Periscope

摘要

The last day of August 2022 saw the formal commissioning of the ANSON, the fifth member of the British Royal Navy's ASTUTE class of nuclear powered attack submarines, at BAE Systems' Barrow-in-Furness shipyard at northwest England. Displacing some 7,800 tonnes in submerged condition and some 97 metres in length, ANSON was laid down over a decade ago in October 2011 and subsequently launched in April 2021. In spite of the formal ceremony, ANSON has yet to commence her programme of sea trials, which will be carried out after a maiden voyage to the home of the Royal Navy's submarine force at Faslane Naval Base on the Clyde.