HMS Vanguard (S28)
Quick Facts
- Ship Name
- HMS Vanguard
- Type
- Submarine
- Class
- Vanguard-class submarine
- Pennant Number
- S28
- Launched
- 1992
- Built at
- Vickers Shipbuilding
- Commissioned
- 1993
- Armament
- Trident missiles
- Propulsion
- Nuclear propulsion
- Role
- Ballistic missile submarine
- Notable for
- Sea-based nuclear deterrent
- Fate
- Active
- Status
- In service
HMS Vanguard is the lead submarine of the Vanguard-class and forms part of the United Kingdom’s continuous at-sea nuclear deterrent.