&sq=&lang=&file=File:Audacious_Under_Construction_MOD_45155779.jpg) Audacious under construction in Barrow-in-Furness in July 2013
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Audacious |
| Ordered | May 2007 |
| Builder | BAE Systems Submarine Solutions |
| Cost | £1.492B (budget)[2] |
| Laid down | 24 March 2009 |
| Launched | 28 April 2017 |
| Sponsored by | Lady Elizabeth Jones |
| Christened | 16 December 2016[1] |
| Commissioned | 23 September 2021 |
| In service | 24 September 2021 |
| Identification | Pennant number: S122 |
| Status | In active service |
| Badge | &sq=&lang=&file=File:HMS_Audacious_badge.svg){kind=icon} |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Astute-class fleet submarine |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 97 m (318 ft 3 in)[3][4] |
| Beam | 11.3 m (37 ft 1 in)[3][4] |
| Draught | 10 m (32 ft 10 in)[3][4] |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph), submerged[3][4] |
| Range | Unlimited[5] |
| Endurance | 90 days[5] |
| Test depth | Over 300 m (984 ft 3 in) |
| Complement | 98 (capacity for 109)[3] |
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HMS Audacious is the fourth Astute-class nuclear-powered fleet submarine of the Royal Navy.[8] Several previous vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name. She was formally named on 16 December 2016[1] and was launched on 28 April 2017.[9][10] Audacious was stated to be handed over in January 2021.[11] A parliamentary written answer stated that Audacious was commissioned on 3 April 2020,[12] but her public ceremonial commissioning took place on 23 September 2021.[13]
- ^ a b "Fourth Astute class submarine formally named" (Press release). Ministry of Defence. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
- ^ "Ministry of Defence Major Projects Report 2015 and the Equipment Plan 2015 to 2025" (pdf). National Audit Office. 22 October 2015. p. 43.
- ^ a b c d e f g Bush, Steve (2014). British Warships and Auxiliaries. Maritime Books. pp. 10–11. ISBN 978-1904459552.
- ^ a b c d e f "Astute-class attack submarines". royalnavy.mod.uk. Royal Navy. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ a b "BAE Systems - Astute class submarines". baesystems.com. BAE Systems. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ^ Kuperman, Alan; von Hippel, Frank (10 April 2020). "US study of reactor and fuel types to enable naval reactors to shift from HEU fuel". International Panel on Fissile Materials. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ "UK's most powerful submarine joins the Navy". Ministry of Defence. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
- ^ BAE Systems News, 10 December 2012
- ^ "BAE Systems launches Audacious - the fourth state-of-the-art Astute submarine" (Press release). BAE Systems. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- ^ "Fourth new Astute-class submarine Audacious launched at Barrow-in-Furness" (Press release). Royal Navy. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ^ "Astute Class Submarines Boat 4 Accounting Officer Assessment" (PDF). assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/. UK Parliament. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
The Operational handover for AUDACIOUS is now planned for January 2021.
- ^ "Ministry of Defence Astute Class Submarines". parliament.uk. UK Hansard. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
HMS AUDACIOUS was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 3 April 2020
- ^ Royal Navy in Scotland [@RNinScotland] (23 September 2021). "The fourth @RoyalNavy #Astute-class #submarine, HMS Audacious, has been ceremonially commissioned into the fleet" (Tweet). Retrieved 16 September 2022 – via Twitter.