Royal Navy Vanguard-class nuclear ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) HMS Vanguard, S28: Firth of Clyde, Scotland.

HMS Vanguard is shown heading up the Firth of Clyde following an apparent 204 day extended deterrence patrol in the North Atlantic.

When HMS Vanguard entered UK waters and surfaced prior to coming up the Clyde, the head of the RN, Admiral Sir Ben Key (his flag is flying alongside the White Ensign on the conning tower), the UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, and the UK defence secretary, John Healey, boarded the vessel for a first visit by a serving prime minister to a nuclear submarine since 2013.

Vanguard-class boats were originally intended to patrol for no longer than 90 days at a time. However, with one of the four undergoing an extended and late-scheduled refit, ensuring the UK's nuclear deterrence is maintained by having at least one of these at sea at all times means patrols must be longer than planned. Political indecision resulting in delays in the design and building of the replacement Dreadnought-class of ballistic missile submarines will probably result in patrols being even longer in the coming years.

The boat in the right foreground is the RNMB Salamander.

Photo taken from Strone, on the Holy Loch.

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Taken on: March 17, 2025

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