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 |
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Length: |
N/A |
Engines: |
15,000 (11.2 MW) |
Diameter: |
N/A |
Motors: |
2,800 (2.1 MW) |
4,000 (back up) |
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Displacement |
Speed |
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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 |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement |
Maximum Range / Warhead |
5 |
21" (533mm) Torpedo tubes |
Bow |
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(a) |
Tigerfish Mk 24 torpedo |
23,000 yards @ 35 knots (13 miles) 30,000 yards @ 24 knots (17 miles) 750 lb. Torpex warhead |
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Tomahawk SLCM BGM-109 missiles |
1,000 NM @ 550 mph 1,000 LB warhead |
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UGM-84A Harpoon missiles
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195 miles @ 536 mph 487 lb. warhead |
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Armament notes: |
No vertical tubes all weapons are launched from the bow tubes. |
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Up to 25 weapons (torpedoes or missiles) can be carried. Normal arrangement is 4 missiles and 21 torpedoes. |
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(a) Carried the Spearfish torpedo from the mid 1990's. |
Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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British Shipbuilders Group (Vickers Ltd.) Barrow-in-Furness, England |
July 1, 1981 |
May 27, 1983 |
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Fate |
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Active in commission.
Homeport: Devonport Naval Base Plymouth, England |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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British Shipbuilders Group (Vickers Ltd.) Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Dec. 1, 1982 |
Apr. 28, 1984 |
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Fate |
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Active in commission.
Homeport: Devonport Naval Base Plymouth, England |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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British Shipbuilders Group (Vickers Ltd.) Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Mar. 17, 1984 |
Oct. 5, 1985 |
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Fate |
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Active in commission.
Homeport: Devonport Naval Base Plymouth, England |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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British Shipbuilders Group (Vickers Ltd.) Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Mar. 8, 1985 |
Feb. 7, 1987 |
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Fate |
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Active in commission.
Homeport: Devonport Naval Base Plymouth, England |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Vickers Shipbuilding & Engineering Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Nov. 3, 1986 |
Jan. 14, 1989 |
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Fate |
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Active in commission.
Homeport: Devonport Naval Base Plymouth, England |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Vickers Shipbuilding & Engineering Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Apr. 15, 1988 |
May 12, 1990 |
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Fate |
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Active in commission.
Homeport: Devonport Naval Base Plymouth, England |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Vickers Shipbuilding & Engineering Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Feb. 16, 1991 |
Oct. 2, 1991 |
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Fate |
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Active in commission.
Homeport: Devonport Naval Base Plymouth, England |
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