HMS Turbulent (S87)

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

HMS Turbulent (S87), 2011
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Turbulent
Ordered28 July 1978
BuilderVickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down8 May 1980
Launched1 December 1982
Sponsored byLady Cassidi
Commissioned28 April 1984
Decommissioned14 July 2012
HomeportHMNB Devonport, Plymouth[1]
IdentificationPennant number: S87
StatusAwaiting disposal
NotesNicknamed "Turbs"[2]
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General characteristics [1]
Class and typeTrafalgar-class submarine
Displacement
  • Surfaced: 4,500 to 4,800 t (4,700 long tons; 5,300 short tons)[3]
  • Submerged: 5,200 to 5,300 t (5,200 long tons; 5,800 short tons)[3]
Length85.4 m (280 ft)[3]
Beam9.8 m (32 ft)[3]
Draught9.5 m (31 ft)[3]
Propulsion
SpeedOver 30 knots (56 km/h), submerged[3]
RangeUnlimited[3]
Complement130[3]
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 Turbulent is a retired Trafalgar-class submarine of the Royal Navy and the second vessel of her class. Turbulent was the fifth vessel, and second submarine, of the Royal Navy to bear this name. She was built by Vickers Shipbuilding, Barrow-in-Furness, and based at HMNB Devonport. She was commissioned in 1984 and decommissioned in July 2012. She was stripped of equipment and now awaits dismantling in number 3 Basin at Devonport.

Originally intended to hunt down Soviet missile submarines, after the end of the Cold War Turbulent spent more time on intelligence gathering missions and landing commando units, as well as firing Tomahawk missiles during the 2003 Iraq war.[2]

  1. ^ a b Trafalgar-class Archived 29 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine, www.royalnavy.mod.uk
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference RN110712 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Bush, Steve (2014). British Warships and Auxiliaries. Maritime Books. p. 12. ISBN 978-1904459552.
  4. ^ "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.