Vanguard-Class: Largest Subs in the Royal Navy At nearly 150 meters in length and more than 16,000 metric tons, the Vanguard-class remains the largest submarine type ever constructed in the UK ...

The first Vanguard-class submarine, HMS Vanguard, was commissioned in 1993. Some Interesting Points These subs were ...

HMS Triumph (S93) sailed into HMNB Devonport flying a decommissioning pennant on the afternoon of Dec. 12, 2024, marking an end to its 33 years of service ...

One unique feature of these submarines is the reconfigurable torpedo room. Serving as one of the U.K.'s primary nuclear deterrents, the Vanguard-class submarines carry 16 Trident II D5 missiles ...

HMS Vengeance is one of the UK's four Vanguard Class submarines, designed to carry the UK's Trident nuclear missiles. Together they form the backbone of the UK's continuous at-sea nuclear deterrent.

Today four Vanguard-class submarines mount round-the-clock patrols in the deep waters of the North Atlantic ready to protect Britain in the event of a nuclear strike from Russia The shift to ...

The fleet attack submarines are powered by a Rolls-Royce PWR2 (Core H) reactor and fitted with a pump-jet propulsor, the same reactor that was developed for the Royal Navy's Vanguard-class ...

The UK’s nuclear deterrent is currently housed on Vanguard-class submarines in Scotland, to which the Dreadnought-class are intended to be the successor. Similarly, the AUKUS SSNs are eventually ...

Not too far behind the U.S., the United Kingdom maintains a fairly advanced submarine fleet primarily composed of the Vanguard-class ballistic missile submarines and Astute-class attack submarines.