HMS Splendid (S106)
HMS Splendid pictured off HMNB Clyde in March 1995
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Name | HMS Splendid (ex Severn) |
Operator | Royal Navy |
Ordered | 26 May 1976 |
Builder | Vickers |
Laid down | 23 November 1977 |
Launched | 5 October 1979 |
Commissioned | 21 March 1981 |
Decommissioned | 2004 |
Motto | Splendidly Audacious |
Status | Awaiting Disposal |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Swiftsure-class submarine |
Displacement | 4,900 tonnes (dived) |
Length | 82.9 m (272 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 9.8 m (32 ft 2 in) |
Draught | 8.5 m (27 ft 11 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | In excess of 20 knots (37 km/h), dived |
Complement | 116 officers and men |
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HMS Splendid was a Royal Navy nuclear-powered fleet submarine of the Swiftsure class. From commissioning in 1979 to her decommission in 2004 she took part in many operations involving British forces around the globe.
Construction
HMS Splendid was ordered on 26 May 1976 as the sixth and last submarine of the Swiftsure class.
Operational history
Her first major conflict came in 1982 during the
In November 1998, the Royal Navy attained initial operational capability for the American-built
In July 2003 Splendid returned to her home at Faslane Naval Base on the River Clyde in Scotland. The youngest of the Swiftsure vessels, she was decommissioned in HMNB Devonport, Plymouth in 2004. Commander Burke was later awarded the OBE for his leadership of HMS Splendid in the Gulf.
Alleged involvement in the loss of Kursk
HMS Splendid was alleged by Russian officials to have been present, along with the
at the Russian war games during which the Russian submarineCommanding officers
From | To | Captain |
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1981 | 1982 | Commander Roger Lane-Nott RN |
1987 | 1988 | Commander Mark Stanhope RN |
1994 | 1997 | Commander Ken Clark RN |
1997 | 1999 | Commander Ian Corder RN |
Notes
- ^ a b c Moore 1985, p. 616.
- ^ "Splendid (S106)". Submariners Association: Barrow-in-Furness Branch. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
- ^ Polmar 2008, p. 517.
- ^ Woodward & Robinson 2012.
- ^ "Royal Navy Launches First Live Warhead Tomahawk". Defense Daily. 19 November 1998. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ^ a b "British Launch Tomahawk Missiles As Part Of Strikes On Afghanistan". Defense Daily. 10 October 2001. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ^ "Hero's welcome for sub crew". BBC News. 17 July 2003. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- New York Times. New York. 1 September 2000. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
- ^ Gentleman, Amelia (24 August 2002). "Fire down below". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
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"Cohen Press conference at the U.S. Embassy, Tokyo". US Department of Defense. 22 September 2000. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
Bibliography
- Moore, John (1985). Jane's Fighting Ships 1985–86. Jane's Yearbooks. ISBN 978-0-710-60814-7.
- Polmar, N. (2008). Aircraft Carriers: A History of Carrier Aviation, Vol. 2, 1946–2006. Washington, DC: Potomac Books. ISBN 978-1-574-88665-8.
- Woodward, Sandy; Robinson, Patrick (2012). One Hundred Days: The Memoirs of the Falklands Fleet Commander. London: Harper. ISBN 978-0-007-43640-8.
External links
- "Gulf War honours for servicemen". BBC News. 7 April 2004. Retrieved 10 June 2015.