HMS Trafalgar (S107)

	HMS Trafalgar, 2008
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Trafalgar
Namesake	Battle of Trafalgar
Ordered	7 April 1977
Builder	Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down	15 April 1979
Launched	1 July 1981
Commissioned	27 May 1983
Decommissioned	4 December 2009
Homeport	HMNB Devonport, Plymouth
Fate	Awaiting Disposal
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type	Trafalgar-class submarine
Displacement	Surfaced: 4,500 to 4,800 t (4,700 long tons; 5,300 short tons); Submerged: 5,200 to 5,300 t (5,200 long tons; 5,800 short tons);
Length	85.4 m (280 ft)
Beam	9.8 m (32 ft)
Draught	9.5 m (31 ft)
Propulsion	1 × Rolls-Royce PWR1 nuclear reactor; 2 × GEC steam turbines; 2 × WH Allen turbo generators; 3.2 MW; 2 × Paxman diesel generators 2,800 shp (2.1 MW); 1 × 7-bladed conventional propeller; 1 × motor for emergency drive; 1 × auxiliary retractable prop;
Speed	Over 30 knots (56 km/h), submerged
Range	Unlimited
Complement	130
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:; Tomahawk Block IV cruise missiles; Spearfish heavyweight torpedoes;
Service record
Operations:	Operation Veritas (Afghanistan)

HMS Trafalgar is a decommissioned Trafalgar-class submarine of the Royal Navy. Unlike the rest of the Trafalgar-class boats that followed, she was not launched with a pump-jet propulsion system, but with a conventional 7-bladed propeller.^[3] Trafalgar was the fifth vessel of the Royal Navy to bear the name, after the 1805 Battle of Trafalgar.

^ Jane's Fighting Ships, 2004-2005. Jane's Information Group Limited. p. 796. ISBN 0-7106-2623-1.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Bush, Steve (2014). British Warships and Auxiliaries. Maritime Books. p. 12. ISBN 978-1904459552.
^ ^a ^b Graham, Ian, Attack Submarine, Gloucester Publishing, Oct 1989, page 12. ISBN 978-0-531-17156-1

[Janes-1] Jane's Fighting Ships, 2004-2005. Jane's Information Group Limited. p. 796. ISBN 0-7106-2623-1.

[Steve_Bush_2014-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Bush, Steve (2014). British Warships and Auxiliaries. Maritime Books. p. 12. ISBN 978-1904459552.

[Graham,_Ian_1989,_page_12-3] Graham, Ian, Attack Submarine, Gloucester Publishing, Oct 1989, page 12. ISBN 978-0-531-17156-1

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History
HMS Trafalgar, 2008
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Trafalgar
Namesake	Battle of Trafalgar
Ordered	7 April 1977
Builder	Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down	15 April 1979
Launched	1 July 1981
Commissioned	27 May 1983
Decommissioned	4 December 2009
Homeport	HMNB Devonport, Plymouth
Fate	Awaiting Disposal
Badge
General characteristics ^[1]
Class and type	Trafalgar-class submarine
Displacement	Surfaced: 4,500 to 4,800 t (4,700 long tons; 5,300 short tons)^[2] Submerged: 5,200 to 5,300 t (5,200 long tons; 5,800 short tons)^[2]
Length	85.4 m (280 ft)^[2]
Beam	9.8 m (32 ft)^[2]
Draught	9.5 m (31 ft)^[2]
Propulsion	1 × Rolls-Royce PWR1 nuclear reactor 2 × GEC steam turbines 2 × WH Allen turbo generators; 3.2 MW 2 × Paxman diesel generators 2,800 shp (2.1 MW) 1 × 7-bladed conventional propeller^[3] 1 × motor for emergency drive 1 × auxiliary retractable prop
Speed	Over 30 knots (56 km/h), submerged^[2]
Range	Unlimited^[2]
Complement	130^[2]
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: Tomahawk Block IV cruise missiles Spearfish heavyweight torpedoes
Service record
Operations:	Operation Veritas (Afghanistan)