HMS Triumph (S93)

HMS Triumph in the Middle East, 2012
History
United Kingdom
NameTriumph
Ordered3 July 1986
BuilderVickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down2 February 1987
Launched16 February 1991
Sponsored byMrs. Ann Hamilton
Commissioned2 October 1991
DecommissionedProjected early 2025
HomeportHMNB Devonport, Plymouth
IdentificationPennant number: S93
StatusOut of service; awaiting decommissioning
Badge
General characteristics
Class & typeTrafalgar-class submarine
Displacement
  • Surfaced: 4,500 to 4,800 t (4,700 long tons; 5,300 short tons)
  • Submerged: 5,200 to 5,300 t (5,200 long tons; 5,800 short tons)
Length85.4 m (280 ft)
Beam9.8 m (32 ft)
Draught9.5 m (31 ft)
Propulsion
SpeedOver 30 knots (56 km/h), submerged
RangeUnlimited
Complement130
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • 2 × SSE Mk8 launchers for Type 2066 and Type 2071 torpedo decoys
  • RESM Racal UAP passive intercept
  • CESM Outfit CXA
  • SAWCS decoys carried from 2002
Armament
  • 5 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes with stowage for up to 30 weapons:

HMS Triumph is a Trafalgar-class nuclear submarine of the Royal Navy and was the seventh and final boat of her class. She is the nineteenth nuclear-powered hunter-killer submarine built for the Royal Navy. Triumph is the tenth vessel, and the second submarine, to bear the name. The first HMS Triumph was a 68-gun galleon built in 1561.

Triumph was laid down in 1987 by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Limited. The boat was launched in February 1991 by Mrs. Ann Hamilton, wife of the then Armed Forces Minister Archie Hamilton. She was commissioned in October that same year.

Triumph is to be decommissioned in early 2025, until then the last boat of her class remaining in service.