Commissioning of HMS Churchill S46 Nuclear Submarine

HMS Churchill S46 Nuclear Submarine. Commissioned into the Royal Navy on 15th July 1970. Single Churchill 1st Class stamp and 55th anniversary Oxford running postmark 15.07.25.

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Name:                         HMS Churchill

Ordered                       21^st October 1965

Laid down                   30^th June 1967

Launched                    20^th December 1968

Commissioned            15^th July 1970

Decommissioned        28^th February 1991

Class                           Churchill

Type                            Nuclear Submarine

Displacement              4,900 Tonnes

Length                         86.9m

Beam                           10.1m

Draught                       8.2m

Propulsion                   1 Rolls-Royce PWR Nuclear Reactor

Speed                          28 Knots

Complement               103 Crew

Armament                   6×21inch torpedo tubes with both Mark 8 and Tigerfish torpedoes. RN Sub Harpoon missiles.