File:Officer Of The Watch Aboard HMS Vanguard. MOD 45159466.jpg
In 1996 HMS Vanguard, the first submarine armed with the Trident missile system, arrived on the Clyde and took over deterrent patrol duties from the Resolution Class. The four Vanguard-class submarines form the UK's strategic nuclear deterrent force.
Each of the four boats are armed with Trident 2 D5 nuclear missiles. Like all submarines the Vanguard Class are steam powered, their reactors converting water into steam to drive the engines and generate electricity.
Fitted with world beating sonar, essentially their ears, the system is so sensitive they can hear vessels over 50 miles away.
- Organization: Royal Navy
- Object Name: 04130598
- Category: MOD
- Supplemental Categories: People, Royal Navy, Equipment, Submarines, Ballistic
- Keywords: Royal Navy, Personnel, Non-Identifiable, Submariner, Movements, Standing, Equipment, Submarine, Ballistic, Strategic Nuclear Deterrent Force, SSBN, Vanguard Class, Trident, HMS Vanguard, S28, Blue Sky, Map, Compass, Conning Tower
- Country: At Sea
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