Trafalgar-class submarines

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Trafalgar-class_submarines
GPTKB entity
Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf nuclear-powered submarine class
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Spearfish_torpedoes
gptkb:Tomahawk_cruise_missiles
gptkbp:beam 9.8 metres
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:Vickers_Shipbuilding_and_Engineering
gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:commissioned 1983
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:crew 130
gptkbp:decommissioned 2022 (last vessel)
gptkbp:designedBy 1970s
gptkbp:displacement 4,800 tonnes submerged
gptkbp:enteredService 1983
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:HMNB_Devonport
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Trafalgar-class submarines
gptkbp:hullMaterial gptkb:steel
gptkbp:lastCommissioned 1991
gptkbp:length 85.4 metres
gptkbp:maximumSpeed over 30 knots submerged
gptkbp:notableDeployment gptkb:Iraq_War
gptkb:Kosovo_War
gptkb:Operation_Ellamy_(Libya,_2011)
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:HMS_Trafalgar_2002_grounding
HMS Tireless 2000 Gibraltar coolant leak
gptkbp:notableShip gptkb:HMS_Tireless
gptkb:HMS_Turbulent
gptkb:HMS_Talent
gptkb:HMS_Torbay
gptkb:HMS_Trenchant
gptkb:HMS_Triumph
gptkb:HMS_Trafalgar
gptkbp:numberBuilt 7
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Swiftsure-class_submarines
gptkbp:primaryMission maritime security
support of special forces
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:nuclear_reactor
gptkbp:range effectively unlimited (nuclear powered)
gptkbp:role gptkb:intelligence_gathering
anti-submarine warfare
land attack
gptkbp:sonar gptkb:Type_2076_sonar
gptkbp:status retired
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Astute-class_submarines
gptkbp:torpedoTubes 5
gptkbp:type gptkb:marine
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:PWR1_nuclear_reactor
gptkb:Royal_Navy_Submarine_Service
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6