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*Surfaced: 4,500 to {{convert|4,800|t|abbr=on}}<ref name="Steve Bush 2014">{{cite book|last=Bush|first=Steve|title=British Warships and Auxiliaries|year=2014|publisher=Maritime Books|page=12 |isbn=978-1904459552}}</ref> *Surfaced: 4,500 to {{convert|4,800|t|abbr=on}}<ref name="Steve Bush 2014">{{cite book|last=Bush|first=Steve|title=British Warships and Auxiliaries|year=2014|publisher=Maritime Books|page=12 |isbn=978-1904459552}}</ref>
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'''HMS ''Triumph''''' is a {{sclass|Trafalgar|submarine|0}} ] of the ] and was the seventh and final boat of her class. She is the nineteenth nuclear-powered hunter-killer submarine built for the Royal Navy. ''Triumph'' is the tenth vessel, and the second submarine to bear the name. The first HMS ''Triumph'' was a 68-gun galleon built in 1561. As of 2022, she is the last boat of her class remaining in service. '''HMS ''Triumph''''' is a {{sclass|Trafalgar|submarine|0}} ] of the ] and was the seventh and final boat of her class. She is the nineteenth nuclear-powered ] built for the Royal Navy. ''Triumph'' is the tenth vessel, and the second submarine, to bear the name. The first HMS ''Triumph'' was a 68-gun galleon built in 1561.


''Triumph'' was laid down in 1987 by ].<ref name="hmforces"> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120215441/http://www.hmforces.co.uk/education/articles/1457-hms-triumph-trafalgar-class |date=20 January 2012 }}</ref> One year previously, a mistake by senior management and changing shipbuilding methods meant that the Vickers shipyard in ] accidentally welded part of the submarine in an upside-down position.<ref>{{cite news |author1=AP|author-link1=Associated Press |title=Upside-down submarine section embarrassing|url=https://www.joc.com/maritime-news/upside-down-submarine-section-embarrassing_19880410.html |access-date=6 March 2019 |work=JOC.com |date=10 April 1988}}</ref> This was later corrected, and the ship was launched in February 1991 by Mrs. Ann Hamilton, wife of the then Armed Forces Minister ].<ref name="hmforces"/> She was commissioned in October that same year. ''Triumph'' was ] in 1987 by ].<ref name="hmforces">{{cite web |url=http://www.hmforces.co.uk/education/articles/1457-hms-triumph-trafalgar-class |title=HMS Triumph: Trafalgar Class |url-status=dead |website=hmforces.co.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120215441/http://www.hmforces.co.uk/education/articles/1457-hms-triumph-trafalgar-class |archive-date=20 January 2012}}</ref> The boat was ] in February 1991 by Mrs. Ann Hamilton, wife of the then Armed Forces Minister ].<ref name="hmforces"/> She was ] in October that same year.


''Triumph'' {{show by date|2025|7|1|is to be|was}} ] in early 2025, until then the last boat of her class remaining in service.
⚫ In 2005, ''Triumph'' began a £300 million nuclear refuel and refitting period which also saw the installation of an updated 2076 bow, flank and towed array sonar and a new ] system. The boat rejoined the fleet in June 2010 and will be the last of the ''Trafalgar''-class submarines to be decommissioned. Following the Integrated Review of 2020, her service was extended by 18 months, now to continue until the end of 2024.<ref name=review21>{{cite web |url=https://www.navylookout.com/the-defence-command-paper-and-the-future-of-the-royal-navy/ |title= The Defence Command Paper and the future of the Royal Navy|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=22 March 2021 |website=Navy Lookout |publisher= |access-date=25 March 2021 |quote=}}</ref>

''Triumph'' was reported as likely to complete a refit in 2022 and had been previously scheduled to move to His Majesty's Naval Base Clyde.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministry-of-defence-confirms-future-submarine-basing-plan|title=Ministry of Defence confirms future submarine basing plan - News stories - GOV.UK|work=www.gov.uk|access-date=7 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navylookout.com/hms-talent-retired-royal-navy-down-to-just-5-attack-submarines/|title = HMS Talent retired. Royal Navy down to just 5 attack submarines &#124; Navy Lookout|date = 20 April 2022}}</ref> In December 2022, the submarine was reported to have returned to sea again for post-refit trials.<ref name="merged1">{{cite tweet |author=Navy Lookout |user=NavyLookout |number=1601945824119889920 |date=11 December 2022 |title=HMS Triumph has returned to sea after more than 4 years in refit at Devonport. The last of the Trafalgar class submarines, she will probably serve until at least 2025. Attended by tugs in Plymouth Sound this afternoon. Via @Rockhoppas https://t.co/cI3xLi60JO |language=en |access-date=13 December 2022}}</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/1602968119626153987</ref>


