The UK Royal Navy’s Trafalgar Class lead submarine HMS Trafalgar has been officially decommissioned following 26 years of naval service.

During its service, the hunter-killer submarine operated in every time zone and in every ocean, and transited all major waterways, including the Suez and Panama Canals and the Malacca Straits.

The submarine could accommodate a crew complement of around 130 personnel and can cruise at a maximum speed of 32kt.

Armaments on the nuclear-powered submarine included five missile tubes capable of firing Spearfish torpedoes and Tomahawk missiles.

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The vessel was also equipped with sonar including bow, active intercept and towed arrays, attack and search periscopes collision avoidance radar, and electronic warfare equipment.

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