HC Deb 04 April 1990 vol 170 c676W
Mr. Gareth Wardell

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects the first submarine capable of carrying Trident missiles to commence her sea trials.

Mr. Neubert

Vanguard will undertake a series of sea trials, the precise dates of which are classified. However, I can say that the first of these will commence about two years before the UK Trident deterrent going into service in the mid-1990s.