HMS Revenge (S27)
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| 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 | .jpg) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and 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.
Built by Cammell Laird and launched on 15 March 1968, she was marked for disposal in 1992. She is currently being stored pending the identification of a disposal solution for all of the UK's decommissioned nuclear submarines, at Rosyth dockyard,[1][2] on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth. She is docked down for maintenance and re-preservation approximately every 12 years.
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