HMS Audacious (S122)
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This article contains information about an as-yet unfinished ship.
It may contain preliminary or speculative information, and may not reflect the final version of the ship.
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For other ships of the same name, see HMS Audacious.
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | May 2007 |
| Builder: | BAE Systems Submarine Solutions |
| Launched: | 2012 (predicted) |
| Commissioned: | Unknown |
| Fate: | On order |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 7800 tonnes submerged |
| Length: | 97 m (323 ft) |
| Beam: | 11.3 m (37 ft) |
| Draught: | 10 m (33 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Rolls-Royce PWR2 reactor (with full submarine life core), MAN (Paxman) 1900 kilowatt diesel generator |
| Speed: | 29 knots (54 km/h) submerged |
| Range: | 7,000 nautical miles / 13,000 km (at economical speed) |
| Complement: | 98 officers and men normally, capacity of 109 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Thales Underwater Systems Sonar 2076, Atlas Hydrographic DESO 25 depth-finding echosounder, Two Thales Optronics CM010 periscopes, Raytheon Systems Ltd Successor IFF system |
| Armament: | six 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 38 Spearfish torpedoes, UGM-84 Harpoon and Tomahawk Block IV cruise missiles, naval mines |
HMS Audacious (S122) is a proposed Astute-class nuclear Fleet submarine of the Royal Navy. Long lead items for its construction were ordered on August 28, 2006 [1] however the actual order was not placed until May 21, 2007.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ New nuclear sub is lifeline for Barrow. BBC News Online (2006-08-28). Retrieved on 2007-03-09.
- ^ Royal Navy to Get New Attack Submarine. Royal Navy (2007-05-21). Retrieved on 2007-05-21.
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