The refit, known as a Mid-Life Revalidation Period (MLRP), will be carried out by Babcock and is expected to upgrade key ...

The Royal Navy’s HMS Astute begins a years-long overhaul after 15 years of service, highlighting the Astute-class subs’ global capabilities, stealth, and enduring importance in Britain’s ...

The Royal Navy is pushing to expand the nuclear submarine fleet. HMS Agamemnon is due to be commissioned this autumn, and ...

Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) has arrived in Devonport, Plymouth, ahead of starting its Mid ...

A BARROW built Royal Navy hunter-killer submarine is set to enter a period of maintenance in order to undergo a mid-life revamp.

A Royal Navy hunter-killer submarine has arrived in Devonport to get a multi-million-pound revamp. HMS Astute is to get a ...

HMS Astute will be going into a maintenance period after 15 years of continuous service around the world. She is the first of the Astute-class vessels to go through her Mid Life Re-Validation ...

The Royal Navy's Astute Class consists of seven nuclear-powered submarines. HMS Astute, Ambush, Artful, Audacious and Anson are all currently in active service and a further two boats – HMS Achilles ...

The first Astute-class submarine, the HMS Astute, was commissioned in August 2010, but did not become fully operational until May 2014.