Astute-class Nuclear Attack Submarine
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The Astute-class Nuclear Attack Submarines are the latest class of nuclear-powered fleet submarines in service with the Royal Navy. The class sets a new standard for the Royal Navy in terms of weapons load, communication facilities and stealth. The boats are being constructed by BAE Systems Submarine Solutions at Barrow-in-Furness. Sixteen boats will be constructed for the Royal Navy. In the 2020s, the Canadian government ordered six Astute-class nuclear attack submarines to replace their three aging Lake Superior-class submarines, named the Kingsmill-class. The Royal Australian Navy would also order four Astute-class SSNs in the early 2030s.
Specifications[edit | edit source]
- Type:Nuclear Attack Submarine
- Service Period: 2007-Present
- Characteristics
- Length: 376 feet (114.6 meters)
- Beam: 37 feet (11.28 meters)
- Draught: 33 feet (10.06 meters)
- Displacement: 8,200 tonnes (Surfaced); 8,700 tonnes (Submerged)
- Crew: 98
- Propulsion: Rolls-Royce PWR 2 reactor, MTU 600 kilowatt diesel generators
- Range: Unlimited
- Speed: 33 knots (61.17 km/hr)
- Sensors and Processing Systems
- Thales Type 2076 Sonar
- Atlas DESO 25 echosounder
- Thales CM010 optronic masts x 2
- Raytheon Successor IFF
- Armament
- 6 x 21" torpedo tubes (with 38 Spearfish or Mk.46 ADCAP heavyweight torpedoes)
- 1 x 16-cell Mk.45 VLS (fires UGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles and/or UGM-84 Harpoon)
Unit Run[edit | edit source]
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- HMS Astute (S119)
- HMS Ambush (S120)
- HMS Artful (S121)
- HMS Audacious (S122)
- HMS Anson (S123)
- HMS Agamemnon (S124)
- HMS Ajax (S125)
- HMS Agincourt (S126) - sea trials
- HMS Andromeda (S127) - fitting out
- HMS Amethyst (S128) - under construction
- HMS Atlas (S129) - under construction
- HMS Arethusa (S130) - under construction
- HMS Aisne (S131) - planned for construction
- HMS Alacrity (S132) - planned for construction
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- HMAS Hunter (SSN-93)
- HMAS Flinders (SSN-94)
- HMAS Tasman (SSN-95)
- HMAS Brooks (SSN-96)
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- HMCS Kingsmill (SSN-885)
- HMCS Landymore (SSN-886)
- HMCS DeWolf (SSN-887)
- HMCS Murray (SSN-888)
- HMCS Rayner (SSN-889)
- HMCS Timbrell (SSN-892)
