The Astute-class programme began in February 1986 when the Ministry of Defence (MOD) launched a number of studies intended to determine the capabilities and requirements for the replacement of its Swiftsure and Trafalgar-class fleet submarines.

HMS Astute is an operational nuclear-powered attack submarine in the Royal Navy, the lead boat of her class. Astute is the second submarine of the Royal Navy to be named after the characteristic of shrewdness and discernment—the first …

The seventh and final Astute Class nuclear-powered submarine is due to enter the Royal Navy fleet in due course... Role In May 2018 it was announced that the Ministry of Defence had signed a £1.5 billion contract with BAE Systems for the seventh Astute Class hunter-killer submarine to be built in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.

3 天之前 · Astute class submarines are the UK’s largest and most powerful attack submarines and can strike at targets up to 1,000km from the coast with pin-point accuracy. Astute submarines are the first nuclear submarines to be designed entirely in a …

The largest, most advanced and most powerful attack submarines ever operated by the Royal Navy, the Astute Class is submarine supremacy redefined! The Royal Navy’s Astute Class will consist of seven nuclear-powered submarines.

2025年1月27日 · The Royal Navy operates just five nuclear powered attack submarines, all of the Astute class, following the decommissioning of HMS Triumph in 2024. HMS Achilles: how are Royal Navy ship names chosen? According to the UK government, the Ships’ Names and Badges does not choose the names, rather having the role of an advisory body.

The Astute-class submarines are the first nuclear submarines to be fully designed using a three-dimensional, computer-aided environment. The submarines are 97m long and weigh 7,400t. They have a maximum operational endurance of 90 days and can reach speeds of up to 29 knots.

HMS Astute has been described as ‘more complex than the Space Shuttle‘ and is arguably the finest attack submarine in the world today. The Astute Class she represents are the largest, most advanced and most powerful attack submarines ever operated by the Royal Navy.

2023年1月9日 · The Royal Navy’s Astute class submarines: Part 1 – development and delivery In the first of a series of articles focussing on the Astute class SSNs, we look at the programme’s history and how decisions made decades ago continue to impact today’s fleet.

2023年2月19日 · HMS Anson, the fifth Astute class submarine, which BAE Systems has designed and built for the Royal Navy, has departed the Company's shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, and headed out to open sea for the first time.