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HMS Anson commissioned into the Royal Navy

Maritime September 9, 2022

The latest Astute class submarine to be built by BAE Systems, HMS Anson, has been officially commissioned into the Royal Navy during a ceremony at BAE Systems’ site in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. At 97 metres long and with a displacement of 7,800 tonnes, the nuclear-powered submarine is the fifth of seven in ...

JFD awarded capability support contract for UK MOD Astute class submarine

Maritime July 9, 2021

JFD has been awarded a contract, in excess of £20million, by the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to be the provider of a novel capability support contract for the Astute class submarine. The four-year contract, which has a one-year extension option, was awarded through competitive tender and commenced 1 June 2021. ...

Astute sub HMS Audacious sets sail for her home base

Maritime April 9, 2020

HMS Audacious, the fourth of seven Astute-class attack submarines being built by BAE Systems for the Royal Navy, set sail from the Company’s Barrow-in-Furness site earlier this week. New ways of working and amended protocols have been introduced at the site, in line with Government guidelines, to enable a small team ...

Thales celebrate a century of submarine innovation

Maritime September 5, 2017

A firm of Glaswegian engineers has celebrated a century as the sole supplier of periscope and optronics masts to Royal Navy submarines. Govan-based Thales delivered its first submarine periscope – the FY1 – to the submarine M3 in 1917. Ever since, each class of Royal Navy submarine has been fitted with ...