==Operational history== ==Operational history==


''Triumph'' sailed to Australia in 1993, travelling {{convert|41000|mi|km|adj=off}} submerged without support—the longest solo deployment so far by a Royal Navy nuclear submarine.<ref name="mod">{{cite web |title=HMS Triumph returns from Libya operations |url=http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/HmsTriumphReturnsFromLibyaOperations.htm |work=GOV.UK|date=4 April 2011}}</ref> In that same year, author ] published a book called '']'' which was centred around ''Triumph'' and ]. ''Triumph'' sailed to Australia in 1993, travelling {{convert|41000|mi|km|adj=off}} submerged without support—the longest solo deployment so far by a Royal Navy nuclear submarine.<ref name="mod">{{cite press release |title=HMS Triumph returns from Libya operations |url=http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/HmsTriumphReturnsFromLibyaOperations.htm |publisher=Ministry of Defence |date=4 April 2011 |access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref> In that same year, author ] published a book called '']'' which was centred around ''Triumph'' and {{USS|Miami|SSN-755|6}}.


===War in Afghanistan=== ===War in Afghanistan===
After the ] in the USA, ''Triumph'', along with her sister-ship '']'', formed part of a task group in 2001 as part of the American-led ], Britain's contribution being known as ].<ref name="mod" /> After the ] in the United States, ''Triumph'', along with her sister ship {{HMS|Trafalgar|S107|2}}, formed part of a task group in 2001 as part of the American-led ], Britain's contribution being known as ].<ref name="mod" /> During Operation Veritas, ''Triumph'' launched ]s at targets inside ]. When ''Triumph'' returned home after operations had ended, the boat flew the ], the traditional way of denoting live weapons had been fired.<ref name="NN">{{cite web|title=Home and away over Christmas|url=http://www.navynews.co.uk/articles/2001/0112/0001122402.asp|work=Navy News|date=24 December 2001|access-date=30 March 2011|archive-date=2 April 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030402154213/http://navynews.co.uk/articles/2001/0112/0001122402.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref>


⚫ On 19 November 2000, ''Triumph'' ran aground travelling at {{convert|22|kn}} and at a depth of {{convert|200|m}} while off the western Scottish coast. The boat surfaced in a safe and controlled fashion. She was under the command of trainee officers and an investigation attributed the grounding to poor navigation. ''Triumph'' suffered only superficial damage.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/0E0CFE6E-9E93-4324-BA53-34924ED4780B/0/boi_hms_triumph_grounding.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805063350/http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/0E0CFE6E-9E93-4324-BA53-34924ED4780B/0/boi_hms_triumph_grounding.pdf |archive-date=5 August 2009 |title=Board of Inquiry: Instructions |publisher=Flag Officer Submarines, Middlesex |date=21 November 2000 |access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
During Operation Veritas, ''Triumph'' launched ]s at targets inside ]. When ''Triumph'' returned home after operations had ended, the boat flew the ], the traditional way of denoting live weapons had been fired.<ref name="NN">{{cite web |title=Home and away over Christmas |url=http://www.navynews.co.uk/articles/2001/0112/0001122402.asp|work=Navy News|date=24 December 2001}}</ref>


⚫ In 2005, ''Triumph'' began a £300 million nuclear refuel and refitting period which also saw the installation of an updated 2076 bow, flank and towed array sonar and a new ] system. The boat rejoined the fleet in June 2010 and will be the last of the ''Trafalgar''-class submarines to be decommissioned.
⚫ On 19 November 2000, ''Triumph'' ran aground travelling at {{convert|22|kn}} and at a depth of 200 metres while off the western Scottish coast. The boat surfaced in a safe and controlled fashion. She was under the command of trainee officers and an investigation attributed the grounding to poor navigation. ''Triumph'' suffered only superficial damage.<ref> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805063350/http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/0E0CFE6E-9E93-4324-BA53-34924ED4780B/0/boi_hms_triumph_grounding.pdf |date=5 August 2009 }}</ref>


''Triumph'' was also featured in the TV programme "How to Command a Nuclear Submarine" in 2011 in which trainee commanding officers are shown on the Navy's "]". ''Triumph'' was also featured in the TV programme ''How to Command a Nuclear Submarine'' in 2011 in which trainee commanding officers are shown on the Navy's "]".


