HMS Repulse (S23) was a Resolution-class ballistic missile submarine of the Royal Navy.
Repulse was laid down at Vickers Armstrongs' Barrow-in-Furness shipyard on 12 March 1965 and was launched on 4 November 1967,[1] She was launched by Lady Joan Zuckerman who was the wife of the Chief Scientific Advisor.
[2] Repulse ran aground in the Walney Channel during the launch, although she was undamaged and successfully floated off on the next high tide.
HMS Repulse was joined by a BBC film crew for a deployment in 1984.
The program was broadcast in February 1985, as part of a 6 film series documenting the Royal Navy Submarine Service.