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Vanguard class submarine
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Vanguard-class submarine
The
Vanguard
-class
is a British class of
nuclear-powered
ballistic missile submarines
(
SSBN
) in service with the
Royal Navy
. Each submarine is armed with up to 16
UGM-133 Trident II
missiles
. The class was introduced in 1994 as part of the
UK government's
Trident nuclear weapons program
me. The class includes four boats:
Vanguard
,
Victorious
,
Vigilant
and
Vengeance
. They were built at
Barrow-in-Furness
by
Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering
between 1986 and 1999, which is now owned by
BAE Systems
. All four subs are based at
HM Naval Base Clyde (HMS Neptune)
, west of
Glasgow
, Scotland.
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