| Built By: | Portsmouth Dockyard |
| Build Group: | T 3 |
| Fate: | Cancelled, scrapped Llanlely 1946 |
| 05-04-1943 | Laid Down |
| 18-04-1944 | Launched |
XE 8 (Expunger) |
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| Class: | 1944 - 1952: XE Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | XE |
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Fate: Sunk and used a bottom target 1954 off Portland. Later raised and preserved at Chatham. |
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The Astute-class is the largest, most advanced and most powerful attack submarine ever operated by the Royal Navy, combining world-leading sensors, design and weaponry in a versatile vessel. The submarines are nuclear-propelled and fuelled by a nuclear reactor powerful enough to supply a city the size of Southampton.
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XE 8 (Expunger) |
|
| Class: | 1944 - 1952: XE Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | XE |
|
Fate: Sunk and used a bottom target 1954 off Portland. Later raised and preserved at Chatham. |
|
The Astute-class is the largest, most advanced and most powerful attack submarine ever operated by the Royal Navy, combining world-leading sensors, design and weaponry in a versatile vessel. The submarines are nuclear-propelled and fuelled by a nuclear reactor powerful enough to supply a city the size of Southampton.
20 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
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