HMS Turbulent S-87

Type:
Submarine

Class:

Trafalgar (Class Overview)
Builder:
British Shipbuilders Group
(Vickers Ltd.)
Barrow-in-Furness, England
Hull Number:

S-87

Ordered:
July 28, 1978
Commissioned:
April 28, 1984
Keel Laid:
May 8, 1980
Decommissioned:
Launched:
December 1, 1982
Stricken:
Fate:
Active in commission.
Homeport: Devonport Naval Base Plymouth, England


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:
1 (Pumpjet propulsor)
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.


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