| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | SSN 5 |
| 14-05-2018 | During a visit to the Barrow yard the Secretary of State for Defence, The Right Honourable Gavin Williamson awarded a £1.5bn contract for delivery of the seventh Astute class submarine and announced it would be named Agincourt. |
| 26-01-2025 | The RN announced the name HMS Achilles has been approved by The King with no mention of the previously announced name Agincourt. It is unclear why the name change has been made but most speculate that it is to avoid offending the French. The battle of Agincourt in 1415 saw a much smaller English and Welsh army defeat the French army with the innovative use of longbows. |
| Length | 280 ft |
| Displacement | 5,300 tonnes, submerged |
| 7000 to 7400 tonnes, surfaced | |
| Beam | 37 ft 1 inch |
| Draught | 32 ft 10 inch |
| Propulsion | 1 x Rolls Royce PWR2 nuclear reactor |
| MTU 600kw Deisel Generators | |
| 2 x GEC steam turbines | |
| 2 x Paxman diesel alternators 2,800 shp | |
| 1 x motor for emergency drive | |
| 1 x auxiliary retractable prop | |
| Speed | Up to 32 knots, submerged |
| Test Depth | Over 300m |
| Electronic warfare | 2 x SSE Mk8 launchers for Type 2066 and Type 2071 torpedo decoys |
| Armament | 6 x 21 inch torpedo tubes with stowage for up to 38 weapons |
| Tomahawk Block IV cruise missiles | |
| Spearfish heavyweight torpedoes | |
| Complement | 98 (109 capacity) |
Directed by William Fairchild, The Silent Enemy is a newly restored 1958 war film based on the real Lionel 'Buster' Crabb who vanished during a reconnaissance mission for the MI6, played by Laurence Harvey.
In 1941, Britain was sustaining enormous losses fighting a war on three fronts against an ever increasing Axis power. To add to their problems, the Italians have recently created a new form of warfare - Frogmen - an intrepid band of men who travel astride small torpedo-type vessels, and attach explosive charges to the hulls of enemy ships, below their waterline.
A young Naval Lieutenant, 'Buster' Crabb, an expert in mine and bomb disposal, is sent to Gibraltar to try and combat this new threat. Never having dived before, he sets to work to master the technique of underwater operations, and soon he and his team are able to locate many of the frogmen's charges and render them harmless. But with an invasion of North Africa imminent, time is not on the Allies' side.
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| Length | 280 ft |
| Displacement | 5,300 tonnes, submerged |
| 7000 to 7400 tonnes, surfaced | |
| Beam | 37 ft 1 inch |
| Draught | 32 ft 10 inch |
| Propulsion | 1 x Rolls Royce PWR2 nuclear reactor |
| MTU 600kw Deisel Generators | |
| 2 x GEC steam turbines | |
| 2 x Paxman diesel alternators 2,800 shp | |
| 1 x motor for emergency drive | |
| 1 x auxiliary retractable prop | |
| Speed | Up to 32 knots, submerged |
| Test Depth | Over 300m |
| Electronic warfare | 2 x SSE Mk8 launchers for Type 2066 and Type 2071 torpedo decoys |
| Armament | 6 x 21 inch torpedo tubes with stowage for up to 38 weapons |
| Tomahawk Block IV cruise missiles | |
| Spearfish heavyweight torpedoes | |
| Complement | 98 (109 capacity) |
Directed by William Fairchild, The Silent Enemy is a newly restored 1958 war film based on the real Lionel 'Buster' Crabb who vanished during a reconnaissance mission for the MI6, played by Laurence Harvey.
In 1941, Britain was sustaining enormous losses fighting a war on three fronts against an ever increasing Axis power. To add to their problems, the Italians have recently created a new form of warfare - Frogmen - an intrepid band of men who travel astride small torpedo-type vessels, and attach explosive charges to the hulls of enemy ships, below their waterline.
A young Naval Lieutenant, 'Buster' Crabb, an expert in mine and bomb disposal, is sent to Gibraltar to try and combat this new threat. Never having dived before, he sets to work to master the technique of underwater operations, and soon he and his team are able to locate many of the frogmen's charges and render them harmless. But with an invasion of North Africa imminent, time is not on the Allies' side.
13 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
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