H.M.S. Vigilant
S.30
2005
(Albatros ALK-75)
- Class: Vanguard - 4 ballistic missile nuclear submarines
of 1986-92
- Displacement: 14,000 (surfaced) / 16,000 (submerged) tons
- Dimensions: 492 x 42 x 39 ft.
- Machinery: 1 Rolls Royce PWR2 pressurized-water reactor,
2 English Electric turbines, S.H.P. 15,000 = 20/25 knots
- Armament: 16 Lockheed D5 Trident II ballistic missiles; 6-21" T.T.
- Complement: 146
- Builder:Vickers Shipbuilding Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness
- Laid Down: 16 Feb 1993
- Launched: 14 Oct 1995
- Completed: 2 Nov 1996
- Service: Based at Faslane, Scotland.
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