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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 .
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.
HMS Astute (P447) was an Amphion-class submarine. Her keel was laid down by Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness. She was launched in 1944 and commissioned in 1945. [1] In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. [2] Astute was scrapped on 1 October 1970 at Dunston on Tyne.
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Astute is the second Royal Navy submarine class, after the Vanguard class, to have a bunk for each member of the ship's company, [38] ending the practice of 'hot bunking', whereby two sailors on opposite watches shared the same bunk at different times.
See photos of the inside. Germany's U-505 submarine was the 1st warship captured by the US Navy in over a century and top secret during World War II. See photos of the inside.
The USS New Jersey was the first submarine in the U.S. Navy's fleet designed specifically with women in mind.
HMS Astute (P447), launched in 1945, was an Amphion-class submarine. She served in World War II but never saw action against an enemy. She was scrapped in 1970. HMS Astute (S119), laid down in 2001 and launched in 2007, is the lead boat of the Astute class of nuclear-powered attack submarines. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 2010.