HMS Courageous (S50)

HMS Courageous (S50) is a decommissioned Churchill-class nuclear fleet submarine in service with the Royal Navy from 1971. She is now a museum ship managed by the Devonport Naval Heritage Centre.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Courageous.

Decommissioned HMS Courageous
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Courageous
Laid down15 May 1968
Launched7 March 1970
Commissioned16 October 1971
Decommissioned10 April 1992
Motto
  • Fortiter in Angustis
  • ("Bravely in straits")
StatusMuseum ship
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General characteristics
Class and typeChurchill-class submarine
Displacement4,900 tonnes (submerged)
Length86.9 m (285 ft 1 in)
Beam10.1 m (33 ft 2 in)
Draught8.2 m (26 ft 11 in)
PropulsionOne nuclear reactor, one shaft
Speed28 knots (52 km/h) submerged
Complement103
Armament
  • 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
  • Mark 8 torpedoes
  • Mark 24 Tigerfish torpedoes
  • RN Sub Harpoon missiles

In 2021, plans to set up a Cold War Centre around Courageous entered their first phase of implementation, supported by the National Museum of the Royal Navy.

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