HMS Talent (S92)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Talent.

HMS Talent (S92) with Lynx in the Mediterranean Sea 2013
Talent in the Mediterranean Sea, October 2013.
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Talent
Ordered10 September 1984
BuilderVickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down13 May 1986
Launched15 April 1988
Sponsored byThe Princess Royal
Commissioned12 May 1990
Decommissioned20 May 2022
HomeportHMNB Clyde, Faslane
IdentificationS92
StatusDecommissioned
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeTrafalgar-class submarine
Displacement
  • Surfaced: 4,500 to 4,800 t (4,700 long tons; 5,300 short tons)[1]
  • Submerged: 5,200 to 5,300 t (5,200 long tons; 5,800 short tons)[1]
Length85.4 m (280 ft 2 in)[1]
Beam9.8 m (32 ft 2 in)[1]
Draught9.5 m (31 ft 2 in)[1]
Propulsion
SpeedOver 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph), submerged[1]
RangeUnlimited[1]
Complement130[1]
Sensors and
processing systems		Sonar 2076
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • 2 × SSE Mk8 launchers for Type 2066 and Type 2071 torpedo decoys
  • RESM Racal UAP passive intercept
  • CESM Outfit CXA
  • SAWCS decoys carried from 2002
Armament
  • 5 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes with stowage for up to 30 weapons:

HMS Talent is the sixth of seven Trafalgar-class nuclear submarines operated by the Royal Navy from 1990 until 2022. It was built at Barrow-in-Furness.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Bush, Steve (2014). British Warships and Auxiliaries. Maritime Books. p. 12. ISBN 978-1904459552.
  2. ^ "US study of reactor and fuel types to enable naval reactors to shift from HEU fuel". International Panel on Fissile Missiles. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2022.