Using the torpedo test, the cutting-edge system was able to interpret sonar readings, and then attack a moving target with a practice weapon. The firing tested the BAE Systems designed Common Combat System (CCS) on board, which functions as the digital brain of the boat controlling its eyes, ears and nervous system. HMS Artful test fires first torpedo using new UK-made advanced Combat System The third of the Astute Class attack submarines, Artful, was officially been handed over to the Royal Navy. Left Barrow and put to sea for the first time EventsĬompleted successful frist dive in Devonshire Dock at Barrow The navy said the submarines have been involved in anti-smuggling operations and provided Tomahawk Land Attack Missile capability in support of anti-terrorism operations in the region.Īll seven of the navy's Astute Class Submarines will eventually be based on the Clyde. HMS Astute and Ambush have already completed deployments in the Mediterranean and Middle East. Hopefully it will stand us in good stead for the future. Obviously, this is the most technologically-advanced submarine in the fleet and that's the most important thing. I served on Vanguard-class previously and it's still the same tight spaces, but you learn to live with it. It's us who decide where she goes and decide when she can unleash her awesome potential.ĭespite being the most advanced sub to join the fleet, space inside remains as limited as traditional navy boats. She is alive and has a beating heart in the crew that serve on board. She is fitted with the most advanced weapons system, a very good propulsion system and is capable of operating undetected all over the world for months at a time.Īrmed with Tomahawk cruise missiles, HMS Artful will be able to strike targets up to 1,200 miles from the coast while stealth technology allows it to remain undetected despite being 50 per cent larger than the Trafalgar Class subs.Ĭommander Stuart Armstrong, the Commanding Officer of HMS Artful, said:įrom the bow to stern, she contains the most advanced technology that the Royal Navy has ever put to sea in a submarine. It is the third Astute Class attack submarine to join the fleet following HMS Astute and HMS Ambush, and is said to be the most powerful Submarine ever operated by the Royal Navy.Ĭommodore Mike Walliker, commander of the Faslane flotilla, said:įor 50 years we've been operating nuclear submarines in this country and today we commissioned the most advanced nuclear submarine we have ever put to sea, and as of today bar-none in the world. The Ceremony was attended by the Artful's 150 crew, their families and senior navy officials.īuilt at BAE Systems shipyard in Barrow Artful arrived at HM Naval Base Clyde in 2015 to undergo sea trials off the west coast of Scotland. The 7,400-tonne Submarine HMS Artful has been Commissioned at Faslane. The world's most advanced nuclear submarine has officially joined the Royal Navy fleet. Lady Zambellas, who named HMS Artful at Barrow in Furness in 2014, at the Commissioning ceremony in Faslane. Part Two - Progressive Development of Design and Equipment.Lieutenant Commander Martin Eric Nasmith.Lieutenant Commander Geoffrey Saxon White.Lieutenant Commander Malcolm David Wanklyn.Lieutenant Peter Scawen Watkinson Roberts.Lieutenant Commander Anthony Cecil Chapel Miers.Lieutenant Ian Edward Fraser, Royal Naval Reserve.Temporary Acting Leading Seaman James Joseph Magennis.RN Subs In Association with the Barrow Submariners Association
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