Trafalgar 2000
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Trafalgar | S107 | VSEL, Barrow | 25.4.1979 | 1.7.1981 | 27.5.1983 | stricken 12.2009 | |
Turbulent | S87 | VSEL, Barrow | 8.5.1980 | 1.12.1982 | 28.4.1984 | stricken 7.2012 | |
Tireless | S88 | VSEL, Barrow | 6.6.1981 | 17.3.1984 | 5.10.1985 | stricken 6.2014 | |
Torbay | S90 | VSEL, Barrow | 3.12.1982 | 8.3.1985 | 7.2.1987 | stricken 7.2017 | |
Trenchant | S91 | VSEL, Barrow | 28.10.1985 | 3.11.1986 | 14.1.1989 | in service (2019) | |
Talent | S92 | VSEL, Barrow | 13.5.1986 | 15.4.1988 | 12.5.1990 | in service (2019) | |
Triumph | S93 | VSEL, Barrow | 2.2.1987 | 16.2.1991 | 12.10.1991 | in service (2019) |
Displacement standard, t |
|
Displacement normal, t |
4740 / 5208 |
Length, m |
85.4 |
Breadth, m |
9.83 |
Draught, m |
8.25 hull 9.50 max surfaced |
No of shafts |
S107: 1 others: 1 pump-jet |
Machinery |
2 sets GEC-Alstom geared steam turbines, Rolls-Royce PWR1 nuclear reactor |
Power, h. p. |
15000 |
Max speed, kts |
20 / 30 |
Fuel, t |
nuclear |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
practically unlimited |
Armament |
5 - 533 TT (bow, 25, inc. 4 Sub-Harpoon SSM (4 UGM-84B), mines instead of torpedoes) |
Electronic equipment |
S107, 87-91: type 1007 radar, type 2020 MODEX, type 2007, type 2019 PARIS, type 2026, type 2027 sonars, UAC, Telegon 6 CXA ECM suites, 2x SSE Mk 8 decoy launchers, DCB/DCG CCS S92: type 1007 radar, type 2020 MODEX, type 2007, type 2019 PARIS, type 2046, type 2027 sonars, UAC, Telegon 6 CXA ECM suites, 2x SSE Mk 8 decoy launchers, DCB/DCG CCS S93: type 1007 radar, type 2020 MODEX, type 2072, type 2019 PARIS, type 2046, type 2027 sonars, UAC, Telegon 6 CXA ECM suites, 2x SSE Mk 8 decoy launchers, DCB/DCG CCS |
Complement |
97 |
Diving depth operational, m |
300 |
Project history: These submarines resemble the Swiftsure class, but with much more attention paid to silencing, all hulls are coated with anechoic tiles.
Modernizations: 1995, Trafalgar: - UAC ECM suite, DCB/DCG CCS; + UAP(1) ECM suite, SMCS CCS
1997, Turbulent, 1999, Tireless: - type 2020 sonar, UAC ECM suite, DCB/DCG CCS; + type 2074 sonar, UAP(1) ECM suite, SMCS CCS
1999, Triumph; 2000, Trafalgar; 2002, Turbulent; 2003, Trenchant; 2004, Tireless; 2005, Talent; 2007, Torbay: + Tomahawk Block III CruM (4 UGM-109 instead of torpedoes)
2003, Torbay: - type 2020 MODEX, type 2007, type 2019 PARIS, type 2026, type 2027 sonars, UAC ECM suite, DCB/DCG CCS; + type 2076 Block IV sonar suite, type 2046, type 2082 sonars, UAP(1) ECM suite, SMCS NG CCS
2004, Trenchant; 2007, Talent; 2009, Triumph: - type 2020 MODEX, type 2007, type 2019 PARIS, type 2026, type 2027 sonars, UAC ECM suite, DCB/DCG CCS; + type 2076 Block V sonar suite, type 2046, type 2082 sonars, UAP(1) ECM suite, SMCS NG CCS
2008, all: - Tomahawk Block III CruM, Sub-Harpoon SSM; + Tomahawk Block IV CruM
2008, Trenchant: + BQS-15A sonar
2019-2020, all as planned: - Telegon 6 CXA ECM suite; + CESM/7415 Eddystone ECM suite
Naval service: No significant events.
Trafalgar 2006
Tireless 2008
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