HMS Revenge (S27)
| HMS Revenge transits the Rhu Narrows as she departs the Gareloch in May 1982 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Revenge | 
| Builder | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 
| Laid down | 19 May 1965 | 
| Launched | 15 March 1968 | 
| Commissioned | 4 December 1969 | 
| Decommissioned | May 1992 | 
| 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) | 
HMS Revenge (S27) was the fourth of the Royal Navy's Resolution-class ballistic missile submarines.