NOTE: I found the following material from MHSm RESOLUTION Association website and well remember many of the pictures appearing in the publicity material we used to hold onboard HMS RESOLUTION.
HMS Resolution (S22) was the first of the Royal Navy's Resolution-class ballistic missile submarines. Ordered in May 1963, she was built by Vickers Armstrong at a cost of £40.2m. To read more, click here.
FACTS and FIGURES
Displacement: surfaced 7,500 tons; submerged 8,400 tons. Length:425 ft (130 m) Beam:33 ft (10 m) Draught:30 ft 1 in (9.2 m) Propulsion:1 × Vickers/Rolls-Royce PWR.1 pressurised-water nuclear reactor, 27,500 shp (20,500 kW); Propeller. Speed:surface - 20 kn (37 km/h); submerged - 25 kn (46 km/h) Range:Unlimited except by food supplies Complement:143 (two crews)
Polaris SubmarinesThe mid 1950s development of the submarine launched Polaris ballistic missile by Lockheed and the US Navy led, eventually, to the signing of the Polaris Sales Agreement between Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and President John F Kennedy.
Resolution
It was decided that the United Kingdom would have four Polaris submarines to carry the latest A-3 missiles; that the submarines would be British designed and built; that the whole weapon systems and equipment, except warheads, would be purchased from the United States; and that the warheads would be British. The Government directive was explicit; the four SSBNs (Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclear) were to be deployed at the earliest possible date and the programme executed within the allotted budget. 'A challenge had been issued and a challenge was going to be met'. To read more click here.Barrow's second Polaris Sub - RepulseThe planning and design effort which went into the Polaris submarine programme was colossal 500 000 man-hours of planning, preparation of more than 10 000 carefully detailed drawings all to be translated into the physical business of construction. To read more, click here.A Resolution unit under construction in the Assembly Shed
Resolution launch
The autumn of 1967 was an important one in the history of Vickers. Resolution, having successfully completed her Contractors' Sea Trials, was accepted into the Fleet on 2nd October.To provide an operational submarine of completely new design, with a complete weapon system from the United States and with adequate support facilities, within 4½ years of ordering the vessel, was a truly remarkable performance. 'Vickers' workforce had met their challenge!' To read more, click here.
VIGILANCE MAINTAINEDBeing the United Kingdom's contribution to NATOs strategic nuclear deterrent, at least one Polaris submarine was constantly on patrol, sailing submerged 'one knows not where', but always carrying her deadly 'cargo' of two-stage ballistic missiles. To read more, click here.
To read complete article, click on link http://www.hmsresolution.org.uk/about/about.htm
To read about Barrow-in-Furness Submarine Association, click here.
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7 comments:
NONE OF THE INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE WAS OBTAINED WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE HMS RESOLUTION ASSOCIATION, NO AUTHORITY WAS GIVEN FOR THE USE OF ANY PICTURE OR ANY TEXT TAKEN FROM OUR SITE.
FURTHER WE ARE IN NO WAY SHAPE OR FORM ASSOCIATED TO THE BARROW IN FURNESS BRANCH OF THE SUBMARINE ASSOCIATION AS IMPLIED BY THE AUTHOR
To create this blog, I referred to a variety of sources and as you can see I gave credit to all my sources.
I do not and did not imply there is any association between those sources.
I served in HMS RESOLUTION from 79 to 81.
YOU HAVE CARRIED OUT A POOR EDIT JOB AT THE END OF YOUR ARTICLE TO REMOVE THE IMPLICATION THAT WE ARE PART OF THE BARROW IN FURNESS (NOTE CORRECT SPELLING) SUBMARINE ASSOCIATION.
YOU MAY HAVE GIVEN CREDIT FOR YOUR SOURCES, BUT THE FACT REMAINS THAT YOU ARE USING IMAGES AND PHRASES WITHOUT OUR EXPRESS PERMISSION
Noted and done!
My understanding of Blog ethics is that you can use any sources you like to make a personal blog. It is a matter of courtesy to acknowledge sources and provide links to the source/sources, and we have done this extensively.
We have created a personal and family blog for our own use and interest. It is a feature of the web that our blog might be seen by others and we accept that risk but we defend our right to use the web and compile our own blog.
It is not our intention to cause distress to any of our sources.
If you would like us to remove the link then please let us know and we will do so.
In our opinion the only way you can stop people taking data from your site is by making it classified with a password. Frankly this is not necessary as most of the data that you claim were lifted from HMSm RESOLUTION Association website, is in the public domain - I well remember most of the photographs appearing in the said website as they come from the publicity material we used to hold onboard.
Please relax about the situation. There is no intention to cause offence; again, this blog is all about a piece of nostalgia.
(By the way, we clicked on your ID and it didn't direct us to any blog. We are, however, crediting you - by way of your comments - as the bona fide HMSm RESOLUTION Association.)
I have an original HMS Resolution brochure (produced by Vickers)as my Grandfather was a Naval Architect at the time - would this be of interest to you?
Bathbun
Thank you for your offer. I would be grateful if you pass on a copy of the brochure to me (by way of email perhaps?)
Again, many thanks.
Andrew
I like your site/blog. It would seem that someone at the resolution association is bitter. I served in Resolution between 1977 and 1985 and seem to remember some very bitter peole.
Keep it up you are doing well.
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