Trafalgar

NameTrafalgar
CategoryMilitary ships - War ships - Submarines
FlagUnited Kingdom
Year of built1981
Length, m85.40
Width, m9.80
Draught, m9.50
Home portPlymouth
ShipbuilderVickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, Barrow-in-Furness
Main engine type1 x Rolls Royce PWR1, 2 × GEC steam turbines
Speed, kts32.0
OwnerBritish government
OperatorBritish Royal Navy
StatusAwaiting disposal

Trafalgar was decommissioned on 4 December 2009 at Devenport.

Class & type: Trafalgar-class submarine

Displacement: 5,300 tonnes, submerged

Propulsion:

Single Rolls Royce PWR1 nuclear reactor driving

2 × GEC steam turbines

2 × W.H. Allen turbo generators; 3.2 MW

2 × Paxman diesel alternators 2,800 shp (2.1 MW)

Range: Limited by food and maintenance requirements only

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 land-attack missiles

Spearfish heavyweight torpedoes.

  • Trafalgar

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    Trafalgar is alongside at Southampton. As seen from APL Russia.
    December 1st, 2014
    December 10th, 2008
    Tsarik Ruslan - ReX
    Southampton, UK
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