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ROYAL NAVY - UNITED KINGDOM

SUBMARINES

DREADNOUGHT nuclear ballistic missile submarines

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Dreadnought       6.10.2016 2025 2028 building (2019)
Valiant             ordered (2019)
3             planned (2019)
4             planned (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

 / 17200

Length, m

152.9

Breadth, m

13.1

Draught, m

 

No of shafts

1 pump-jet

Machinery

2 2 sets GEC-Alstom geared steam turbines, 1 Vickers-Rolls-Royce PWR3 nuclear reactor

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

nuclear

Endurance, nm(kts)

practically unlimited

Armament

12 Trident 2 D-5 SLBM (12 UGM-133A), 4 - 533 TT (bow)

Electronic equipment

radar, sonars, ECM suite, CCS

Complement

130

Diving depth operational, m

 

Project history: Replacement for Vanguard class, planned to be completed from 2028. Stern planes are arranged in X-shaped form. They have missile compartments identical to USN Columbia class (Common Missile Compartment Programme).

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: None.

 

© Ivan Gogin, 2019