HMS Vigilant is the third Vanguard-class submarine of the Royal Navy. It was built at Barrow-in-Furness and launched in October 1995, and commissioned in November 1996.

What You Need to Know: The Royal Navy's Vanguard-class ballistic missile submarines have been the cornerstone of the UK's nuclear deterrent since the early 1990s. Comprising four vessels—HMS ...

Able Seaman Smith and Able Seaman Davies in their bunks on the HMS Vigilant submarine on January 20 in Rhu, Scotland. HMS Vigilant is one of the UK's fleet of four Vanguard-class nuclear-powered ...

Vanguard-Class Submarines: The UK’s Aging Yet Formidable Nuclear Deterrent. The Royal Navy’s Vanguard-class submarines may be old, ... HMS Vigilant in 1996 and HMS Vengeance in 1999.

The Royal Navy’s four Vanguard-class submarines—Vanguard, Victorious, Vigilant, and Vengeance—were commissioned between 1993 and 1999 at a cost of £3.75 billion per hull.

HMS Vanguard had been due for a three and a half year refit which turned into seven and a half years A nuclear submarine has left Devonport dockyard after a seven and a half year refit. The 492ft ...

A look around Vanguard-class submarine HMS Vigilant, one of the UK's four nuclear warhead-carrying submarines, at HM Naval Base Clyde, also known as Faslane. UK News Website of the Year 2024 ...

The lead ship of the class – the HMS Vanguard – was commissioned in 1993, followed by the HMS Victorious in 1995, the HMS Vigilant in 1996, and the HMS Vengeance in 1999.