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.

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 ...

Ultimately, HMS Vanguard was commissioned in 1946, a year after WWII had ended. What makes the Vanguard so memorable for the British is the fact that she was the last official battleship the Royal ...

The prime minister boarded HMS Vanguard, one of the UK's nuclear-armed submarines, which had been at sea more than 200 days, amid issues with maintaining an ageing fleet while upholding the ...

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.