HMS Warspite (S103)
HMS Warspite | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Warspite |
| Ordered | 12 December 1962 |
| Builder | Vickers-Armstrongs |
| Laid down | 10 December 1963 |
| Launched | 25 September 1965 |
| Commissioned | 18 April 1967 |
| Decommissioned | 1991 |
| Honours & awards | 25 inherited honours |
| Fate | In storage, awaiting disposal |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Valiant-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 285 ft (87 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft 3 in (10.13 m) |
| Draught | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
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| Speed |
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| Range | Unlimited, except by food supplies |
| Complement | 116 |
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The latest HMS Warspite was the third of Britain's nuclear-powered submarines, and the second (and final) of the Valiant class. After entering service in 1967 she collided with a Soviet submarine the following year. A mechanical failure associated with the submarine's nuclear reactor in 1991 led to the boat being laid up at HMNB Devonport where she awaits disposal.