Royal Navy Submarine Service
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The Royal Navy Submarine Service is one of the five fighting arms of the Royal Navy. It is sometimes known as the Silent Service, as submarines are generally required to operate undetected.
HMS Holland 1, the first submarine to be commissioned by the Royal Navy. She can be seen at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport.
On board HMS Tribune in 1942
The Swiftsure-class submarine Superb on the Clyde in Scotland.
The "Dolphins" badge, issued to all British submariners on completion of training. It is worn on the upper left breast, just above any medal ribbons.
Vanguard-class submarine
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The Vanguard class is a class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines in service with the Royal Navy. The class was introduced in 1994 as part of the Trident nuclear programme, and comprises f
Royal Navy Submarine Service
…SSNs), of the Astute class (with one further Astute-class boat currently under construction), and four ballistic missile submarines (SSBN), of the Vanguard class. All of these submarines are nuclear powered. The Royal Navy's senior submariner was for many years located at HMS Dolphin in Hampshire. It moved from…
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