HMS Renown (S26)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Renown.
Career (UK)
Name: HMS Renown
Builder: Cammell Laird, Birkenhead
Launched: 25 February 1967
Commissioned: 15 November 1968
Decommissioned: 1996
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General characteristics
Class and type:Resolution-class ballistic missile submarine
Displacement:surfaced 7,500 tons; submerged 8,400 tons.
Length:425 ft (130 m)
Beam:33 ft (10 m)
Draught:30 ft 1 in (9.17 m)
Propulsion:1 × Vickers/Rolls-Royce PWR.1 pressurised-water nuclear reactor, 27,500 shp (20,500 kW); Propeller.
Speed:surface - 20 kn (37 km/h); submerged - 25 kn (46 km/h)
Range:Unlimited except by food supplies
Complement:143 (two crews)

HMS Renown (S26) was the third of the Royal Navy's Resolution-class ballistic missile submarines.

Built by Cammell Laird and launched on 25 February 1967, she was decommissioned in 1996.

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