HMS Trafalgar home for the last time
The nuclear-powered submarine Trafalgar sailed into her home port for the last time on Tuesday, after 26 years in service. The first of the Trafalgar Class submarines and the first of the class to be decommissioned from the Royal Navy, she sailed into Devonport Naval Base, Plymouth, to an emotional welcome, proudly flying the 120ft decommissioning pennant from her fin to mark the end of her long and distinguished service. As she entered the River Tamar from Plymouth Sound, HMS Trafalgar was escorted by a Royal Navy helicopter from RNAS Culdrose, Ministry of Defence police craft, a flotilla of pleasure-craft and tugs firing water cannon high into the air, before being piped into her home base by other