===Libya Operations=== ===Libya operations===
In March 2011, she participated in ], firing Tomahawk cruise missiles on 19 March 20 March and again on 24 March at Libyan air defence targets. One of these strikes hit a command and control centre in ]'s presidential compound.<ref name="hmforces" /> ''Triumph'' returned to ] on 3 April 2011 flying a Jolly Roger adorned with six small tomahawk axes to indicate the missiles fired by the submarine in the operation.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/mar/20/air-strikes-clear-skies|title=Air strikes clear the skies but leave endgame uncertain |access-date=21 March 2010 |author=Nick Hopkins|date=20 March 2011|work=The Guardian |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navynews.co.uk/news/1121-missiles-target-libyan-air-defences.aspx |title=Missiles target Libyan air defences |access-date=23 March 2010 |date=21 March 2011 |publisher=] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110324151148/http://www.navynews.co.uk/news/1121-missiles-target-libyan-air-defences.aspx |archive-date=24 March 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navynews.co.uk/news/1123-royal-navy-blockade-forces-gaddafis-gunboats-off-the-ocean.aspx |title=Reporting from the Fleet |publisher=Navy News |access-date=7 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navynews.co.uk/news/1140-top-bombing-pulverises-gaddafis-ammo-bunkers.aspx |title=Reporting from the Fleet |publisher=Navy News |access-date=7 October 2013 |archive-date=4 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110404111430/http://www.navynews.co.uk/news/1140-top-bombing-pulverises-gaddafis-ammo-bunkers.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navynews.co.uk/news/1142-home-in-triumph-submariners-mark-successful-libyan-mission.aspx |publisher=Navynews.co.uk |access-date=7 October 2013 |title=Daring at the heart of stunning maritime spectacle in Sydney |archive-date=7 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407115123/http://www.navynews.co.uk/news/1142-home-in-triumph-submariners-mark-successful-libyan-mission.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> In March 2011, she participated in ], firing Tomahawk cruise missiles on 19 March, 20 March and again on 24 March at Libyan air defence targets from the ]. One of these strikes hit a command and control centre in ]'s presidential compound.<ref name="hmforces" /> ''Triumph'' returned to ] on 3 April 2011 flying a Jolly Roger adorned with six small tomahawk axes to indicate the missiles fired by the submarine in the operation.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/mar/20/air-strikes-clear-skies|title=Air strikes clear the skies but leave endgame uncertain |first=Nick |last=Hopkins|date=20 March 2011|work=The Guardian|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navynews.co.uk/news/1121-missiles-target-libyan-air-defences.aspx |title=Missiles target Libyan air defences |access-date=23 March 2010 |date=21 March 2011 |work=] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110324151148/http://www.navynews.co.uk/news/1121-missiles-target-libyan-air-defences.aspx |archive-date=24 March 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navynews.co.uk/news/1123-royal-navy-blockade-forces-gaddafis-gunboats-off-the-ocean.aspx |title=Reporting from the Fleet |work=Navy News |access-date=7 October 2013 |archive-date=26 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110326061530/http://www.navynews.co.uk/news/1123-royal-navy-blockade-forces-gaddafis-gunboats-off-the-ocean.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navynews.co.uk/news/1140-top-bombing-pulverises-gaddafis-ammo-bunkers.aspx |title=Top bombing pulverises Gaddafi's ammo bunkers |work=Navy News |access-date=7 October 2013 |archive-date=4 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110404111430/http://www.navynews.co.uk/news/1140-top-bombing-pulverises-gaddafis-ammo-bunkers.aspx |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navynews.co.uk/news/1142-home-in-triumph-submariners-mark-successful-libyan-mission.aspx |work=Navy News |access-date=7 October 2013 |title=Home in Triumph – submariners mark successful Libyan mission |archive-date=7 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407115123/http://www.navynews.co.uk/news/1142-home-in-triumph-submariners-mark-successful-libyan-mission.aspx |url-status=dead}}</ref>


