Key build stage for next Astute class submarine gets underway

Anson is the fifth of seven, £1bn Astute class nuclear submarines that the Ministry of Defence has given approval to build. At 97 metres and 7,400 tonnes displacement, like all the Astute class subs Anson has a nuclear propulsion system which means she will never need to be refuelled. Yesterday (Thursday) Gerald Howarth MP and…