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The latest HMS ''Warspite'' was the third of Britain's nuclear-powered submarines, and the second (and final) of the ''Valiant'' class. The second ''Valiant''-class submarine, to be called ''Warspite'' was ordered from Vickers-Armstrong's Barrow shipyard on 12 December 1962, and was laid down on 10 December 1963.〔Blackman 1971, p. 336.〕 She was launched on 25 September 1965〔 by Mary Wilson, the wife of the then British Prime Minister Harold Wilson, and entered service on 18 April 1967.〔 Warspite underwent a two-year refit, which was nearing completion just as the Falklands War started. After the war ended she carried out a record breaking patrol around the islands and the Argentine coast.〔 She was also part of a BBC television documentory called ''Submarine''. The submarine was decommissioned due to mechanical failure associated with the reactor in 1991. Mainly operated out of HMNB Clyde, at Faslane (the former Clyde Submarine Base) with the Third Submarine Squadron. Her hull and reactor are currently laid up afloat at Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth until facilities are available for the long term storage of her radioactive components. Notable commanders of this vessel include Sandy Woodward. Woodward went on to command the Falklands Conflict battle group, became Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command and rose to the rank of admiral. == Service == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Warspite (S103)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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