The most advanced hunter-killer submarine in the Royal Navy has sailed in the water for the first time.HMS Agamemnon, one of the new Astute-class submarines, was formally launched earlier today. Engineers carried out a delicate operation to move the 7,

HMS Agamemnon, the Royal Navy's sixth Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, has completed its construction phase at Barrow-in-Furness and will soon be launched into the water. -Set for commissioning by the end of next year,

BRITAIN’S new nuclear attack submarine with a Rolls-Royce reactor and six torpedoes launched for the first time. HMS Agamemnon, the latest Royal Navy Astute Class attack sub, set off at BAE

The sixth of seven Royal Navy attack nuclear-powered submarines has been launched. The Astute-class HMS Agamemnon, named after the ancient Greek king, was hoisted into the water by BAE Systems in Barrow-in Furness. Astute class are the most powerful attack submarines ever operated by the Royal Navy.

The Royal Navy's production of new nuclear attack submarines has reached a huge milestone as the sixth of seven planned submarines has been unveiled in Barrow.

In 1951, the Royal Navy suffered a significant tragedy with the loss of HMS Affray, an A-class submarine designed during World War II to operate in the Far East. The Affray departed Portsmouth on April 16 for a simulated war patrol with an unusually large crew,