Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. HMS Superb (S109) was a nuclear powered fleet submarine of the Swiftsure class serving in the Royal Navy. She was built by Vickers Shipbuilding Groups, now a division of BAE Systems Submarine Solutions. HMS Superb was launched on 30 November 1974 at Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 13 November 1976. After being damaged in May 2008 in the Red Sea, she returned to Devonport where she was decommissioned slightly ahead of schedule on 26 September 2008.