History & Modifications
Valiant:
Valiant was fitted with Mk23 torpedoes from 1970. In the late 1970s the Type 2001 array was replaced by
a Type 2020 array, and a Type 2026 towed array was added. In the early 1980s she was equipped to fire
SubHarpoon.
She was decommissioned in 1997 and is laid up at Devonport awaiting disposal.
Warspite:
Warspite was fitted with Mk23 torpedoes from 1970, and from the early 1980s could carry SubHarpoon. She
was not given a sonar refit.
She was decommissioned in 1993 after cracks were found in the reactor core during a refit and is
laid up at Devonport awaiting disposal.