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HMS Churchill was the first of three Churchill-class submarine nuclear fleet submarines that served with the Royal Navy. Construction Churchill, the Royal Navy's fourth nuclear-powered fleet submarine was ordered on 21 October 1965, and was laid down at Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Limited (VSEL)'s Barrow-in-Furness shipyard on 30 June 1967. The submarine was launched by Mary Soames, Winston Churchill's youngest daughter, on 20 December 1968 and commissioned on 15 July 1970. Propulsion Churchill was chosen to trial the first full-size submarine pump jet propulsion. Trials of a high-speed unit were followed by further trials with a low-speed unit, and these were successful enough for the same propulsion to be fitted in the rest of the class. Later British submarine classes also featured the pump jet, although first-of-class vessels Swiftsure and Trafalgar were fitted with propellers at build. Citations References Blackman, Raymond V. B., ed. (1971). Jane's Fighting Ships 1971–72. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd. ISBN 0-354-00096-9. External links http://www.hmschurchill.co.uk Archived 17 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine Film of Churchill's launch- Imperial War Museum. Discover the Ian Hillbeck popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Ian Hillbeck books.