Artful enters the water
19 May 2014 03:10 PM
Britain's third
£1 billion Astute Class nuclear submarine, Artful, was lowered into the
water at Barrow-in-Furness on Saturday, 17 May.
Moving the nuclear-powered
attack submarine from the BAE
Systemsconstruction hall at Barrow-in-Furness, in Cumbria, and into the
water was a huge milestone in the Astute submarine programme.
Weighing in at 7,400 tonnes and
at 97 metres long, Artful is the third of 7 highly complex Astute
Class submarines being built for the Royal Navy. Two of the
submarines, HMS Astute and HMS Ambush, have already been handed over to the
Royal Navy, and construction of the remaining 5 continues.
Now in the water, Artful will
begin the next phase of her test and commissioning process ahead of sea trials
next year.
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