1990 VANGUARD. The Vanguard was the first of a new class of nuclear-powered
ballistic-missile submarines (SSBNs) that replaced the Royal Navys Polaris-armed Resolution-class ballistic- missile boats.
MAINTAINING THE UK NUCLEAR DETERRENT
After a lengthy debate on the options, and strong...
1968 CHURCHILL. HMS Churchill was the third boat of five in the Valiant class
of nuclear attack submarines, which were based on the experimental submarine Dreadnought.
ENTIRELY BRITISH MADE
HMS Churchill was somewhat larger than Dreadnought to accommodate a British-designed reactor that...
1967 OPOSSUM, one of a class of 13 boats built for the Royal Navy from 1957
onwards, outwardly identical to the earlier Porpoises but with a considerable improvement in overall operational efficiency.
THE PORPOISE/OBERON CLASS
Originally designed in the early 1 950s (the requirement was...
1967 RENOW, one of a class of four ballistic-missile submarines, the first British vessel of that type, constructed for the Royal Navy during the mid 1970s.
1954 E XPLO RE R Leader of a class of two unarmed, purely experimental anaerobic
submarines constructed for the Royal Navy in the early part of the 1 950s.
1945 SANGUINE One of the last submarines to be constructed for the Royal Navy in
the Second World War, HMS Sanguine was a direct descendant of the boats designed in the 1 920s for operation in the shallow waters of the North Sea.
THE S-CLASS SUBMARINES
Construction of the S-class boats...
1944 SCORCHER was one of the last submarines to be constructed for the Royal Navy during World War II, HMS Scorcher was intended for operation in shallow waters such as the North Sea and the Mediterranean.
1929 PARTH IAN One of the second class of six diesel-electric submarines laid
down for the Royal Navy between the two world wars, Parthian showed how much the British had learned from the Germans, whose use of submarines during World War I had had such a profound effect.
EXPERIMENTING WITH...
The USS Silversides (SS-236) was commissioned into the U.S. Navy on December 15, 1941, just eight days after the attack on Pearl Harbor. She left for the first of her 14 war patrols on April 30, 1942.
She sank 30 ships and damaged 14 ships. She ranks third highest among all World War II U.S...
Spotted this Nuclear boat as she returned to the Clyde last week, making her way to Faslane. Managed to get this on my camcorder. Pity it was such a grey day.
These submarines were the first submarines to be commissioned by the Royal Navy, all five having entered service by 1903.
Due to the number of submarines in service, the Royal Navy in 1900 realised the need to have submarines.
The Electric Boat company entered negations with the Royal navy...
The Seraph was a standard S-class, submarine, laid down at Barrow in mid-August, 1940.
S-class submarines were comparatively small, displacing 715 tons on the surface and less than 1,000 tons submerged. Seraph was 217 feet long overall, had a breadth of 23.8 feet and a depth of 10 feet. Twin...
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