Eleven weeks later on 20 June upon her return to Devonport, in the interim having deployed for a second deployment in the Mediterranean and relieving ], she once again flew the Jolly Roger adorned with tomahawks, indicating that further cruise missile strikes had taken place in Libya as part of the ongoing operations there.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navynews.co.uk/news/1256-home-in-triumph-again-submarine-returns-from-hammering-gaddafis-forces.aspx |title=Reporting from the Fleet |publisher=Navy News |access-date=7 October 2013 }}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Analysts believe that in total more than 15 cruise missiles were fired by the submarine during the operations.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13905914 | work=BBC News | title=No end in sight as RAF marks 100 days over Libya | date=4 October 2011}}</ref> Eleven weeks later on 20 June upon her return to Devonport, in the interim having deployed for a second deployment in the Mediterranean and relieving {{HMS|Turbulent|S87|6}}, she once again flew the Jolly Roger adorned with tomahawks, indicating that further cruise missile strikes had taken place in Libya as part of the ongoing operations there.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navynews.co.uk/news/1256-home-in-triumph-again-submarine-returns-from-hammering-gaddafis-forces.aspx |title=Reporting from the Fleet |publisher=Navy News |access-date=7 October 2013 }}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Analysts believe that in total more than 15 cruise missiles were fired by the submarine during the operations.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13905914 | work=BBC News | title=No end in sight as RAF marks 100 days over Libya | date=4 October 2011 |access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>


===2011/2012 Deployment=== ===2011/2012 deployment===


In November 2011, ''Triumph'' sailed from her home port in Devonport for a seven-month deployment that will see her away from the UK until summer 2012. The deployment will see her operate in a wide range of locations including the ], the ], the ] and the Indian Ocean.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navynews.co.uk/archive/news/item/2571 |title=Reporting from the Fleet |publisher=Navy News |date=10 November 2011 |access-date=7 October 2013}}</ref> In November 2011, ''Triumph'' sailed from her home port in Devonport for a seven-month deployment that saw her away from the UK until summer 2012. The deployment saw her operate in a wide range of locations including the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, the ] and the Indian Ocean.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navynews.co.uk/archive/news/item/2571 |title=Reporting from the Fleet |work=Navy News |date=10 November 2011 |access-date=7 October 2013 |archive-date=8 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808223141/https://navynews.co.uk/archive/news/item/2571 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


===2013=== ===2013===
In May 2013, her refit was reported complete and she returned to operational duties.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/The-Fleet/Submarines/Fleet-Submarines/Trafalgar-Class/HMS-Triumph/Diary/130521-Triumph-returns-to-op-duties |title=130521-Triumph returns to op duties |publisher=Royal Navy |date=21 May 2013 |access-date=7 October 2013}}</ref> In May 2013, her refit was reported complete and she returned to operational duties<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/The-Fleet/Submarines/Fleet-Submarines/Trafalgar-Class/HMS-Triumph/Diary/130521-Triumph-returns-to-op-duties |title=130521-Triumph returns to op duties |publisher=Royal Navy |date=21 May 2013 |access-date=7 October 2013 |archive-date=7 August 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130807214355/http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/The-Fleet/Submarines/Fleet-Submarines/Trafalgar-Class/HMS-Triumph/Diary/130521-Triumph-returns-to-op-duties |url-status=dead }}</ref> which continued to 2018.

===Final commission===
Following the Integrated Review of 2020, her service was extended by 18 months, to continue until 2025.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.navylookout.com/first-ex-royal-navy-nuclear-submarine-to-be-disposed-of-enters-final-dismantling-phase/ |title=First ex-Royal Navy nuclear submarine to be disposed of enters final dismantling phase |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=15 October 2024 |website=Navy Lookout |publisher= |access-date=15 October 2024 |quote=}}</ref><ref name=review21>{{cite web |url=https://www.navylookout.com/the-defence-command-paper-and-the-future-of-the-royal-navy/ |title= The Defence Command Paper and the future of the Royal Navy|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=22 March 2021 |website=Navy Lookout |publisher= |access-date=25 March 2021 |quote=}}</ref>

