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 |
Struck: | |
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 |
Motto: |
HMS Churchill (S46) was the first off three Churchill class hunter-killer nuclear submarine that served with the British Royal Navy.
Churchill-class submarine |
Churchill | Conqueror | Courageous |
List of submarines of the Royal Navy List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy |