HMS Courageous (S50)
Decommissioned HMS Courageous | |
| History | |
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| Name | HMS Courageous |
| Laid down | 15 May 1968 |
| Launched | 7 March 1970 |
| Commissioned | 16 October 1971 |
| Decommissioned | 10 April 1992 |
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| Status | Museum ship; 50°22′51.22″N 4°11′07.05″W / 50.3808944°N 4.1852917°W |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Churchill-class submarine |
| Displacement | 4,900 tonnes (submerged) |
| Length | 86.9 m (285 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 10.1 m (33 ft 2 in) |
| Draught | 8.2 m (26 ft 11 in) |
| Propulsion | One nuclear reactor, one shaft |
| Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h) submerged |
| Complement | 103 |
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HMS Courageous (S50) is a decommissioned Churchill-class nuclear fleet submarine in service with the Royal Navy from 1971. She is now a museum ship managed by the Devonport Naval Heritage Centre.
In 2021, plans to set up a Cold War Centre around Courageous entered their first phase of implementation, supported by the National Museum of the Royal Navy.