Royal Navy commissions 5th Astute-class submarine “HMS Anson”
Royal Navy commissioned the 5th Astute-class nuclear-powered hunter-killer submarine, HMS Anson, with a ceremony held in Barrow on 31 August 2022.
31 Aug 2022
Royal Navy commissioned the 5th Astute-class nuclear-powered hunter-killer submarine, HMS Anson, with a ceremony held in Barrow on 31 August 2022.
16 Jun 2022
The Royal Navy’s newest and most advanced nuclear attack submarine, HMS Audacious, carried out NATO security patrols in the Mediterranean on her maiden operational deployment.
02 Jun 2022
The Royal Navy’s stock of Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles will be upgraded on Royal Navy submarines to ensure the weapon is even more effective against future threats.
26 Apr 2022
The Royal Navy's Astute-class submarine, HMS Ambush, is in Grotsund near Tromsø to familiarise the Royal Navy with submarine supply facilities in the Arctic.
31 Mar 2022
Royal Marines conducted a small boat raid from a Royal Navy Astute class submarine during exercise Cold Response 2022.
14 Feb 2022
The Royal Navy’s newest Astute-class submarine HMS Anson has completed what a submarine should do – submerge – for the first time.
29 Oct 2021
The Royal Navy nuclear-powered submarine (SSN) Astute is conducting a port call to Perth (Western Australia). The visit, a first for an Astute-class submarine...
23 Sep 2021
ASTUTE-Class attack submarine, HMS Audacious, was formally commissioned today during a ceremony at HM Naval Base Clyde.
18 May 2021
The Royal Navy's fifth Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) is now in the water following her launch by BAE Systems at the Barrow shipyard.
21 Apr 2021
Anson, the fifth of seven Astute-class attack submarines being built for the Royal Navy, has been launched at the BAE Systems site in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.