HMS Swiftsure (S126)
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| Career |  |
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| Laid down: | |
| Launched: | September 7, 1971 |
| Commissioned: | April 17, 1973 |
| Decommissioned: | 1992 |
| Fate: | Decommissioned |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,900 tonnes (dived) |
| Length: | 82.9 m |
| Beam: | 9.8 m |
| Draught: | 8.5 m |
| Propulsion: | |
| Speed: | In excess of 20 knots, dived |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 116 officers and men |
| Armament: | 5 x 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes, Spearfish torpedoes, RN Sub Harpoon missiles, Tomahawk missiles |
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The HMS Swiftsure (S126) was the lead ship of her class of nuclear attack submarines. HMS Swiftsure was decommissioned in 1992 due to damage suffered to the pressure hull during trials.
See HMS Swiftsure for other ships of the same name.
| Swiftsure-class submarine |
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Swiftsure | Sovereign | Superb | Sceptre | Spartan | Splendid |
| List of submarines of the Royal Navy List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy |
