by accepting the American lead and taking advantage of US nuclear technology. Therefore, the first British nuclear-powered Fleet submarine, HMS Dreadnought, comprised an American 'kit of parts' in a Vickers-built hull.
HMS DREADNOUGHT
Specially designed to hunt and destroy enemy underwater craft, Ship Submersible Nuclear (SSN) 01 Dreadnought was laid down on 12th June, 1959 and launched by Her Majesty the Queen on Trafalgar Day, 21st October 1960. Dreadnought's preliminary trials, which began early in 1962, progressed very satisfactorily - considering that Britain had not built a nuclear-powered submarine before - and she made her first dive, in Ramsden Dock, on 10th January, 1963. At the time of her completion -
