(Europa) The Royal Navy

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Ein neues Atom-U-Boot für die Royal Navy: Die HMS Audacious, ein Boot der über 7.000 ts großen Astute-Klasse, wurde zu Wasser gelassen...

HMS Audacious has been spotted taking her first trip out of dry storage in Barrow-in-Furness

She has been ten years in the making but now the 318ft long, 7,400 tonne nuclear-powered HMS Audacious took her first trip in water on Friday, April 28, during a floating out ceremony in Cumbria. She will then start her testing program, before leaving Barrow for sea trials next year.

Part of a £1billion project, Audacious is the fourth out of seven astute class submarines commissioned by the Government to set a new standard in weapons. When armed with Tomahawk cruise missiles, she will be capable of striking targets up to 750 miles from the coast with pinpoint accuracy. [...] She was officially named during a ceremony at BAE Systems’ Submarines site in Cumbria, back in December.

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