HMS Renown (S26)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Renown |
| Builder | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead |
| Laid down | 25 June 1964 |
| Launched | 25 February 1967 |
| Commissioned | 15 November 1968 |
| Decommissioned | 24 February 1996 |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Resolution-class ballistic missile submarine |
| Displacement | surfaced 7,500 tons; submerged 8,400 tons. |
| Length | 425 ft (130 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draught | 30 ft 1 in (9.17 m) |
| Propulsion | 1 × Vickers/Rolls-Royce PWR.1 pressurised-water nuclear reactor, 27,500 shp (20,500 kW); Propeller. |
| Speed | surface - 20 kn (37 km/h); submerged - 25 kn (46 km/h) |
| Range | Unlimited except by food supplies |
| Complement | 143 (two crews) |
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HMS Renown (S26) was the third of the Royal Navy's Resolution-class ballistic missile submarines.
Built by Cammell Laird and launched on 25 February 1967, she was decommissioned in 1996.