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ROYAL NAVY - UNITED KINGDOM

SUBMARINES

TRAFALGAR nuclear attack submarines (1983 - 1991)

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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