HMS Triumph (S93)

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Career (UK)
HMS Triumph (S93)
Ordered:	3 July 1986
Laid down:	2 February 1987
Launched:	16 February 1991
Commissioned:	2 October 1991
Status:	active in service
General Characteristics
Displacement:	Surfaced: 4,740 tons Dived: 5,208 tons
Length:	280.1 ft (85.4 m)
Beam:	32.1 ft (9.8 m)
Draught:	31.2 ft (9.5 m)
Propulsion:	Rolls-Royce PWR1 nuclear reactor 2 × GEC turbines 1 × shaft pump jet 15,000 hp (11 MW) motor for emergency drive emergency retractable propellor 2 × W H Allen turbo generators 2 MW 2 × Paxman diesel alternators 2,800 hp (2.1 MW)
Speed:	Dived: 32 knots (59 km/h)
Complement:	18 officers 112 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems:	Ferranti/Gresham Dowty DCB/DCG Type 2072 hull-mounted flank array passive sonar Plessey Type 2020 or Marconi/Plessey Type 2074 hull-mounted active and passive search and attack sonar Ferranti Type 2046 towed array passive search sonar Thomson Sintra Type 2019 PARIS or Thorn EMI 2082 passive intercept and ranging sonar Marconi Type 2077 short range active classification sonar Kelvin Hughes Type 1007 I band navigation radar Pilkington Optronics CK34 search periscope Pilkington Optronics CH84/CM010 attack periscope
Electronic warfare and decoys:	2 × SSE Mk8 launchers for Type 2066 and Type 2071 torpedo decoys RESM Racal UAP passive intercept CESM Outfit CXA SAWCS decoys from 2002
Armament:	5 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes Spearfish torpedoes (originally Tigerfish torpedoes) with 20 reloads UGM-84 Harpoon submarine-launched cruise missile Mines UGM-109 Tomahawk from 2001

The current HMS Triumph (S93) is a Trafalgar class submarine of the Royal Navy.

The boat was laid down in 1987 by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Limited and launched in February 1991 by Mrs. Ann Hamilton, wife of the then Armed Forces Minister Archie Hamilton. She was commissioned in October that same year.

Triumph sailed to Australia in 1993, travelling 41,000 miles submerged without support -- the longest solo deployment so far by a nuclear submarine. In that same year, author Tom Clancy published a book called SUBMARINE: a Guided Tour Inside a Nuclear Warship which was centered around Triumph and USS Miami.

After the 9/11 attacks in the USA, Triumph, along with her sister-ship Trafalgar, formed part of a task group in 2001 as part of the American-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, Britain's contribution being known as Operation Veritas. The Royal Navy task force comprised HM ships Cornwall, Fearless, Illustrious, and Southampton. The task force was supported by Royal Fleet Axuiliaries Bayleaf, Brambleleaf, Diligence, Fort Rosalie, Fort Victoria, Sir Percivale and Sir Tristram.

During Operation Veritas, Triumph launched Tomahawk missiles on targets inside Afghanistan. When Triumph returned home after operations had ended, the boat flew the Jolly Roger, the traditional way of showing a successful patrol.

In December 2001, Triumph experienced an accident when the boat was grounded off the Scottish coast while under the command of trainee officers; fortunately, she suffered only superficial damage.

Triumph is part of the 2nd Submarine Squadron based at Devonport.

See HMS Triumph for other ships of the name.