HMS Turbulent (S87)

	HMS Turbulent (S87), 2011
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Turbulent
Ordered	28 July 1978
Builder	Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down	8 May 1980
Launched	1 December 1982
Sponsored by	Lady Cassidi
Commissioned	28 April 1984
Decommissioned	14 July 2012
Homeport	HMNB Devonport, Plymouth
Identification	Pennant number: S87
Status	Awaiting disposal
Notes	Nicknamed "Turbs"
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General characteristics
Class and type	Trafalgar-class submarine
Displacement	Surfaced: 4,500 to 4,800 t (4,700 long tons; 5,300 short tons); Submerged: 5,200 to 5,300 t (5,200 long tons; 5,800 short tons);
Length	85.4 m (280 ft)
Beam	9.8 m (32 ft)
Draught	9.5 m (31 ft)
Propulsion	1 × Rolls-Royce PWR1 nuclear reactor, HEU 93.5%; 2 × GEC steam turbines; 2 × WH Allen turbo generators; 3.2 MW; 2 × Paxman diesel generators 2,800 shp (2.1 MW); 1 × pump jet propulsor; 1 × motor for emergency drive; 1 × auxiliary retractable prop;
Speed	Over 30 knots (56 km/h), submerged
Range	Unlimited
Complement	130
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	2 × SSE Mk8 launchers for Type 2066 and Type 2071 torpedo decoys; RESM Racal UAP passive intercept; CESM Outfit CXA; SAWCS decoys carried from 2002;
Armament	5 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes with stowage for up to 30 weapons:; Tomahawk Block IV cruise missiles; Spearfish heavyweight torpedoes;

HMS Turbulent is a retired Trafalgar-class submarine of the Royal Navy and the second vessel of her class. Turbulent was the fifth vessel, and second submarine, of the Royal Navy to bear this name. She was built by Vickers Shipbuilding, Barrow-in-Furness, and based at HMNB Devonport. She was commissioned in 1984 and decommissioned in July 2012. She was stripped of equipment and now awaits dismantling in number 3 Basin at Devonport.

Originally intended to hunt down Soviet missile submarines, after the end of the Cold War Turbulent spent more time on intelligence gathering missions and landing commando units, as well as firing Tomahawk missiles during the 2003 Iraq war.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Trafalgar-class Archived 29 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine, www.royalnavy.mod.uk
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference RN110712 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Bush, Steve (2014). British Warships and Auxiliaries. Maritime Books. p. 12. ISBN 978-1904459552.
^ "US study of reactor and fuel types to enable naval reactors to shift from HEU fuel". International Panel on Fissile Missiles. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2022.

[hmforces-1] Trafalgar-class Archived 29 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine, www.royalnavy.mod.uk

[RN110712-2] Cite error: The named reference RN110712 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Steve_Bush_2014-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Bush, Steve (2014). British Warships and Auxiliaries. Maritime Books. p. 12. ISBN 978-1904459552.

[4] "US study of reactor and fuel types to enable naval reactors to shift from HEU fuel". International Panel on Fissile Missiles. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2022.

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History
HMS Turbulent (S87), 2011
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Turbulent
Ordered	28 July 1978
Builder	Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down	8 May 1980
Launched	1 December 1982
Sponsored by	Lady Cassidi
Commissioned	28 April 1984
Decommissioned	14 July 2012
Homeport	HMNB Devonport, Plymouth^[1]
Identification	Pennant number: S87
Status	Awaiting disposal
Notes	Nicknamed "Turbs"^[2]
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General characteristics ^[1]
Class and type	Trafalgar-class submarine
Displacement	Surfaced: 4,500 to 4,800 t (4,700 long tons; 5,300 short tons)^[3] Submerged: 5,200 to 5,300 t (5,200 long tons; 5,800 short tons)^[3]
Length	85.4 m (280 ft)^[3]
Beam	9.8 m (32 ft)^[3]
Draught	9.5 m (31 ft)^[3]
Propulsion	1 × Rolls-Royce PWR1 nuclear reactor, HEU 93.5%^[4] 2 × GEC steam turbines 2 × WH Allen turbo generators; 3.2 MW 2 × Paxman diesel generators 2,800 shp (2.1 MW) 1 × pump jet propulsor 1 × motor for emergency drive 1 × auxiliary retractable prop
Speed	Over 30 knots (56 km/h), submerged^[3]
Range	Unlimited^[3]
Complement	130^[3]
Electronic warfare & decoys	2 × SSE Mk8 launchers for Type 2066 and Type 2071 torpedo decoys RESM Racal UAP passive intercept CESM Outfit CXA SAWCS decoys carried from 2002
Armament	5 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes with stowage for up to 30 weapons: Tomahawk Block IV cruise missiles Spearfish heavyweight torpedoes