Editing Swiftsure-class submarine (section)

==Construction programme==
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!  | [[Pennant number]]
!  | Name
!  | Builder
!  | Ordered
!  | Laid down
!  | Launched
!  | Accepted<br />into service
!  | Commissioned
!  | Decommissioned
!  | Estimated<br />building cost<ref>"Unit cost, i.e. excluding cost of certain items (e.g. aircraft, First Outfits)." Text from ''Defences Estimates''</ref>
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|  | S126
|  | [[HMS Swiftsure (S126)|''Swiftsure'']]
|rowspan="6" align="center" | [[Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering]], [[Barrow-in-Furness]].<ref name=Conwaysp531>Gardiner, Robert ''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995'', pub Conway Maritime Press, 1995, {{ISBN|0-85177-605-1}} p. 531.</ref>
|  | 3 November 1967<ref name=Janes1982p546Cost/>
|  | 6 June 1969<ref name=Conwaysp531/>
|  | 7 September 1971<ref name=Conwaysp531/>
|  |
|  | 17 April 1973<ref name=Conwaysp531/>
|  | 1992
|  | £37,100,000<ref name=Janes1982p546Cost>Moore, John, ''Janes Fighting Ships 1982–83'', pub Jane's Publishing, 1982, {{ISBN|0-7106-0742-3}} p. 546, which quotes building costs for ''Swiftsure'', ''Superb'', ''Sceptre'', and ''Splendid''.  The costs quoted for ''Superb'', ''Sceptre'', and ''Splendid'' are identical to those from Hansard.</ref> (equivalent to £{{Inflation|UK|37.1|1982|r=2}}&nbsp;million in {{Inflation/year|UK}}){{Inflation/fn|UK}}
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|  | S108
|  | [[HMS Sovereign (S108)|''Sovereign'']]
|  | 16 May 1969<ref name=Janes1982p546Cost/>
|  | 18 September 1970<ref name=Conwaysp531/>
|  | 17 February 1973<ref name=Conwaysp531/>
|  | 22 July 1974<ref name=Hansard23Oct89p23a>[https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1989/oct/23/research-establishments#S6CV0158P0_19891023_CWA_517 Hansard HC Deb 23 October 1989 vol 158 cc357-8W] Question to the Secretary of State for Defence asking him to list the Royal Navy vessels built in each of the past 15 years, showing the cost of each and the yards in which they were constructed, 23 October 1983.  The second part of this may be found at [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1989/oct/23/navy-vessels Hansard HC Deb 23 October 1989 vol 158 cc358-61W].</ref>
|  | 11 July 1974<ref name=Conwaysp531/>
|  | 12 September 2006
|  | £31,100,000<ref name=Hansard23Oct89p23a/> (equivalent to £{{Inflation|UK|31.1|1989|r=2}}&nbsp;million in {{Inflation/year|UK}}){{Inflation/fn|UK}}
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|  | S109
|  | [[HMS Superb (S109)|''Superb'']]
|  | 20 May 1970<ref name=Janes1982p546Cost/>
|  | 16 March 1972<ref name=Conwaysp531/>
|  | 30 November 1974<ref name=Conwaysp531/>
|  | 29 November 1976<ref name=Hansard23Oct89p23a/>
|  | 13 November 1976<ref name=Conwaysp531/>
|  | 26 September 2008
|  | £41,300,000<ref name=Hansard23Oct89p23a/> (equivalent to £{{Inflation|UK|41.3|1989|r=2}}&nbsp;million in {{Inflation/year|UK}}){{Inflation/fn|UK}}
|-valign=top
|  | S104
|  | [[HMS Sceptre (S104)|''Sceptre'']]
|  | 1 November 1971<ref name=Janes1982p546Cost/>
|  | 19 February 1974<ref name=Conwaysp531/>
|  | 20 November 1976<ref name=Conwaysp531/>
|  | 11 March 1978<ref name=Hansard23Oct89p23a/>
|  | 14 February 1978<ref name=Conwaysp531/>
|  | 10 December 2010.<ref name=NavyNewsAug2010>''Sceptre's Apple Bye'', Navy News, August 2010, page 11.</ref>
|  | £58,900,000<ref name=Hansard23Oct89p23a/> (equivalent to £{{Inflation|UK|58.9|1989|r=2}}&nbsp;million in {{Inflation/year|UK}}){{Inflation/fn|UK}}
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|  | S105
|  | [[HMS Spartan (S105)|''Spartan'']]
|  | 7 February 1973<ref name=Janes1982p546Cost/><ref>[https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1977/nov/24/warship-building#S5CV0939P0_19771124_CWA_263 Hansard HC Deb 24 November 1977 vol 939 cc869-70W] Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about contracts, 24 November 1977.<br />For the fifth ''Swiftsure'' class fleet submarine (HMS ''Spartan'') the planned order date when tender invited was September 1972.  The contract was placed in February 1973.</ref>
|  | 26 April 1976<ref name=Conwaysp531/>
|  | 7 April 1978<ref name=Conwaysp531/>
|  | 10 October 1979<ref name=Hansard23Oct89p23a/>
|  | 22 September 1979<ref name=Conwaysp531/>
|  | January 2006
|  | £68,900,000<ref name=Hansard23Oct89p23a/> (equivalent to £{{Inflation|UK|68.9|1989|r=2}}&nbsp;million in {{Inflation/year|UK}}){{Inflation/fn|UK}}
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|  | S106
|  | [[HMS Splendid (S106)|''Splendid'']]<br />(ex-''Severn'')<ref name=Conwaysp531/>
|  | 26 May 1976<ref name=Janes1982p546Cost/><ref>[https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1976/nov/15/shipbuilding#S5CV0919P0_19761115_CWA_235 Hansard HC Deb 15 November 1976 vol 919 c363W] Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about shipbuilding contracts, 15 November 1976.<br />For the sixth ''Swiftsure'' class fleet submarine, the planned order date when tender invited was late 1974.  The contract was placed in May 1976.</ref>
|  | 23 November 1977<ref name=Conwaysp531/>
|  | 5 October 1979<ref name=Conwaysp531/>
|  | 5 May 1981<ref name=Hansard23Oct89p23a/>
|  | 21 March 1981<ref name=Conwaysp531/>
|  | 2004
|  | £97,000,000<ref name=Hansard23Oct89p23a/> (equivalent to £{{Inflation|UK|97|1989|r=2}}&nbsp;million in {{Inflation/year|UK}}){{Inflation/fn|UK}}
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