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Name | HMS Victorious |
Laid down | 3 December 1987 |
Launched | 29 September 1993 |
Commissioned | 7 January 1995 |
Homeport | HMNB Clyde |
Status | In active service |
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Class and type | Vanguard-class submarine |
Displacement | 15,900 tonnes, submerged |
Length | 149.9 m (491 ft 10 in) |
Beam | 12.8 m (42 ft 0 in) |
Draught | 12 m (39 ft 4 in) |
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Speed | In excess of 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph), submerged |
Range | Only limited by food and maintenance requirements. |
Complement | 135 |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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HMS Victorious is the second Vanguard-class submarine of the Royal Navy.[1] Victorious carries the Trident ballistic missile,[2] the UK's nuclear deterrent.
Victorious was built at Barrow-in-Furness by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd, later BAE Systems Submarine Solutions, was launched in September 1993, and commissioned in January 1995.[2]