HMS Vanguard

Summary

HMS Vanguard is a ballistic missile submarine^[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of ballistic_missile_submarine entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (229 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• HMS Vanguard's image is recorded as Vanguard at Faslane 03.jpg^[3].
• HMS Vanguard's instance of is recorded as ballistic missile submarine^[4].
• HMS Vanguard's operator is recorded as Royal Navy^[5].
• HMS Vanguard's manufacturer is recorded as Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering^[6].
• HMS Vanguard's vessel class is recorded as Vanguard-class submarine^[7].
• HMS Vanguard's Commons category is recorded as HMS Vanguard (S28)^[8].
• HMS Vanguard's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom^[9].
• HMS Vanguard's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03qm73^[10].
• HMS Vanguard's service entry is recorded as +1993-08-14T00:00:00Z^[11].
• HMS Vanguard's significant event is recorded as ship commissioning^[12].
• HMS Vanguard's significant event is recorded as ship launching^[13].
• HMS Vanguard's significant event is recorded as keel laying^[14].
• HMS Vanguard's pennant number is recorded as S28^[15].
• HMS Vanguard's location of creation is recorded as Barrow-in-Furness^[16].
• HMS Vanguard's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'Vanguard'}^[17].
• HMS Vanguard's different from is recorded as HMS Vanguard^[18].
• HMS Vanguard's different from is recorded as HMS Vanguard^[19].
• HMS Vanguard's different from is recorded as HMS Vanguard^[20].
• HMS Vanguard's different from is recorded as HMS Vanguard^[21].
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• HMS Vanguard's name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'HMS Vanguard'}^[25].
• HMS Vanguard's UK Parliament thesaurus ID is recorded as 415061^[26].
• HMS Vanguard's Shipbucket ID is recorded as drawings/5785^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for HMS Vanguard include Vanguard-class submarine^[28], a submarine class^[29], founded in 1993^[30].

Why It Matters

HMS Vanguard ranks in the top 10% of ballistic_missile_submarine entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (229 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for it include Vanguard-class submarine^[28], a submarine class^[29], founded in 1993^[30].