HMS Dreadnought nuclear submarine
Oct. 10, 1960 - Queen launches Britain's first Nuclear submarine, entering the water; H.M. The Queen today launched the Dreadnought - Britain's first Nuclear Submarine - at Barrow in Furness. The craft has a displacement of 3, 500 tons - is 266 ft, long wit ha beam of 32 ft. Her reactor is of the pressured water type-which will drive a single shaft through steam turbines. Photo Shows View of the Dreadnought with crew members dockyard workers etc. on board as she entered the water at Barrow in Furness today
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