NAVY'S MOST POTENT ATTACK SUB REJOINS FLEET
Royal Navy News
1/02/2003
The Royal Navy's most potent attack submarine, the nuclear-powered HMS Torbay, has rejoined the active fleet following a £240 million update and reactor refuelling.
Torbay has been re-equipped with the world's most advanced sonar system, high-technology combat equipment and stealth measures that will help maintain her battle-winning edge.
Defence Procurement Minister Lord Bach said, after spending a day at sea on the submarine during exercises off Southwest England:
"HMS Torbay is the first of four Trafalgar class submarines to be given this extensive upgrade. She has just returned from months of intensive and very successful trials in the Atlantic.
"I have been hugely impressed by the demonstrations of the boat's upgraded capabilities that I have witnessed, allied with the professionalism and efficiency of her crew.
"HMS Torbay is an immensely powerful weapon of war and she, along with her three similarly-modified submarines, will be in the vanguard of our underwater warfare capabilities for many years to come."
Installation of the upgraded equipment, combined with a long overhaul and a reactor refuelling at Devonport Naval Base has employed over a thousand people, many in the Plymouth area.
The other three submarines to be upgraded as part of the £600 million Swiftsure and Trafalgar Update Final Phase are HMS Trenchant, HMS Talent and HMS Triumph.
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