HMS Trafalgar (S107)

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General Characteristics
Displacement: 5,200 tonnes dived
Length: 85.4 m
Beam: 9.8 m
Draught: 9.5.m
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Complement: 130
Armament:5 tubes capable of firing: Spearfish Torpedoes RN Sub Harpoon Missiles Tomahawk Missiles
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HMS Trafalgar (S107) is a Trafalgar-class submarine of the Royal Navy.

In November 2002, Trafalgar ran aground close to Skye, causing Ł5 million worth of damage to her hull and injuring three sailors. She was traveling 50 metres below the surface at more than 14 knots when Lieutenant-Commander Tim Green, a student in the "Perisher" course for new submarine commanders, ordered a course change that took her onto the rocks at Fladda Chuain, a small but well-charted islet.

Commander Robert Fancy, responsible for navigation, and Commander Ian McGhie, an instructor, both pleaded guilty at court-martial to contributing to the accident. On 9 March 2004 the court reprimanded both for negligence. Green was not prosecuted, but received an administrative censure.

See HMS Trafalgar for other ships of the same name.