HMS Churchill (S46)

History
Name	HMS Churchill
Namesake	Winston Churchill
Laid down	30 June 1967
Launched	20 December 1968
Commissioned	15 July 1970
Decommissioned	28 February 1991
Fate	Awaiting disposal
General characteristics
Class and type	Churchill-class submarine
Displacement	4,900 tonnes (4,823 long tons) submerged
Length	86.9 m (285 ft 1 in)
Beam	10.1 m (33 ft 2 in)
Draught	8.2 m (26 ft 11 in)
Propulsion	1 Rolls-Royce PWR nuclear reactor, 1 shaft
Speed	28 knots (32 mph; 52 km/h) submerged
Complement	103
Armament	6 × 533 millimetres (21 in) torpedo tubes • Mark 8 torpedoes • Tigerfish torpedoes • RN Sub Harpoon missiles

For the WWII destroyer, see USS Herndon (DD-198).

HMS Churchill was the first of three Churchill-class submarine nuclear fleet submarines that served with the British Royal Navy.

External links

• http://www.hmschurchill.co.uk