HMS Vigilant (S30)
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 Vanguard class submarine |
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| Career (UK) |  |
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| Laid down: | Unknown |
| Launched: | October 1995 |
| Commissioned: | November 1996 |
| Status: | active in service |
| Homeport: | HMNB Clyde |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | Dived: 15,680 tons |
| Length: | 149.9 m |
| Beam: | 12.8 m |
| Draught: | 12 m |
| Propulsion: | 1 × Rolls-Royce PWR2 nuclear reactor 2 × GEC turbines 1 × shaft pump jet 27,500 hp (20.5 MW) 2 × auxiliary retractable propulsion motors 2 × W H Allen turbo generators 6 MW 2 × Paxman diesel alternators 2 × 2,700 hp (20.5 MW) |
| Speed: | Dived: 25 knots (46 km/h) |
| Range: | Essentially unlimited |
| Complement: | 14 officers 121 enlisted |
| Sensors and processing systems: | BAE Systems SMCS Thales Underwater Systems Type 2054 composite sonar suite comprising: Type 2046 towed array sonar Type 2043 hull-mounted active and passive search sonar Type 2082 passive intercept and ranging sonar 1 × Kelvin Hughes Type 1007 I band navigation radar 1 × Pilkington Optronics CK51 search periscope 1 × Pilkington Optronics CH91 attack periscope |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: | Thales UPM intercept ESM 2 × Mk10 launchers for launching Type 2066 and Type 2071 decoys |
| Armament: | 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 16 × ballistic missile tubes Spearfish torpedoes 16 × Lockheed Trident D5 SLBMs carrying up to 128 warheads |
HMS Vigilant (S30) is the third Vanguard class submarine of the Royal Navy. Vigilant carries the Trident ballistic missile, the UK's nuclear deterrent.
Vigilant was built at Barrow-in-Furness by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd (now BAE Systems Marine), was launched in October 1995, and commissioned in November 1996.
In 2002, protestors from Trident Ploughshares breached security at Faslane Naval Base where the Vanguard submarines are based. Two protestors managed to spraypaint Vigilant with the CND symbol and the word "Vile".
General Characteristics
- Displacement: 16,000 tons submerged
- Propulsion: Rolls-Royce PWR2 reactor, two GEC turbines, single shaft, pump jet propulsor
- Electrical Power: two Paxman diesel generators, two WH Allen turbogenerators
- Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h) submerged
- Complement: 14 officers, 121 men
- Strategic Armament: 16 Lockheed Trident II D5 ballistic missiles
- Defensive Armament: four 533 mm (21-inch) torpedo tubes, Spearfish torpedoes
| Vanguard-class submarine |
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Vanguard | Victorious | Vigilant | Vengeance |
| List of submarines of the Royal Navy List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy |
[edit] External links
- In pictures: On board HMS Trident, (BBC pictures of HMS Vaigilant's interior)