In December 2022, the submarine was reported to have returned to sea for post-refit trials, following a four-year refit to extend her service life to about 2024/25.<ref name="merged1">{{cite tweet |author=Navy Lookout |user=NavyLookout |number=1601945824119889920 |date=11 December 2022 |title=HMS Triumph has returned to sea after more than 4 years in refit at Devonport |access-date=13 December 2022}}</ref> In January 2023, the submarine was reported to have deployed to the ], probably for operational sea training.<ref>{{Cite tweet |author= |author-link= |user=NavyLookout |number=1618913042330255361 |date= |title=HMS Triumph arrives in Faslane this morning - following refit and work up, she is likely due to undergo Operational Sea Training |access-date=2023-01-28 |link= |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |quote= |ref=}}</ref>


As of late 2024, the submarine remained active operating out of the Devonport naval base.<ref>{{Cite tweet |author= |author-link= |user=NavyLookout |number=1854081053012484227 |date=6 November 2024 |title=@NavyLookout HMS Triumph outbound from Devonport this morning after 10 weeks alongside. |access-date=2024-10-06 |link= |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |quote= |ref=}}</ref> In December 2024, the submarine departed Faslane for the final time sailing to Devonport for her planned decommissioning early in the new year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.navylookout.com/royal-navys-last-trafalgar-class-submarine-sails-for-the-final-time/ |title=Royal Navy’s last Trafalgar-class submarine sails for the final time |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=10 December 2024 |website=Navy Lookout |publisher= |access-date=10 December 2024 |quote=}}</ref>
===2022===
In December 2022, the submarine was reported to have returned to sea again for post-refit trials, following a four-year refit to extend her service life to about 2024/25.<ref name="merged1"/><ref>https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/1602968119626153987</ref>


==Home port and affiliations== ==Home port and affiliations==
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Trafalgar-class nuclear-powered attack submarine of the Royal Navy For other ships with the same name, see HMS Triumph.

HMS Triumph in the Middle East, 2012
History
United Kingdom
NameTriumph
Ordered3 July 1986
BuilderVickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down2 February 1987
Launched16 February 1991
Sponsored byMrs. Ann Hamilton
Commissioned2 October 1991
DecommissionedProjected early 2025
HomeportHMNB Devonport, Plymouth
IdentificationPennant number: S93
StatusIn active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeTrafalgar-class submarine
Displacement
  • Surfaced: 4,500 to 4,800 t (4,700 long tons; 5,300 short tons)
  • Submerged: 5,200 to 5,300 t (5,200 long tons; 5,800 short tons)
Length85.4 m (280 ft)
Beam9.8 m (32 ft)
Draught9.5 m (31 ft)
Propulsion
SpeedOver 30 knots (56 km/h), submerged
RangeUnlimited
Complement130
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • 2 × SSE Mk8 launchers for Type 2066 and Type 2071 torpedo decoys
  • RESM Racal UAP passive intercept
  • CESM Outfit CXA
  • SAWCS decoys carried from 2002
Armament
  • 5 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes with stowage for up to 30 weapons:

HMS Triumph is a Trafalgar-class nuclear submarine of the Royal Navy and was the seventh and final boat of her class. She is the nineteenth nuclear-powered hunter-killer submarine built for the Royal Navy. Triumph is the tenth vessel, and the second submarine, to bear the name. The first HMS Triumph was a 68-gun galleon built in 1561.

Triumph was laid down in 1987 by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Limited. The boat was launched in February 1991 by Mrs. Ann Hamilton, wife of the then Armed Forces Minister Archie Hamilton. She was commissioned in October that same year.

Triumph is to be decommissioned in early 2025, until then the last boat of her class remaining in service.

Operational history

Triumph sailed to Australia in 1993, travelling 41,000 miles (66,000 km) submerged without support—the longest solo deployment so far by a Royal Navy nuclear submarine. In that same year, author Tom Clancy published a book called Submarine: a Guided Tour Inside a Nuclear Warship which was centred around Triumph and USS Miami.

War in Afghanistan

After the 9/11 attacks in the United States, Triumph, along with her sister ship Trafalgar, formed part of a task group in 2001 as part of the American-led invasion of Afghanistan, Britain's contribution being known as Operation Veritas. During Operation Veritas, Triumph launched Tomahawk missiles at targets inside Afghanistan. When Triumph returned home after operations had ended, the boat flew the Jolly Roger, the traditional way of denoting live weapons had been fired.

