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Trafalgar class submarine
The Royal Navy's Trafalgar class of nuclear fleet submarines (SSNs) includes seven boats:
Trafalgar (S107)[?],
Turbulent (S87)[?],
Tireless (S88)[?],
Torbay (S90)[?],
Trenchant (S91)[?],
Talent (S92)[?], and
Triumph (S93)[?].
General Characteristics
- Displacement: 4750 tons surfaced, 5208 tons submerged
- Length: 85.4 meters
- Beam: 9.8 meters
- Draught: 9.5 meters
- Complement: 18 officers, 112 ratings
- Armament: five tubes capable of firing:
- Spearfish torpedoes
- Tigerfish torpedoes
- RN Sub Harpoon missiles
- Tomahawk missiles (Trafalgar and Triumph only)
- Sensors:
- sonar (bow, flank, active intercept, and towed arrays)
- periscopes (attack and search)
- collision avoidance radar
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