HMS TURBULENT (S87)

'HMS ''Turbulent'' (S87)' is a Trafalgar class submarine of the Royal Navy built by Vickers Shipbuilding, Barrow-in-Furness.
''Turbulent'' went through her modernisation and first nuclear refuel in 1997.
On 16 April 2003 HMS Turbulent was the first Royal Navy vessel to return home from the war against Iraq. She arrived in Plymouth flying the Jolly Roger after launching thirty Tomahawk cruise missiles.
HMS ''Turbulent'' is in service and is based at the naval base at HMNB Devonport.
HMS ''Turbulent'' is set to be decommissioned in 2011.
See HMS ''Turbulent'' for other ships of the same name.

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External links

★ Royal Navy official site

★ MaritimeQuest HMS Turbulent S-87 pages

References

★ ''Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day'', by Robert Hutchinson