Trafalgar Class Submarines Class Overview

Dimensions, Machinery and Performance

Length:
280' 1"
Engines:
2 GEC-Alsthom geared steam turbines powered by
1 Rolls Royce PWR1 nuclear reactor
Beam:
32' 1"
Motors:
2 Paxman diesel
1 emergency back up diesel
Draft:
31' 2"
Shafts:
Pumpjet propulsors
(Trafalgar fitted with a 7 blade propeller)
Pressure Hull
Horsepower
Length:
N/A
Engines:
15,000 (11.2 MW)
Diameter:
N/A
Motors:
2,800 (2.1 MW)
4,000 (back up)
Displacement
Speed
Surfaced:
4,740 std.
Surfaced:
20 knots
Submerged:
5,208 std.
Submerged:
32 knots
Diving Depth:
984'+ (tested to 1,935')
Endurance:
85 days
Crew:
130


Armament As Built
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement

Maximum Range / Warhead

5
21" (533mm)
Torpedo tubes

Bow
(a)
Tigerfish Mk 24 torpedo
23,000 yards @ 35 knots (13 miles)
30,000 yards @ 24 knots (17 miles)
750 lb. Torpex warhead

Tomahawk SLCM
BGM-109 missiles
1,000 NM @ 550 mph
1,000 LB warhead

UGM-84A Harpoon missiles
195 miles @ 536 mph
487 lb. warhead
Armament notes:
No vertical tubes all weapons are launched from the bow tubes.
Up to 25 weapons (torpedoes or missiles) can be carried. Normal arrangement is
4 missiles and 21 torpedoes.

(a) Carried the Spearfish torpedo from the mid 1990's.


Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
British Shipbuilders Group (Vickers Ltd.)
Barrow-in-Furness, England

July 1, 1981
May 27, 1983
Fate
Active in commission.
Homeport: Devonport Naval Base Plymouth, England
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
British Shipbuilders Group (Vickers Ltd.)
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Dec. 1, 1982
Apr. 28, 1984
Fate
Active in commission.
Homeport: Devonport Naval Base Plymouth, England
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
British Shipbuilders Group (Vickers Ltd.)
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Mar. 17, 1984
Oct. 5, 1985
Fate
Active in commission.
Homeport: Devonport Naval Base Plymouth, England
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
British Shipbuilders Group (Vickers Ltd.)
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Mar. 8, 1985
Feb. 7, 1987
Fate
Active in commission.
Homeport: Devonport Naval Base Plymouth, England
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Vickers Shipbuilding & Engineering Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Nov. 3, 1986
Jan. 14, 1989
Fate
Active in commission.
Homeport: Devonport Naval Base Plymouth, England
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Vickers Shipbuilding & Engineering Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Apr. 15, 1988
May 12, 1990
Fate
Active in commission.
Homeport: Devonport Naval Base Plymouth, England
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Vickers Shipbuilding & Engineering Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Feb. 16, 1991
Oct. 2, 1991
Fate
Active in commission.
Homeport: Devonport Naval Base Plymouth, England


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