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Vanguard-class and Astute-class

Name:	Vanguard-class	Astute-class
Type:	Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine	Nuclear-powered attack submarine
Origin:	United Kingdom	United Kingdom
Produced:	1993	2001
Unit cost:	2.2 billion $	2.1 million $

Full description:	Description, operators	Description, operators

Specifications

Displacement:	15,900 t	7,400 - 7,800 t (submerged)
Range:	unlimited	unlimited
Speed surfaced:	-	-
Speed submerged:	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)	30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Depth:	-	300 m (984 ft 3 in)

Crew:	135	98

Displacement

Speed surfaced

Speed submerged

Depth

Crew

Dimensions

Length:	149.9 m	97 m
Beam:	12.8 m	11.3 m
Draft:	12 m	10 m

Images

Vanguard-class

Author: "Vanguard at Faslane 02" by CPOA(Phot) Tam McDonald - Defence Imagery. Licensed under OGL via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vanguard_at_Faslane_02.jpg#/media/File:Vanguard_at_Faslane_02.jpg License

Astute-class