HMS Renown (S26)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Renown.
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| Name: | HMS Renown |
| Builder: | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead |
| Launched: | 25 February 1967 |
| Commissioned: | 15 November 1968 |
| Decommissioned: | 1996 |
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| Class & type: | Resolution-class ballistic missile submarine |
| Displacement: | surfaced 7,500 tons; submerged 8,400 tons. |
| Length: | 425 ft (130 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draught: | 30 ft 1 in (9.17 m) |
| Propulsion: | 1 × Vickers/Rolls-Royce PWR.1 pressurised-water nuclear reactor, 27,500 shp (20,500 kW); Propeller. |
| Speed: | surface - 20 kn (37 km/h); submerged - 25 kn (46 km/h) |
| Range: | Unlimited except by food supplies |
| Complement: | 143 (two crews) |
HMS Renown (S26) was the third of the Royal Navy's Resolution-class ballistic missile submarines.
Built by Cammell Laird and launched on 25 February 1967, she was decommissioned in 1996.
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