![]() HMS Turbulent (S87), 2011
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Name | HMS Turbulent |
Ordered | 28 July 1978 |
Builder | Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, Barrow-in-Furness |
Laid down | 8 May 1980 |
Launched | 1 December 1982 |
Sponsored by | Lady Cassidi |
Commissioned | 28 April 1984 |
Decommissioned | 14 July 2012 |
Homeport | HMNB Devonport, Plymouth[1] |
Identification | Pennant number: S87 |
Status | Awaiting disposal |
Notes | Nicknamed "Turbs"[2] |
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Class and type | Trafalgar-class submarine |
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Length | 85.4 m (280 ft)[3] |
Beam | 9.8 m (32 ft)[3] |
Draught | 9.5 m (31 ft)[3] |
Propulsion |
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Speed | Over 30 knots (56 km/h), submerged[3] |
Range | Unlimited[3] |
Complement | 130[3] |
Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
HMS Turbulent is a retired Trafalgar-class submarine of the Royal Navy and the second vessel of her class. Turbulent was the fifth vessel, and second submarine, of the Royal Navy to bear this name. She was built by Vickers Shipbuilding, Barrow-in-Furness, and based at HMNB Devonport. She was commissioned in 1984 and decommissioned in July 2012. She was stripped of equipment and now awaits dismantling in number 3 Basin at Devonport.
Originally intended to hunt down Soviet missile submarines, after the end of the Cold War Turbulent spent more time on intelligence gathering missions and landing commando units, as well as firing Tomahawk missiles during the 2003 Iraq war.[2]
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