The eleventh HMS Vanguard of the Royal Navy is the lead boat of her class of Trident ballistic missile-armed submarines. The submarine is based at Faslane, HMNB Clyde, Argyll, Scotland.
Name | HMS Vanguard
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Ordered | 30 May 1986
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Laid down | 3 September 1986
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Launched | 4 March 1992
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Commissioned | 14 August 1993
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Displacement | 15,900 tonnes, submerged
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Length | 149.9 m (491 ft 10 in)
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Beam | 12.8 m (42 ft 0 in)
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Speed | In excess of 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph), submerged
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Complement | 135
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