Good point: The Trafalgar class subs seem to have been launched and
commissioned after the Falklands War (e.g. Dec 82), but HMS Sceptre was
launched in 1978, the tenth nuclear-powered sub according to the RN
website:
http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/pages/2307.html
I must admit that we have more SSNs than I originally thought, but only
2 or 3... well!
;-)
Chris (who would not fancy a job in the deep, and rather admires the
skippers who manage these machines... )
On 7 Jan 2004 , at 13:53, Joe Gwinn wrote:
At 12:44 PM +0000 1/7/04, olympus-digest wrote:
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 06:27:15 +0000
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Naval museums now
I think it was HMS Conqueror. And the RN site lists 12 SSNs (Ship
Submersible Nuclear) - 2 or 3 indeed! ;-)
I recall the 2 or 3 numbers from news reports during the Falklands
War, and those reports wre quite definite. When were those 12 ships
launched?
Piers later commented that there were (are?) three Churchill-class
subs in the UK fleet.
Joe Gwinn
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