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  1. 100 YEARS OF BARROW-BUILT RN SUBMARINES, 1901-2001
  2. TRAFALGAR CLASS, 1971 on
  3.  
  4. MAIN PARTICULARS
  5.  
  6. Length overall         85.4 metres
  7.  
  8. Beam                    9.83 metres
  9.  
  10. Displacement,
  11.   surface               4730 tonnes
  12.   submerged          5208 tonnes
  13. Diving Depth         In excess of 300m
  14.  
  15. Speed,
  16.   submerged          In excess of 32 knots dived
  17. Armament             Five 21 in. (533mm) weapon tubes; 
  18.                             Mk 24 Mod 2 Tigerfish torpedoes 
  19.                            Spearfish heavyweight homing torpedoes Sub Harpoon missiles
  20.                             Tomahawk cruise missiles from 1998
  21.                             Mines in lieu of torpedoes.
  22.                             2 SSE Mk8 launchers for torpedo decoys
  23. Complement,
  24.   design                100 (13 Officers, 41 SRs, 46 JRs)
  25.   operational          Certain boats have operated with a 130 man crew having 18 officers
  26.  
  27. ┬⌐ BAE SYSTEMS 2001