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HMS Achilles (also known as Astute Boat 7) is an Astute-class nuclear-powered fleet submarine under construction for the Royal Navy and the seventh in her class. The boat has had its name changed twice, having previously held the in-work name of Ajax and Agincourt.
Seven boats will be constructed: the first of class, Astute, was launched by Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, in 2007, [7] commissioned in 2010, and declared fully operational in May 2014. [2] The Astute class is the replacement for the Trafalgar -class fleet submarines in Royal Navy service.
The vessel became part of the 10th Anti-Submarine Brigade and served on the edge of the Arctic Ocean. Dostoynyy took part in a number of exercises, including Okean-75 between 11 and 22 April 1975, Sever-77, Okean-83, Magistral-83 and, between 19 and 24 May 1984, Eskadra-84. [ 7 ]
Construction of the nuclear submarine K-407 Novomoskovsk began at the Northern Machinebuilding Enterprise in Severodvinsk on 2 February 1987, [4] and it became part of the Soviet Navy on 27 November 1990. She was the last of seven 667BDRM Delfin submarines and the last SSBN submarine built in the USSR.
In the early 1930s Hellmuth Walter had designed a small, high-speed submarine with a streamlined form propelled by high-test peroxide (HTP) and in 1939 he was awarded a contract to build an experimental vessel, the 80 ton V-80, which achieved an underwater speed of 28.1 knots (52.0 km/h; 32.3 mph) during trials in 1940.
Following the K-class submarines was the one M-class submarine built in 1914–1915. Following the M Class submarine were three AA-1-class submarines built between 1916 and 1922. The AA-1-class submarines was followed by seven N-class submarines built between 1915 and 1917.
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HMS Triumph is a Trafalgar-class nuclear submarine of the Royal Navy and was the seventh and final boat of her class. She is the nineteenth nuclear-powered hunter-killer submarine built for the Royal Navy. Triumph is the tenth vessel, and the second submarine, to bear the name. The first HMS Triumph was a 68-gun galleon built in 1561.