HMS Victorious is the second Vanguard-class submarine of the Royal Navy. Victorious carries the Trident ballistic missile, the UK's nuclear deterrent.
Victorious near Faslane, Scotland in April 2013.
The Vanguard class is a class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) in service with the Royal Navy. The class was introduced in 1994 as part of the Trident nuclear programme, and comprises four vessels: Vanguard, Victorious, Vigilant and Vengeance, built between 1986 and 1999 at Barrow-in-Furness by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, now owned by BAE Systems. All four boats are based at HM Naval Base Clyde , 40 km (25 mi) west of Glasgow, Scotland.
HMS Vanguard at Faslane, 2010
The 25,000 m2 (270,000 sq ft) Devonshire Dock Hall indoor shipbuilding complex
Test launch of a Trident II missile by a Vanguard-class submarine
HMS Victorious in the Clyde estuary, 2003