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The SSN-AUKUS, also known as the SSN-A, [2] is a planned class of nuclear-powered fleet submarine intended to enter service with the United Kingdom's Royal Navy in the late 2030s and Royal Australian Navy in the early 2040s. The class will replace the UK's Astute-class and Australia's Collins-class submarines. [3] [4]
Seven boats will be constructed: the first of class, Astute, was launched by Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, in 2007, [7] commissioned in 2010, and declared fully operational in May 2014. [2] The Astute class is the replacement for the Trafalgar-class fleet submarines in Royal Navy service. [2]
Torbay was scheduled to be decommissioned in 2015, to be replaced by one of the new Astute-class submarines. [3] As of November 2013 [update] she was undergoing extended maintenance and upgrades. The work allowed for a two-year life extension beyond the previously-planned decommissioning date.
The Astute Class nuclear-powered attack submarine is heading to HM Naval Base Clyde, in central Scotland.
HMS Agincourt (also known as Astute Boat 7) is an Astute-class nuclear-powered fleet submarine under construction for the Royal Navy and the seventh in her class. The boat's name was confirmed in May 2018, having previously held the in-work name of Ajax.
HMS Audacious is the fourth Astute-class nuclear-powered fleet submarine of the Royal Navy. [8] Several previous vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name. She was formally named on 16 December 2016 [2] and was launched on 28 April 2017. [9] [10] Audacious was stated to be handed over in January 2021. [11]
BAE Systems’ Astute class submarines are U.K.’s largest and most powerful attack submarines and can strike targets up to 621 miles from the coast with pinpoint accuracy. The long-term earnings ...
HMS Ambush is an Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarine of the Royal Navy, the second boat of her class. Ambush is the third vessel, and the second submarine, to bear the name in Royal Naval service. She was ordered in 1997, laid down in 2003 and commissioned in 2013.