The Astute class are among the most capable submarines in service today. Each boat is equipped with world-leading sensors, carries Tomahawk Land Attack Cruise Missiles and Spearfish heavyweight ...

Britain's sixth of seven Astute-class submarines being built has officially been named Agamemnon at BAE Systems' Submarines site in Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria. She takes her name from the ...

Five Astute-class submarines are already in service, while work is also well underway in Barrow on the seventh and final boat. At 97 metres long and weighing 7,400 tons, advanced nuclear ...