Churchill class

Churchill- class

The courageous

Ship data country  United Kingdom Ship type Submarine Shipyard Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Units built 3

Ship dimensions and crew length 86.9 m ( Lüa ) Draft Max. 8.2 m displacement 4900  t   crew 103 men

Machine system machine Nuclear reactor steam turbine

Mission data submarine Top speed submerged 28 kn (52 km / h)

Armament 6 × torpedo tube ⌀ 53.3 cm Torpedoes Mk VIII Mk 24 Tigerfish AGM-84 Harpoon

The Churchill- class was a class of nuclear powered fighter submarines in the Royal Navy .

There are three boats in this class.

• Churchill Launched: December 20, 1968
• Conqueror Launched: August 28, 1969
• Courageous Launched: March 7, 1970

All three ships were built by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering .

history

The Churchill class is the upgraded version of the Valiant class . It is named after the former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill . Like all nuclear submarines, they could dive indefinitely. The most famous boat of the class was the Conqueror , she took part in the Falklands War and sank the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano . The Conqueror was decommissioned in 1990.

Web links

• Britsub.net