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HMS Renown
HMS Renown
History
UK
NameHMS Renown
BuilderCammell Laird, Birkenhead
Launched25 February 1967
Decommissioned1996
StatusAwiting Disposal
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General characteristics
Class and typeResolution-class ballistic missile submarine
Displacementsurfaced 7,500 tons; submerged 8,400 tons.
Length425 ft (130 m)
Beam33 ft (10 m)
Draught30 ft 1 in (9.17 m)
Propulsion1 × Vickers/Rolls-Royce PWR.1 pressurised-water nuclear reactor, 27,500 shp (20,500 kW); Propeller.
Speedsurface - 20 kn (37 km/h); submerged - 25 kn (46 km/h)
RangeUnlimited except by food supplies
Complement143 (two crews)

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.