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Royal Navy - Nuclear Powered Attack
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class: Astute class Attack Submarine - SSN Builder: BAE Systems Submarine Solutions, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, U.K. STATUS: Awarded: March 17, 1997 Laid down: March 11, 2005 Launched: May 17, 2014 Commissioned: March 18, 2016 IN SERVICE Homeport: HMNB Clyde, Scotland Technical Data: see INFO > Astute class Attack Submarine |
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HMS Artful is the third Astute-class nuclear-powered fleet submarine
of the British Royal Navy. She is the second submarine of the Royal
Navy to bear this name. Artful was ordered from GEC's Marconi Marine
(now BAE Systems Submarine Solutions) on 17 March 1997, and was
constructed at Barrow in Furness. She was named on 20 September
2013, was rolled out of the shipyard construction hall on 16 May
2014, and was due to start sea trials in early 2015. Artful made her
first successful basin dive in October 2014, and sailed on 13 August
2015 for sea trials. Artful was handed over the Royal Navy on 14
December 2015, and commissioned on 18 March 2016. Service history: In May 2021, Artful joined UK Carrier Strike Group 21 on its seven-and-a-half month-long maiden operational deployment to the Far East. source: wikipedia |
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