&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:HMS_Superb_MOD_45138106.jpg) HMS Superb on the Clyde in Scotland.
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Superb |
| Ordered | 20 May 1970 |
| Builder | Vickers |
| Laid down | 16 March 1972 |
| Launched | 30 November 1974 |
| Commissioned | 13 November 1976 |
| Decommissioned | 26 September 2008 |
| Homeport | Faslane |
| Identification | Pennant number: S109 |
| Motto | With Strength and Courage |
| Nickname(s) | Super B |
| Status | Decommissioned at Devonport |
| Badge | &sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:HMS_Suberb_crest.jpg) |
| 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 | 1 × Rolls-Royce pressurised water nuclear reactor (PWR1) |
| Speed | In excess of 20 knots (37 km/h), dived |
| Complement | 116 officers and men |
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HMS Superb was a nuclear-powered fleet submarine of the Swiftsure class serving in the Royal Navy.
HMS Superb was built by Vickers Shipbuilding Group, now a division of BAE Systems Submarine Solutions. Superb was launched on 30 November 1974 at Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 13 November 1976. After being damaged in May 2008 in the Red Sea, she returned to HMNB Devonport where she was decommissioned slightly ahead of schedule on 26 September 2008.