HMS Vanguard: The Last Battleship Ever Built was a 52,000 Ton Powerhouse Summary: The HMS Vanguard, the Royal Navy’s last battleship, was conceptualized to counteract potential naval inferiority ...

The fleet has aged beyond its original design life, with the first submarine, HMS Vanguard, commissioned in 1993, and the last, HMS Vengeance, in 1999.

HMS Vanguard was constructed at a time when the age of battleships was effectively over - submarines, aircraft, and long-range missiles had redefined naval warfare, rendering such massive surface ...

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The 492ft (150m)-long HMS Vanguard arrived for maintenance in December 2015 for a three and a half year refit and an unscheduled refuelling with a new nuclear core.

Here’s what you need to remember: Construction of the warship stopped and restarted during the war, and as a result to modifications being made to address wartime experience. HMS Vanguard wasn ...

Trident nuclear submarine HMS Vanguard has left Devonport dockyard. She had been due for a three and a half year refit which turned into seven and a half years. She will rejoin the UK's nuclear ...