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The Triomphant class of ballistic missile submarines of the French Navy is the active lead boat class of four boats that entered service in 1997, 1999, 2004, and 2010. These four superseded the older Redoutable class, and they provide the ocean-based component (the Force océanique stratégique) of France's nuclear deterrent strike force, the Force de dissuasion (deterrence force).
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 ...
HMS Vanguard was a British fast battleship built during the Second World War and commissioned after the war ended. She was the largest and fastest of the Royal Navy's battleships, [3] and the only ship of her class. Vanguard was the last battleship to be built in history. [4]
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 refit was completed in June 2004 and in October 2005, Vanguard completed her return to service trials (Demonstration and Shakedown Operations) with the firing of an unarmed Trident missile. During this refit, Vanguard was boarded by a pair of anti-nuclear protesters who spent half an hour on board before being challenged. They were charged ...
The primary reason for designation under this Act is to protect as a 'war grave' the last resting place of UK servicemen (or other nationals). HMS Ardent (F184), HMS Antelope and HMS Coventry, which were sunk in the Falklands War, are not protected under this act, but are protected under the Falkland Islands Protection of Wrecks Ordnance 1977.
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[10] [11] HMS Vanguard was fitted with the new core during its refit, followed by her three sister boats. The Astute -class submarines have this full-life core installed. As they were developed for SSBNs , the reactors are considerably larger than those of then-current British fleet submarines.