vanguard | Victorious | Vigilant | Vengeance |
| List of submarines of the Royal Navy List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy |
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