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An artist rendering of future Successor-class submarine. Successor-class is United Kingdom future ballistic missile submarine which will be the replacement for the Vanguard class.
Artist impression of a Royal Navy Dreadnought-class SSBN. BAE Systems image.

Third Royal Navy Dreadnought-class SSBN to be Named HMS Warspite

UK's Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson announced on February 25 that the third Dreadnought-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) of the Royal Navy will be named 'HMS Warspite'.

Xavier Vavasseur 26 Feb 2019

The SSBN will take her place in the Fleet in the 2030s, alongside HMS Dreadnought, Valiant and a fourth, as yet unnamed, submarine, each carrying Trident nuclear missiles on deterrence patrols for three months at a time.

THREAD: @GavinWilliamson has just announced that the third of our future Dreadnought Class SSBNs will be named HMS Warspite. pic.twitter.com/tLZbXWI07Q

— First Sea Lord (@AdmPhilipJones) February 25, 2019

She’ll be the eighth warship to bear the name, tracing her history back to the final years of Elizabeth I’s reign. Most famously, the sixth Warspite, a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship, earned more battle honours than any other single warship in Royal Navy history.

The Dreadnought-class is the future replacement for the Vanguard class of ballistic missile submarines. Like their predecessors they will carry Trident II D-5 missiles. The new SSBN is set to have a displacement of 17,200 tons and length of 152.9 meters.

Dreadnought-class Royal Navy SSBN Submarine 2019-02-26
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Posted by : Xavier Vavasseur
Xavier is based in Paris, France. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems and a Master of Business Administration from Florida Institute of Technology (FIT). Xavier has been covering naval defense topics for nearly a decade.

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