HMS TRENCHANT ZIPPO LIGHTER 1990 MINT IN CASE

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Very nice collectors item HMS TRENCHANT Zippo lighter never been fired,on the bottom of the lighter is the date code G VI , if your a genuine Zippo collector you will know what that means, i have lots of other zippo's for sale and to be listed quality new and used items for sale . HMS Trenchant (S91) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search For other ships of the same name, see HMS Trenchant . Career (United Kingdom) Ordered:22 March 1983 Builder: Vickers Shipbuilding , Barrow-in-Furness Laid down: 28 October 1985 Launched: 3 November 1986 Commissioned: 14 January 1989 Homeport: HMNB Devonport , Plymouth Fate: in active service, as of 2011 [update] Badge: General characteristics [ 1] Class and type: Trafalgar class submarine Displacement: Surfaced: 4,740 tonsDived: 5,208 tons Length: 280.1 ft (85.4 m) Beam: 32.1 ft (9.8 m) Draught: 31.2 ft (9.5 m) Propulsion: 1 x Rolls Royce PWR1 nuclear reactor 2 x GEC steam turbines 2 x WH Allen turbo generators (3.2 MW) 2 x Paxman diesel alternators 2,800 shaft horsepower (2.1 MW) 1 x pump jet propulsor 1 x motor for emergency drive 1 x auxiliary retractable prop Speed: Dived: 32 knots (59 km/h) Complement: 18 officers112 enlisted Sensors andprocessing systems: Ferranti /Gresham Dowty DCB/DCG or BAE Systems SMCS data system Type 2072 hull-mounted flank array passive sonar Plessey Type 2020 or Marconi /Plessey Type 2074 hull-mounted active and passive search and attack sonar Ferranti Type 2046 or TUS 2076 towed array passive search sonar Thomson Sintra Type 2019 PARIS or Thorn EMI 2082 passive intercept and ranging sonar Marconi Type 2077 short range active classification sonar Kelvin Hughes Type 1007 I band navigation radar Pilkington Optronics CK34 search periscope Pilkington Optronics CH84/CM010 attack periscope Type 2076 sonar from 2004 Electronic warfareand 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 SAWCS decoysd from 2002 Armament: 5 x 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes Space for a combination of 30 weapons Current weapons : Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles Spearfish wire-guided heavyweight torpedoes Decommissioned weapons : Harpoon anti-surface missiles Tigerfish torpedoes Mines (no longer in UK inventory) HMS Trenchant is a Trafalgar class nuclear-powered fleet submarine of the Royal Navy built by Vickers Shipbuilding , Barrow-in-Furness . Trenchant is currently in service and is based at HMNB Devonport .The submarine was ordered on 22 March 1983. She was laid down by Vickers Shipbuilding on 28 October 1985, was launched on 3 November 1986, and was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 14 January 1989. [1 ] Trenchant is the third vessel and the second submarine of the Royal Navy to be named for the characteristic of vigour and incisiveness. The first was the World War II T-class submarine Trenchant (P331) . Contents [hide ] 1 Operational history 1.1 1990-1999 1.2 2000-present day 2 Affliations 3 References 4 External links [ edit ] Operational history [ edit ] 1990-1999 On 22 November 1990, the nets of the fishing vessel Antares were snagged by Trenchant . Antares was pulled under with the loss of all four members of the crew. [2 ][ 3] In July 1997, the submarine ran aground off the western coast of Australia. [4 ] While approaching Fremantle, Western Australia , the submarine remained at a depth of 200 metres (660 ft) and grounded when she made contact with the continental shelf, coming to rest on a sloping patch of seafloor. [4 ] Trenchant was able to free herself, and an inspection by divers reported no significant damage. [4 ] Trenchant tested the non-hull-penetrating optronic mast in 1998. She also trialled a camouflage paint scheme comprising jagged shapes of various colours, including pale blue. [citation needed ] [ edit ] 2000-present day On 21 June 2007, the submarine became the first Royal Navy vessel to fire the new Block IV Tomahawk cr... read more

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