BAE Systems’ Ambush submarine ready for sea

Posted on 13 Sep 2012
Crew on watch in Ambush Control Room

It's not every day that a nuclear submarine is finished and ready for the open seas. In the next few days, nuclear attack submarine Ambush will be towed out of its builders yard at Barrow-in-Furness and set off on its first sea trial with the Royal Navy.

Ambush resurfacing after a successful "Trim and Incline"
Depending on the weather tomorrow, the bridge at Barrow-in-Furness will open and Ambush will disembark with its 98-strong crew. The 7,400 tonne Ambush is the second in the Astute class, a £1bn seven boat programme developing nuclear powered hunter-killer subs, and has taken…

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