S 125 HMS Achilles Astute class Attack Submarine Royal Navy

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S 125 HMS Achilles

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Type, class: Astute class Attack Submarine - SSN
Builder: BAE Systems Submarine Solutions, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, U.K.

STATUS:
Awarded: ?
Laid down: May 14, 2018 (as HMS Agincourt)
renamed HMS Achilles in January 2025
Launched: ?
Commissioned: 2026 ?
UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Homeport:
Motto: ?
Technical Data: see INFO > Astute class Attack Submarine

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HMS Achilles (also known as Astute Boat 7) is an Astute-class nuclear-powered fleet submarine under construction for the Royal Navy and the seventh in her class. The boat's name was confirmed in May 2018, having previously held the in-work name of Ajax and then HMS Agincourt.

The confirmation for the seventh and final Astute-class boat was given in the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010, although the order was not placed until 2018.

On 11 December 2012 the British government announced that long-lead items had been ordered for boats 6 and 7.

On 6 March 2018 the Defence Procurement minister Guto Bebb confirmed that the MoD had gained Treasury approval to sign a contract for Astute Boat 7, after a leaked Navy document had suggested it might not be procured as a cost-saving measure. In May 2018 it was reported that construction of Boat Seven had begun. She has been projected as being ready for service between 2024 and 2026 and will be based at Faslane (HMNB Clyde).

source: wikipedia

Achilles (Greek mythology)

... was a hero of the Trojan War who was known as being the greatest of all the Greek warriors. The central character in Homer's Iliad, he was the son of the Nereid Thetis and Peleus, king of Phthia and famous Argonaut. Achilles was raised in Phthia along with his childhood companion Patroclus and received his education by the centaur Chiron. In the Iliad, he is presented as the commander of the mythical tribe of the Myrmidons.

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