The S Class were in service at the time. They made up the balance, along
with the 4 R class SSBNs
Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Barker" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 7:17 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Naval museums now (UK SSNs)
> 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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