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Nuclear submarine HMS Vanguard arrives back at HM Naval Base Clyde, Faslane, Scotland following a patrol. A Triomphant-class submarine (here, Vigilant). The submarines HMS Vanguard of the Royal Navy and Le Triomphant of the French Navy collided in the Atlantic Ocean in the night between 3–4 February 2009.
The Vanguard class is a class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) in service with the Royal Navy. [2] 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. [3]
A news item involving HMS Vanguard and Le Triomphant submarine collision was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news section on 16 February 2009. Wikipedia This article is rated C-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
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In the night between 3–4 February 2009, Le Triomphant collided with the Royal Navy submarine HMS Vanguard in the Atlantic. [ 2 ] [ 10 ] Both vessels returned to home bases under their own power, Vanguard to Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde in the Firth of Clyde on 14 February 2009, and Le Triomphant to Île Longue in Brittany , escorted by a ...
The eleventh HMS Vanguard of the Royal Navy is the lead boat of her class of Trident ballistic missile-armed submarines. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The submarine is based at Faslane, HMNB Clyde , Argyll , Scotland.
HMS Vanguard and Le Triomphant submarine collision; ... UGM-133 Trident II; V. Vanguard-class submarine; W.
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