HMS Churchill (S46)

HMS Churchill at sea
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Churchill
NamesakeWinston Churchill
Ordered21 October 1965
Laid down30 June 1967
Launched20 December 1968
Commissioned15 July 1970
Decommissioned28 February 1991
FateAwaiting disposal
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeChurchill-class submarine
Displacement4,900 tonnes (4,823 long tons) submerged
Length86.9 m (285 ft 1 in)
Beam10.1 m (33 ft 2 in)
Draught8.2 m (26 ft 11 in)
Propulsion1 Rolls-Royce PWR nuclear reactor, 1 shaft
Speed28 knots (32 mph; 52 km/h) submerged
Complement103
Armament

HMS Churchill was the first of three Churchill-class[a] nuclear fleet submarines that served with the Royal Navy.

  1. ^ Hennessey & Jinks 2016, p. 291.
  2. ^ Friedman 2021, Chapter 7: Going Nuclear "SSN 04 and SSN 05 were described as the Repeat Valiant Class (NSR 7064)."
  3. ^ Blackman 1971, p. 336.
  4. ^ Gardiner & Chumbley 1995, p. 530.


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