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| Career
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| Ordered:
| April 7, 1977
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| Laid down:
| April 15, 1979
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| Launched:
| July 1, 1981
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| Commissioned:
| May 27, 1983
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| Decommissioned:
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| Fate:
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| Struck:
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| General Characteristics
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| Displacement:
| 5,200 tonnes dived
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| Length:
| 85.4 m
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| Beam:
| 9.8 m
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| Draught:
| 9.5.m
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| Propulsion:
| One Rolls-Royce PWR1 nuclear reactor, two steam turbines, one shaft, 15,000 shp (11 MW)
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| Speed:
| 20 knots (37 km/h) surfaced 30 knots (56 km/h) submerged
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| Range:
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| Complement:
| 130
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| Armament:
| 5 tubes capable of firing:
Spearfish Torpedoes
RN Sub Harpoon Missiles
Tomahawk Missiles `
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| Motto:
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HMS Trafalgar (S107) is a Trafalgar-class submarine of the Royal Navy.
In November 2002, Trafalgar ran aground close to Skye, causing £5 million worth of damage to her hull and injuring three sailors. She was traveling 50 metres below the surface at more than 14 knots when Lieutenant-Commander Tim Green, a student in the "Perisher" course for new submarine commanders, ordered a course change that took her onto the rocks at Fladda Chuain , a small but well-charted islet.
Commander Robert Fancy, responsible for navigation, and Commander Ian McGhie, an instructor, both pleaded guilty at court-martial to contributing to the accident. On 9 March 2004 the court reprimanded both for negligence. Green was not prosecuted, but received an administrative censure.[1]
See HMS Trafalgar for other ships of the same name.
