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	HMS Astute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Two submarines of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Astute for the characteristic of shrewdness and discernment.
		Astute (P447), launched in 1945, was an Amphion-class submarine.
		Astute (S119), laid down in 2001, will be the lead ship of her class of nuclear-powered attack submarines when completed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Astute (127 words)

	hms astute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Two submarines of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Astute for the characteristic of shrewdness and discernment.
		HMS Astute (P447) was an Amphion-class (also known as the "A" class) submarine launched during World War II but never seeing action against an enemy.
		HMS Astute (S119) was under construction in February 2003.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /HMS_Astute.html (128 words)

	SUBMARINES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		HMS Trenchent, the fith of the Trafalgar Class was commissioned in 1989, the sixth, HMS Talent, in 1990 and the seventh, HMS Triumph, in 1991.
		HMS Astute is the biggest and most powerful attack submarine to be built for the Royal Navy and, under the Smart Acquisition programme, is being built at roughly one fifth more quickly than earlier boats, with lower running costs and will have a much smaller ship’s company.
		HMS Astute will displace 7,200 tonnes dived and is 97 metres long, she will have six weapons tubes a massively increased firepower compared to predecessors and will be equipped from day one to operate cruise missiles.
	www.stormpages.com /jonathancarpenter (720 words)

	Expert About as:Astute
		Astute Networks is combining its expertise in network protocols and experience in developing data communication systems to develop a new family of silicon devices based on a completely new architecture tailored for transport protocols.
		Astute was decommissioned at Cold Bay, Alaska, on 18 July 1945 and was transferred to the Soviet Union under the terms of the lend-lease program.
		Astute Networks is pleased to welcome ComVentures as the lead investor for this round and encouraged by the continued support and validation of existing investors.
	www.expertsite.biz /dir/as/astute.htm (1715 words)

	Astute attack submarine
		HMS Dreadnought was a fully operational attack submarine and served for 20 years from 1963 before being decommissioned in 1983 and placed in store.
		Astute is the biggest and most powerful attack submarine to be built for the Royal Navy and, under the Smart Acquisition Programme, is being built roughly one-fifth more quickly than earlier boats.
		HMS Astute is 97m long and displaces 7,200 tonnes, powered by a Rolls-Royce PWR-2 nuclear reactor, the vessel has an endurance of eight to nine years and a maximum submerged speed of 32kts.
	www.global-defence.com /2003/astute_03.htm (1519 words)

	HMS Astute (S119) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		HMS Astute (S119) is the (Click link for more info and facts about lead ship) lead ship of (Click link for more info and facts about her class) her class of nuclear-powered attack (A submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes) submarines.
		She was laid down on January 31, 2001, 100 years to the day since the keel was laid down for (Click link for more info and facts about USS Holland) USS Holland, the first modern (A submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes) submarine.
		Astute is the second (A submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes) submarine of the (Click link for more info and facts about Royal Navy) Royal Navy to be named for the characteristic of shrewdness and discernment.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hm/hms_astute_(s119)3.htm (149 words)

	HMS Astute (S119) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		HMS Astute (S119) is the lead ship of her class of nuclear-powered attack submarines.
		Astute is the second submarine of the Royal Navy to be named for the characteristic of shrewdness and discernment.
		The first was HMS Astute (P447), an Amphion class submarine launched during World War II.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/H/HMS-Astute-(S119).htm (163 words)

	Navy Matters \| Astute Class
		The Astute's will be an improved and enlarged version of the Trafalgar Class, and were originally intended to replace the remaining Swiftsure Class which were launched between 1973 and 1977 and are now approaching the end of their operational life.
		First steel for HMS Astute was cut in October 1999 but the keel (actually the first hull section) was not formally laid down until 31 January 2001.
		HMS Astute is currently scheduled to be completed and handed over by BAE Systems to the Royal Navy in August 2008 - a date set by BAE which allows for several months of delays without incurring penalties.
	frn.beedall.com /astute.htm (7180 words)

	Encyclopedia: Submarine
		HMS Renown (S22) was the third of the Royal Navys Resolution-class ballistic missile submarines.
		The expected replacement of those classes is the Astute-class submarine, but delays have seen the expected launch of the first A class, HMS Astute, moved to 2009.
		HMS A1 was the Royal Navys first British-designed submarine, and their first to suffer fatal casualties.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Submarine (11120 words)

