Talk:Royal Navy Submarine Service

The Perisher
Theres no mention of ‘The Perisher’ i think thats what its called. the submarine command training.Corustar 13:16, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

The person who fails has his kit packed for him and is only told he failed when hes handed the bottle of whiskey and has to get on the boat. just need to add the bit about the kit.Corustar 16:50, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

....................... The initial info states that it was called the 'silent service' as boats had to hide from RADAR. Not true, they had to hide from ASDIC which later became known as SONAR. Passive SONAR listens for noise underwater. Active SONAR pings out a soundwave and listens for an echo from an object underwater. With RADAR you can make as much noise as you like, it will not affect the ability for RADAR to detect you and only then when on the surface or possibly at snorting depth. Keith Hallam. (A real 'Wrecker') 24Jun2006. .......................

Sir Arthur Wilson quote
I see that Sir Arthur Wilson is quoted twice although each quote is slightly different and there is no reference attached to either one. Does anyone know which is the correct quote? --Roisterer 02:32, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

The site claims that the RN runs "It also operates the LR5 Submarine Rescue System ROV." but to my knowledge this capability has been sold off to a private concern and so the RN no longer maintains this capability. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.144.244.67 (talk) 10:44, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

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SSN and SSBN
"seven fleet submarines (SSNs), of the Trafalgar and Astute classes, and four ballistic missile submarines (SSBN)"

Do we really refer to submarines with these designations, SSN and SSBN? They are US hull designations and I find it bizarre that I cannot find anything in the RN site, nor in books, that calls them by these codes. Chaosdruid (talk) 03:53, 1 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Those designators are by no means exclusively US. They are used throughout NATO. Interesting that you couldn't find them on the RN website; try [//www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=&oq=SSBN+site%3Aroyalnavy.mod.uk&hl=en-GB&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ACAW_en___GB412&q=SSBN+site%3Aroyalnavy.mod.uk SSBN] and [//www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=&oq=SSN+site%3Aroyalnavy.mod.uk&hl=en-GB&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ACAW_en___GB412&q=SSN+site%3Aroyalnavy.mod.uk SSN]. The RN's leaflet on the S/M service is just one example from that long list. --David Biddulph (talk) 09:07, 1 February 2014 (UTC)


 * That said, the RN does use "Fleet submarine" (and ballistic submarine) in the general sections . And when I tried a search on the RN web for "SSN" one (of meany results) was to HMS Triumph but SSN does not appear on the page at all it's actually only in the page's meta description and keywords. I linked the term fleet submarine in the lede, though I used attack submarine as a piped link as fleet submarine is an article of just two sentences.GraemeLeggett (talk) 10:48, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Google Wikigods, IS NOT THE ONLY SOURCE.Phd8511 (talk) 12:27, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

Duke of Cambridge gives dolphins
http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2016/july/11/160711-royal-welcome-newest-submariners

HM Submarines Astute, Ambush and Artful are the first of the Astute Class to be accepted into the Royal Navy.

Astute and Ambush are routinely conducting operational deployments.

Both have deployed to the Mediterranean and Middle East where they have been involved in anti-smuggling and security operations and have provided TLAM capability in support of anti-terrorism operations in the region.

The next two submarines in the Class, Audacious and Anson, are currently being built in Barrow-in-Furness, with Agamemnon and an as yet unnamed Boat 7 to follow.

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Information on ISD and OSD of current and future RN submarines
https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-09-02/284215/

In February 2017, the Ministry of Defence determined that the in and out of service dates for submarines should be withheld as disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.

BlueD954 (talk) 10:43, 10 September 2019 (UTC)