Royal Navy launches the 6th Astute-class SSN, HMS Agamemnon
On October 3, 2024, the Royal Navy launched the most advanced hunter-killer submarine, the future HMS Agamemnon in BAE Systems' facility in Barrow.
04 Oct 2024
On October 3, 2024, the Royal Navy launched the most advanced hunter-killer submarine, the future HMS Agamemnon in BAE Systems' facility in Barrow.
19 Feb 2023
HMS Anson, the fifth Astute class submarine, which BAE Systems has designed and built for the Royal Navy, has departed the Company's shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, and headed out to open sea for the first time.
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.