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&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:HMS_Spartan_Leaves_Faslane_MOD_45138100.jpg) HMS Spartan in 1993
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Spartan |
| Ordered | 7 February 1976 |
| Builder | Vickers |
| Laid down | 26 April 1976 |
| Launched | 7 May 1978 |
| Commissioned | 22 September 1979 |
| Decommissioned | January 2006 |
| Identification | Pennant number: S105 |
| Motto | Courage With Great Endurance |
| Fate | Paid off |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Swiftsure-class submarine |
| Displacement | 4,900 tonnes (dived) |
| Length | 82.9 m (272 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 9.8 m (32 ft 2 in) |
| Draught | 8.5 m (27 ft 11 in) |
| Propulsion | Rolls-Royce pressurised water nuclear reactor (PWR1) |
| Speed | In excess of 20 knots (37 km/h), dived |
| Complement | 116 officers and ratings |
| Armament |
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HMS Spartan was a nuclear-powered fleet submarine of the Royal Navy's Swiftsure class. Spartan was launched on 7 April 1978 by Lady Lygo, wife of Admiral Sir Raymond Lygo. The boat was built by Vickers Limited Shipbuilding Group (now a division of BAE Systems) at Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, England. She was decommissioned in January 2006.