HMS Talent (S92)

HMS Talent is the sixth of seven Trafalgar-class nuclear submarines operated by the Royal Navy from 1990 until 2022. It was built at Barrow-in-Furness.

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

Talent in the Mediterranean Sea, October 2013.
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Talent
Ordered10 September 1984
BuilderVickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down13 May 1986
Launched15 April 1988
Sponsored byThe Princess Royal
Commissioned12 May 1990
Decommissioned20 May 2022
HomeportHMNB Clyde, Faslane
IdentificationS92
StatusDecommissioned
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeTrafalgar-class submarine
Displacement
  • Surfaced: 4,500 to 4,800 t (4,700 long tons; 5,300 short tons)
  • Submerged: 5,200 to 5,300 t (5,200 long tons; 5,800 short tons)
Length85.4 m (280 ft 2 in)
Beam9.8 m (32 ft 2 in)
Draught9.5 m (31 ft 2 in)
Propulsion
  • 1 × Rolls-Royce PWR1 nuclear reactor, HEU 93.5%
  • 2 × GEC steam turbines
  • 2 × WH Allen turbo generators; 3.2 MW
  • 2 × Paxman diesel generators 2,800 shp (2.1 MW)
  • 1 × pump jet propulsor
  • 1 × motor for emergency drive
  • 1 × auxiliary retractable prop
SpeedOver 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph), submerged
RangeUnlimited
Complement130
Sensors and
processing systems		Sonar 2076
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • 2 × SSE Mk8 launchers for Type 2066 and Type 2071 torpedo decoys
  • RESM Racal UAP passive intercept
  • CESM Outfit CXA
  • SAWCS decoys carried from 2002
Armament
  • 5 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes with stowage for up to 30 weapons:
    • Tomahawk Block IV cruise missiles
    • Spearfish heavyweight torpedoes
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