HMS Repulse (S23)

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HMS Repulse (S23) in the Firth of Clyde c1979.jpg
HMS Repulse in the Firth of Clyde circa 1979
History
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Repulse
OrderedMay 1963
Builder Vickers Shipbuilding Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down12 March 1965
Launched4 November 1967
Commissioned28 September 1968
Decommissioned28 August 1996
StatusStored at Rosyth, awaiting disposal
Badge Ships crest of HMS Repulse (S23).jpg
General characteristics
Class and type Resolution-class ballistic missile submarine
Displacementsurfaced 7,500 tons; submerged 8,400 tons.
Length425 ft (130 m)
Beam33 ft (10 m)
Draught30 ft 1 in (9.17 m)
Propulsion1 × Vickers/Rolls-Royce PWR.1 pressurised-water nuclear reactor, 27,500 shp (20,500 kW); Propeller.
Speedsurface - 20 kn (37 km/h); submerged - 25 kn (46 km/h)
RangeUnlimited except by food supplies
Complement143 per crew (two crews port and starboard)

HMS Repulse (S23) was a Resolution-class ballistic missile submarine of the Royal Navy.

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History

HMS Repulse was one of two Resolution-class ballistic missile submarines ordered from Vickers-Armstrongs on 8 May 1963, with a further two ordered from Cammell Laird the same day. Repulse was laid down at Vickers Armstrongs' Barrow-in-Furness shipyard on 12 March 1965 and was launched on 4 November 1967, [1] She was launched by Lady Joan Zuckerman who was the wife of the Chief Scientific Advisor. [2] Repulse ran aground in the Walney Channel during the launch, although she was undamaged and successfully floated off on the next high tide. [3] She commissioned on 28 September 1968. [4] While she was planned to be the third of her class, delays with the build of HMS Renown at Cammell Laird's Birkenhead shipyard meant that Repulse overtook Renown and was commissioned second of class. [5] She was the last of her class remaining in service with the navy, decommissioning in 1996.

Appearances in media

HMS Repulse was joined by a BBC film crew for a deployment in 1984. The crew documented the effect of the 8 week long deployment on both the crew, and family members on land. The program was broadcast on February 1985, as part of a 6 film series documenting the Royal Navy Submarine Service. [6]

Citations

  1. ↑ Blackman 1971, p. 335.
  2. ↑ "Untitled". www.hms-repulse.co.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  3. ↑ Hennessey and Jinks 2016, pp. 249–250.
  4. ↑ Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 531.
  5. ↑ Hennessey and Jinks 2016, pp. 251–252.
  6. ↑ "BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 21 January 1985. Retrieved 7 November 2023.

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