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Trafalgar Class

Name	Builders	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned
S92 Talent	V	13th May 1986	15th April 1986	12th May 1990
S88 Tireless	V	6th June 1981	17th March 1984	5th October 1985
S90 Torbay	V	3rd December 1982	8th March 1985	7th February 1987
S107 Trafalgar	V	25th April 1979	1st July 1981	27th May 1983
S91 Trenchant	V	28th October 1985	3rd November 1986	14th January 1989
S93 Triumph	V	2nd February 1987	16th February 1990	12th October 1991
S87 Turbulent	V	8th May 1980	1st December 1982	28th April 1984

Builders:
V : Vickers, Barrow, United Kingdom

Dimensions:
280' x 33' x 27' / 85.40m x 10.10m x 8.20m

Displacement:
4800 tons surfaced / 5300 tons dived

Complement:
12 + 85

Armament:
5 x 21" bow torpedo tubes

A total of 20 weapons could be carried. Torpedoes were Mk24 Tigerfish, and one SubHarpoon SLCM could be carried per torpedo space. Two Stonefish or Sea Urchin mines could be carried per torpedo space.

Powerplant:
One Rolls Royce PWR1 nuclear reactor was fitted, driving two GEC steam turbines producing a total of 15000shp and driving one pumpjet. Maximum speed was 20kts surfaced and 28kts dived. A Paxman diesel generator is also fitted. A Paxman diesel generator is also fitted.

Electronics Fit:
Radar:
Type 1007 navigation

Sonar:
Type 2020 bow
Type 2007 flank mounted
Type 2019 PARIS intercept
Type 2026 towed array

Other:
DCB AIO / fire control

Miscellaneous:
Two SSE Mk6 decoy launchers are fitted with Type 2066 and Type 2071 decoys.