HMS Churchill (S46)
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 30 June 1967 |
| Launched: | 20 December 1968 |
| Commissioned: | 15 July 1970 |
| Decommissioned: | 28 February 1991 |
| Fate: | Decommissioned |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,900 tonnes submerged |
| Length: | 86.9 m |
| Beam: | 10.1 m |
| Draught: | 8.2 m |
| Propulsion: | One nuclear reactor, one shaft |
| Speed: | 28 knots submerged |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 103 |
| Armament: | 6 x 533 mm tubes capable of firing: Mark 8 torpedoes Tigerfish torpedoes RN Sub Harpoon Missiles |
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HMS Churchill (S46) was the first off three Churchill class hunter-killer nuclear submarine that served with the British Royal Navy.
| Churchill-class submarine |
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Churchill | Conqueror | Courageous |
| List of submarines of the Royal Navy List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy |
