When the HMS Vanguard returned to its home base in Scotland shortly after the collision, the submarine appeared to have ...

Vanguard-Class Submarines: UK's Nuclear Deterrent Powerhouses ... The 16-tube missile compartment on the new Trident submarines is based on the 24-tube system utilized on the United States Navy ...

The Trident II D5 ballistic missile is the Vanguard-class submarine’s primary weapon. This missile can carry multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs).

One unique feature of these submarines is the reconfigurable torpedo room. Serving as one of the U.K.'s primary nuclear deterrents, the Vanguard-class submarines carry 16 Trident II D5 missiles ...

A Royal Navy nuclear submarine suffered a "concerning" malfunction while diving, the BBC has been told. The incident on board the unnamed Vanguard class submarine, which carries the UK's trident ...

THE submarines of tomorrow are under construction behind the gates of Barrow's shipyard. BAE is working on three separate programmes to provide the next generation of nuclear submarines to the Royal ...

HMS Vanguard arrived at Devonport for maintenance in 2015 and had been due to leave in 2020 Inspectors found a "defect" on a nuclear submarine which had been at Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth for ...

Originally Royal Navy policy was for the Vanguard-class submarines to spend a maximum of 80 days at sea, for the welfare of the crew. But the shortage of working subs has led to longer patrols.

And for those on board the Vanguard-class vessels, patrolling at sea in a nuclear submarine, the challenges are all the greater. Last year, one such British submarine broke the record for the ...

Medics reportedly feared for a ‘serious loss of life’ after plans to resupply the vessel failed to materialise ...

The UK Defence Secretary has announced £79 million of investment in the next generation of Royal Navy submarines. The Successor submarines, which will carry the UK’s strategic nuclear deterrent ...