On 19 November 2000, Triumph ran aground travelling at 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) and at a depth of 200 metres (660 ft) while off the western Scottish coast. The boat surfaced in a safe and controlled fashion. She was under the command of trainee officers and an investigation attributed the grounding to poor navigation. Triumph suffered only superficial damage.

In 2005, Triumph began a £300 million nuclear refuel and refitting period which also saw the installation of an updated 2076 bow, flank and towed array sonar and a new command and control system. The boat rejoined the fleet in June 2010 and will be the last of the Trafalgar-class submarines to be decommissioned.

Triumph was also featured in the TV programme How to Command a Nuclear Submarine in 2011 in which trainee commanding officers are shown on the Navy's "Perisher Course".

Libya operations

In March 2011, she participated in Operation Ellamy, firing Tomahawk cruise missiles on 19 March, 20 March and again on 24 March at Libyan air defence targets from the Mediterranean Sea. One of these strikes hit a command and control centre in Colonel Gaddafi's presidential compound. Triumph returned to Devonport on 3 April 2011 flying a Jolly Roger adorned with six small tomahawk axes to indicate the missiles fired by the submarine in the operation.

Eleven weeks later on 20 June upon her return to Devonport, in the interim having deployed for a second deployment in the Mediterranean and relieving HMS Turbulent, she once again flew the Jolly Roger adorned with tomahawks, indicating that further cruise missile strikes had taken place in Libya as part of the ongoing operations there. Analysts believe that in total more than 15 cruise missiles were fired by the submarine during the operations.

2011/2012 deployment

In November 2011, Triumph sailed from her home port in Devonport for a seven-month deployment that saw her away from the UK until summer 2012. The deployment saw her operate in a wide range of locations including the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean.

2013

In May 2013, her refit was reported complete and she returned to operational duties which continued to 2018.

Final commission

Following the Integrated Review of 2020, her service was extended by 18 months, to continue until 2025.

In December 2022, the submarine was reported to have returned to sea for post-refit trials, following a four-year refit to extend her service life to about 2024/25. In January 2023, the submarine was reported to have deployed to the Clyde naval base, probably for operational sea training.

As of late 2024, the submarine remained active operating out of the Devonport naval base. In December 2024, the submarine departed Faslane for the final time sailing to Devonport for her planned decommissioning early in the new year.

Home port and affiliations

Triumph is part of the Devonport Flotilla based at Devonport.

She is currently affiliated with:

  • Blackpool Borough Council
  • Newton Abbot Town Council
  • The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment
  • Sussex University Royal Naval Unit
  • Worshipful Company of Upholders
  • TS Exmouth Sea Cadet Unit
  • TS Amazon Sea Cadet Unit
  • 1322 (Newton Abbot) Squadron Air Training Corps
  • The Royal Naval Association (Newton Abbot Branch)
  • The Royal British Legion (Newton Abbot Branch)

References

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  2. ^ Bush, Steve (2014). British Warships and Auxiliaries. Maritime Books. p. 12. ISBN 978-1904459552.
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  8. Hopkins, Nick (20 March 2011). "Air strikes clear the skies but leave endgame uncertain". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
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  11. "Top bombing pulverises Gaddafi's ammo bunkers". Navy News. Archived from the original on 4 April 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  12. "Home in Triumph – submariners mark successful Libyan mission". Navy News. Archived from the original on 7 April 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
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  14. "No end in sight as RAF marks 100 days over Libya". BBC News. 4 October 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
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  17. "First ex-Royal Navy nuclear submarine to be disposed of enters final dismantling phase". Navy Lookout. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  18. "The Defence Command Paper and the future of the Royal Navy". Navy Lookout. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  19. Navy Lookout (11 December 2022). "HMS Triumph has returned to sea after more than 4 years in refit at Devonport" (Tweet). Retrieved 13 December 2022 – via Twitter.
  20. @NavyLookout (27 January 2023). "HMS Triumph arrives in Faslane this morning - following refit and work up, she is likely due to undergo Operational Sea Training" (Tweet). Retrieved 28 January 2023 – via Twitter.
  21. @NavyLookout (6 November 2024). "@NavyLookout HMS Triumph outbound from Devonport this morning after 10 weeks alongside" (Tweet). Retrieved 6 October 2024 – via Twitter.
  22. "Royal Navy's last Trafalgar-class submarine sails for the final time". Navy Lookout. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  23. ^ "HMS Triumph – affiliations". Royal Navy website. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.

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