| Builder: |
Vickers Armstrong Limited - Barrow-in-Furness. |
| Yard Number: |
1062 |
| Pennant number: |
S101 |
| Ordered: |
1958 |
| Laid down: |
12.06.1958 by H.R.H. Duke of Edinburgh. |
| Launched: |
21.10.1960 by Her Majesty the Queen. |
| Commissioned: |
17.04.1963 by Commander B.F.P. Sambourne RN. |
Dimensions
(in feet and inches): |
Length 265 feet 9 inches, Width 32 feet, Draught 27 feet. |
| Displacement: |
Surface: 3,500 tons, Submerged: 4,000 tons. |
| Propulsion: |
Single Westinghouse S5W nuclear Reactor. 2 Westinghouse steam turbines geared to a single shaft = 15,000 shp. |
| Speed: |
Surface: 21 knots, submerged: 30+ knots. |
| Endurance: |
Limited only by tthe amount of Food carried for the crew |
| Armaments: |
6 x 21 inch Torpedo Tubes. 30 mark VIII torpedoes, later Mk 23. |
| Complement: |
11 officers, 77 ratings. (47 were Senior Technical ratings, the original all Chiefs and No Indians boat) |
