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The Vanguard class is a class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) in service with the Royal Navy. The class was introduced in 1994 as part of the Trident nuclear programme, and comprises four vessels: Vanguard, Victorious, Vigilant and Vengeance, built between 1986 and 1999 at Barrow-in-Furness by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, now owned by BAE Systems.
Trident (UK nuclear programme) Trident, also known as the Trident nuclear programme or Trident nuclear deterrent, covers the development, procurement and operation of nuclear weapons in the United Kingdom and their means of delivery. Its purpose as stated by the Ministry of Defence is to "deter the most extreme threats to our national security ...
The Vanguard Group, Inc. (commonly known as simply Vanguard ), is an American registered investment advisor based in Malvern, Pennsylvania, with about $7.7 trillion in global assets under management, as of April 2023. [3] It is the largest provider of mutual funds and the second-largest provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the world ...
Letters of last resort. HMS , one of four Vanguard -class submarines comprising the UK's nuclear deterrent. The letters of last resort are four identically worded handwritten letters from the prime minister of the United Kingdom to the commanding officers of the four British ballistic missile submarines. [A] They contain orders on what action ...
The Dreadnought class is the future replacement for the Royal Navy 's Vanguard class of ballistic missile submarines. [1] Like their predecessors they will carry Trident II D-5 missiles. [4] The Vanguard submarines entered service in the United Kingdom in the 1990s with an intended service life of 25 years. [5]
The submarines HMS Vanguard of the Royal Navy and Le Triomphant of the French Navy collided in the Atlantic Ocean in the night between 3–4 February 2009. Both nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines sustained damage, but no injuries or radioactivity releases were reported. [1] At the time of the collision, both vessels were submerged and ...
In 1900 the Royal Navy ordered five submarines from Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering of Barrow-in-Furness, designed by Electric Boat Company. The following year the first submarine, Holland 1, was launched, and the navy recruited six officers for the Submarine Service, under Reginald Bacon as Inspecting Captain of Submarines.
HMS Vanguard (S28) HMS. Vanguard. (S28) Only limited by food and maintenance requirements. The eleventh HMS Vanguard of the Royal Navy is the lead boat of her class of Trident ballistic missile -armed submarines. [1] [2] The submarine is based at Faslane, HMNB Clyde, Argyll, Scotland.