bobp wrote:HMS Audacious has departed Barrow for the Clyde. She is the fourth Astute class submarine.
(Photos: https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/18361602 ... es-barrow/ )
Name: HMS Audacious
Class: Astute Class SSN (7 boats)
Pennant number: S122 (4th of 7 boats)
Ordered: May 2007
Builder: BAE Systems Submarine Solutions
Cost: £1.492 Bn (budget)
Laid down: 24th March 2009
Naming Cermony: 16th December 2016
Launched: 28th April 2017
Sponsored by: Lady Elizabeth Jones
In service: 2021 (delayed)
Status: Began sea trials 6th April 2020
Surfaced Displacement: 7,000 to 7,400 t (6,900 to 7,300 long tons; 7,700 to 8,200 short tons)
Submerged Displacement: 7,400 to 7,800 t (7,300 to 7,700 long tons; 8,200 to 8,600 short tons)
Length: 97 m (318 ft 3 in)
Beam: 11.3 m (37 ft 1 in)
Draught: 10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Propulsion: Rolls-Royce PWR 2 nuclear reactor, MTU 600 kilowatt diesel generators
Speed: 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph), submerged
Range: Unlimited
Endurance: 90 days
Test depth: Over 300 m (984 ft 3 in)
Complement: 98 (capacity for 109)
Sensors and processing systems: Thales Sonar 2076, Atlas DESO 25 echosounder, 2 × Thales CM010 optronic masts, Raytheon Successor IFF
Armament: 6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes with stowage for up to 38 weapons: Tomahawk Block IV cruise missiles, Spearfish heavyweight torpedoes