HMS Trafalgar (S107)
HMS "Trafalgar" is a decommissioned of the Royal Navy. Unlike the rest of the "Trafalgar"-class boats that followed, she was not launched with a pump-jet propulsion system, but with a conventional 7-bladed propeller. "Trafalgar" was the fifth vessel of the Royal Navy to bear the name, after the 1805 Battle of Trafalgar. Operational history. In 2012 a Royal Navy submariner was jailed for 8 years for trying "to pass secrets to the Russians that could have undermined Britain's national security"; one element of this was information on "a secret operation undertaken by HMS "Trafalgar . Combat history. After Operation Veritas, the attack on Al-Qaeda and Taliban forces following the September 11 attacks in the United States, "Trafalgar" entered Plymouth Sound flying the Jolly Roger on 1 March 2002. She was welcomed back by Admiral Sir Alan West, Commander-in-Chief of the fleet and it emerged she was the first Royal Navy submarine to launch Tomahawk cruise missiles against Afghanistan. Grounding incidents. In July 1996, "Trafalgar" grounded near the Isle of Skye in Scotland. In November 2002, "Trafalgar" again ran aground close to the Isle of Skye, causing £5 million worth of damage  to her hull and injuring three sailors. She was travelling 50 metres below the surface at more than 14 knots when Lieutenant-Commander Tim Green, a student in the "Perisher" course for new submarine commanders, ordered a course change that took her onto the rocks at Fladda-chuain, a small but well-charted islet. Commander Robert Fancy, responsible for navigation, and Commander Ian McGhie, an instructor, both pleaded guilty at court-martial to contributing to the accident. On 9 March 2004 the court reprimanded both for negligence. Green was not prosecuted, but received an administrative censure. In May 2008 it  was reported that the crash was caused by the chart being used in the exercise being covered with tracing paper, to prevent students marking it. Decommissioning. "Trafalgar" was decommissioned on 4 December 2009 at Devonport.