HMS Triumph (S93)
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HMS Triumph is a Trafalgar-class nuclear submarine of the Royal Navy and was the seventh and final boat of her class. She is the nineteenth nuclear-powered hunter-killer submarine built for the Royal Navy. Triumph is the tenth vessel, and the second submarine, to bear the name. The first HMS Triumph was a 68-gun galleon built in 1561. As of 2022, she is the last boat of her class remaining in service.
HMS Triumph in the Middle East, 2012 | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Triumph |
Ordered | 3 July 1986 |
Builder | Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, Barrow-in-Furness |
Laid down | 2 February 1987 |
Launched | 16 February 1991 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Ann Hamilton |
Commissioned | 2 October 1991 |
Homeport | HMNB Devonport, Plymouth |
Identification | Pennant number: S93 |
Status | In active service |
Badge | |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Trafalgar-class submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 85.4 m (280 ft)[2] |
Beam | 9.8 m (32 ft)[2] |
Draught | 9.5 m (31 ft)[2] |
Propulsion |
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Speed | Over 30 knots (56 km/h), submerged[2] |
Range | Unlimited[2] |
Complement | 130[2] |
Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
Triumph was laid down in 1987 by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Limited.[4] The boat was launched in February 1991 by Mrs. Ann Hamilton, wife of the then Armed Forces Minister Archie Hamilton.[4] She was commissioned in October that same year.
Triumph is expected to remain in service until 2024.[5]