The Royal Navy’s Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarines are a study in contrasts: technologically brilliant yet ...

This Submarine Is a Powerhouse: The Royal Navy is preparing to welcome HMS Agamemnon, its sixth Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, into service by 2025. Capable of carrying nearly 40 ...

A decision to rename nuclear-powered submarine HMS Agincourt is “woke nonsense”, a former defence secretary said. The Astute-class attack submarine, which is still under construction, was due ...

Back in 2010, the first in line, HMS Astute, ran aground in Scotland, and six years later the Ambush hit a merchant ship with its conning tower in the Gibraltar region.

“The 7th Astute-class submarine is to be named HMS Achilles, as approved by The King. The name is appropriate in light of the 80th anniversaries this year of VE and VJ Day.

The first Astute-class submarine, the HMS Astute, was commissioned in August 2010, but did not become fully operational until May 2014. Its builder, BAE Systems, described it as "the largest and ...

The Astute-class attack submarine, which is still under construction, was due to be named in honour of Henry V’s 1415 victory over the French. But the boat will now be called HMS Achilles, a ...