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==Boats of the class== Initially, the last five boats of the ''Trafalgar'' class were to be replaced by the 'Future Fleet Submarine' programme, however this was effectively cancelled in 2001. The {{sclass|Astute|submarine|4}} are replacing the ''Trafalgar'' class.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Third Astute submarine formally handed over to the Royal Navy|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/third-astute-submarine-formally-handed-over-to-the-royal-navy|access-date=2021-11-15|website=GOV.UK|language=en}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" align="center" ! Name ! Pennant No. ! Builder ! Laid down<ref name=Janes96p758>{{cite book |editor-last=Sharpe |editor-first=Richard |title=Jane's Fighting Ships, 1996β97 |year=1996 |publisher=Jane's Information Group |isbn=0-7106-1355-5 |page=758}}</ref> ! Launched<ref name=Janes96p758/> ! Commissioned<ref name=Janes96p758/> ! Decommissioned ! Status |- | {{HMS|Trafalgar|S107|2}} | S107 |rowspan=7| [[Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering]], [[Barrow-in-Furness]] | 25 April 1979 | 1 July 1981 | 27 May 1983 | 4 December 2009<ref name="Ref_2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/hms_trafalgar_pulls_down_flag_and_retires_from_sea_1_646952?referrerPath=|work=Northwest Evening Mail|title=HMS ''Trafalgar'' pulls down flag and retires from sea|date=5 December 2009|access-date=2010-11-12|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304060616/http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/hms_trafalgar_pulls_down_flag_and_retires_from_sea_1_646952?referrerPath=}}</ref> | Awaiting disposal |- | {{HMS|Turbulent|S87|2}} | S87 | 8 May 1980 | 1 December 1982 | 28 April 1984 | 14 July 2012 | Awaiting disposal |- | {{HMS|Tireless|S88|2}} | S88 | 6 June 1981 | 17 March 1984 | 5 October 1985 | 19 June 2014<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-27915381 |title=HMS Tireless navy submarine ends service at Devonport |work=BBC News |date=19 June 2014 |access-date=21 June 2021 }}</ref> | Awaiting disposal |- | {{HMS|Torbay|S90|2}} | S90 | 3 December 1982 | 8 March 1985 | 7 February 1987 | 14 July 2017<ref name="SM0722">{{cite web|url=https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2017/july/18/170718-submariners-celebrate-hms-torbay-s-proud-service|title=Submariners celebrate HMS Torbay's proud service |date=18 July 2017 |publisher=Royal Navy|access-date=18 July 2017 }}</ref> | Awaiting disposal |- | {{HMS|Trenchant|S91|2}} | S91 | 28 October 1985 | 3 November 1986 | 14 January 1989 | 20 May 2022<ref name=SM0722/> | Awaiting disposal |- | {{HMS|Talent|S92|2}} | S92 | 13 May 1986 | 15 April 1988 | 12 May 1990 | 20 May 2022<ref name=SM0722/> | Awaiting disposal |- | {{HMS|Triumph|S93|2}} | S93 | 2 February 1987 | 16 February 1991 | 12 October 1991 | | Awaiting decommissioning <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c938gwvxg2no|title=UK's last Trafalgar submarine makes final voyage |date=12 December 2024 |publisher=BBC News|access-date=12 December 2024}}</ref> |} ===In fiction=== In June 2019, [[ITV plc|ITV]] commissioned a six-part thriller to be set aboard a fictional ''Trafalgar''-class submarine, HMS ''Tenacity''.<ref>{{cite news |title=ITV commissions six part thriller, Tenacity |url=https://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-commissions-six-part-thriller-tenacity |publisher=ITV |date=6 June 2019}}</ref> However, production on the series was paused in 2020, before being dropped all together by November 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wright |first1=Minnie |title=ITV drops submarine thriller Tenacity β decision not related to Vigil success |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/tenacity-dropped-itv-vigil-exclusive-newsupdate/ |access-date=13 March 2023 |work=Radio Times |language=en}}</ref>
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