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HMS Anson (S123)
Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarine of the Royal Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Anson.
HMS Anson is the fifth Astute-class nuclear-powered fleet submarine of the Royal Navy. She is the eighth vessel of the Royal Navy to bear the name, after Admiral George Anson.
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Name | HMS Anson |
Namesake | George Anson, 1st Baron Anson |
Ordered | March 2010 |
Builder | BAE Systems Submarine Solutions |
Cost | £1.420B (budget)[1] |
Laid down | 13 October 2011 |
Launched | 20 April 2021 |
Sponsored by | Julie Weale |
Christened | 11 December 2020 |
Commissioned | 31 August 2022[2] |
In service | TBD[3] |
Identification | Pennant number: S123 |
Motto | Nil desperandum (Never despair) |
Honours and awards | Four inherited battle honours |
Status | In active service |
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Class and type | Astute-class fleet submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 97 m (318 ft 3 in)[4][5] |
Beam | 11.3 m (37 ft 1 in)[4][5] |
Draught | 10 m (32 ft 10 in)[4][5] |
Propulsion | Rolls-Royce PWR 2 reactor, MTU 600 kilowatt diesel generators |
Speed | 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph), submerged[4][5] |
Range | Unlimited[6] |
Endurance | 90 days[6] |
Test depth | Over 300 m (984 ft 3 in) |
Complement | 98 (capacity for 109)[4] |
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