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HMS Torbay (S90)
HMS ''Torbay'' is a decommissioned nuclear submarine of the Royal Navy and the fourth vessel of her class. ''Torbay'' was the fifth vessel and the second submarine of the Royal Navy to be named after Torbay in Devon, England. The first vessel was the 80-gun second rate HMS Torbay (1693), HMS ''Torbay'' launched in 1693. She was the first vessel to be fitted with the new command system SMCS#SMCS-NG.3B controversy about system architecture, SMCS-NG. ''Torbay'' was scheduled to be decommissioned in 2015, to be replaced by one of the new Astute-class submarines. she was undergoing extended maintenance and upgrades. The work allowed for a two-year life extension beyond the previously-planned decommissioning date. On 6 June 2017, she entered Gibraltar Naval Base flying her paying-off pennant and, on Friday 14 July 2017, the vessel was decommissioned in Devonport. Operational history ''Torbay'' completed a refuel and modernisation process in February 2001. In early 2006, ''Torbay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calshot Spit
Calshot Spit is a one-mile long sand and slate, shingle bank, near the village of Calshot, located on the southern bank of the open end of Southampton Water, on the south coast of England.OS Explorer Map, New Forest, Scale: 1:25 000.Publisher: Ordnance Survey B4 edition (2013). At the end of the Spit (landform), spit are Calshot Castle (built by King Henry VIII of England, Henry VIII), an RNLI Lifeboat (rescue), lifeboat, an National Coastwatch Institution, NCI station, several slipways, a former Royal Navy and Royal Air Force flying boat station and Calshot Activities Centre. The neck of the spit is owned by New Forest District Council while the end of the spit is owned by the Crown Estate which leases it to Hampshire County Council. History The castle is a low, circular, stone structure and was armed with large muzzle-loading guns. Its purpose, when it was built in 1539, was to protect access to the important harbour at Southampton from seaborne attack, by France or Spain f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
