HMS Vengeance (S31) Totally Explained

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HMS Vengeance (S31) is the fourth and final Vanguard class submarine of the Royal Navy. Vengeance carries the Trident ballistic missile, the UK's nuclear deterrent. Vengeance was built at Barrow-in-Furness by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd (now BAE Systems Submarine Solutions), was launched in September 1998, and commissioned in November 1999.
Before she was commissioned, the British Government stated that once the Vanguard submarines became fully operational, they'd only carry 200 warheads, General characteristics

Displacement: 16,000 tons submerged
Propulsion: Rolls-Royce PWR2 reactor, two GEC turbines, single shaft, pump jet propulsor
Electrical Power: two Paxman diesel generators, two WH Allen turbogenerators
Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h) submerged
Complement: 14 officers, 121 men
Strategic Armament: 16 Lockheed Trident II D5 ballistic missiles
Defensive Armament: four 533 mm (21-inch) torpedo tubes, Spearfish torpedoes

'Vengeance' carries the unopened 'last instructions' of the current British Prime Minister that are to be used posthumously in the event of a national catastrophe or a nuclear strike.
See HMS Vengeance for other ships of this name.

Affiliations

The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys)

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