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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 was the World War II-era Amphion-class Astute.
18 mar 2021 · Today the Astute is one of the most impressive, and recognizable, attack submarines afloat. But how did it come about? This article will lay out the unbuilt submarine designs which plot the story from the Trafalgar Class to the Astute class.
9 sty 2023 · In September 2021, two £85 million contracts were awarded to BAES and Rolls Royce respectively for initial design work and 350 people are now working on the SSN(R), the Astute-class successor. HMS Astute was designed to have a 25-year life and will need to undergo nuclear refuelling and life extension if she is to be run beyond 2035.
The PWR 2 second-generation nuclear reactor was developed for the Vanguard-class Trident submarines. Current generations of PWR would enable submarines to circumnavigate the world approximately 20 times while the latest development of PWR would enable circumnavigation 40 times without refuelling.
The Royal Navy’s Astute Class will consist of seven nuclear-powered submarines. HMS Astute, Ambush, Artful, Audacious and Anson are all currently in active service and a further two boats – HMS Agincourt and HMS Agamemnon are under construction.
HMS Artful is the third Astute-class nuclear-powered fleet submarine of the British Royal Navy. She is the second submarine of the Royal Navy to bear this name. Artful was ordered from GEC's Marconi Marine (now BAE Systems Submarine Solutions) on 17 March 1997, and was constructed at Barrow in Furness. [7]