	Royal Navy
		HMS Astute is the biggest and most powerful attack submarine to be built for the Royal Navy and, under the Smart Acquisition programme, with lower running costs and will have a much smaller ship’s company.
		HMS Astute will displace 7,800 tonnes dived and is 97 metres long, she will have six weapons tubes a massively increased firepower compared to predecessors and will be equipped from day one to operate cruise missiles.
		Construction on the second submarine of the class, HMS Ambush's keel was layed down in October 2003 with the third, HMS Artful's keel layed down in March 2005.
	www.royal-navy.mod.uk /rn/print.php?page=461 (345 words)

	Minister lays keel of second Astute - Class submarine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		She joins HMS Astute - currently being assembled at the Barrow shipyard, and will be followed by HMS Artful.
		The Astute class will be the most advanced and powerful attack submarine the Royal Navy has ever operated and these boats will play a key part in our defences for decades to come.
		HMS Astute is expected to enter service in 2008, pending final approval.
	www.mod.uk /dpa/news/pn2003/oct03/astute.htm (406 words)

	GNN - Government News Network
		The Astute class will be the most advanced and powerful attack submarines the Royal Navy has ever operated and these boats will play a key part of our defences for decades to come.
		HMS Astute, HMS Ambush and HMS Artful are being procured by the Defence Procurement Agency Attack Submarines Integrated Project Team based at Abbey Wood, Bristol.
		Astute class submarines will be based at Faslane on the Clyde and will undergo refits at Devonport.
	www.gnn.gov.uk /Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=151468&NewsAreaID=2 (383 words)

	Astute SSN
		In the centenary year of the RN's Submarine Service, HMS Astute, the first of a new class of attack submarines, was laid down in January 2000.
		Astute was laid down at a ceremony attended by Baroness Symons, the Minister for Defence Procurement, and Admiral Sir Nigel Essenhigh, the First Sea Lord.
		Astute will already have a larger torpedo room than Virginia (36 weapons vs. 26) and more horizontal torpedo tubes (6 vs. 4), so the net warloads are about the same (36 vs 38).
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/europe/astute.htm (979 words)

	news.mod.uk - News Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Defence Procurement Minister, Baroness Symons today laid the keel of the biggest and most powerful nuclear-powered attack submarine ordered by the MOD, HMS Astute, on the 100th anniversary of the keel-laying of the Royal Navy's first submarine, Holland 1.
		After laying the keel of the Astute, Baroness Symons unveiled a plaque to commemorate the event as the launch occasion for the Royal Navy Submarine Centenary - a year-long programme of events to celebrate the achievements of the Submarine Service.
		I am sure the Astute, her sister ships and the crews who sail in them will build on the proud tradition we are commemorating today.
	news.mod.uk /news/press/news_press_notice.asp?newsItem_id=828 (373 words)

	Royal Navy Celebrates Submarine Service Centenary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		HMS Astute is the biggest and most powerful attack submarine to be built for the RN and, under the Smart Acquisition Program, is being built roughly one fifth more quickly than earlier boats, and with lower running costs and a much smaller ship's company.
		Although the Astute will be about 30 percent larger than the Trafalgar class, the larger hull means that she will be much easier and cheaper to build and maintain.
		The HMS Turbulent is one of the Royal Navy's Trafalgar-class Nuclear-powered Attack Submarines (SSNs).
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/cno/n87/usw/issue_12/royal_celebrates.html (1252 words)

	Navy News - Young Readers Club - News & Features - Super secret, dark and deadly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Astute will be a hunter-killer submarine, that means that she will quietly patrol the waters around the world but is ready to leap to Britain’s defence if needed.
		The first of these submarines to arrive will be called HMS Astute - which is why they are the Astute-class - and the next two will be Artful and Ambush.
		HMS Astute will be 97 metres long, that’s about as big as a football pitch.
	www.navynews.co.uk /youngreaders/yr_articles/2003/0304/02030404.asp (177 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Astute programme is now firmly on track and managing director Murray Easton has stated that the aim is to deliver the first of the Astute class submarines by August 2008.
		Astute is one of the first nuclear submarines to be designed entirely in a three dimensional computer aided environment and breaks away from the principle that submarine performance should be optimised by designing the smallest boat possible with little regard to cost.
		Astute must be quiet, vibration free and robust enough to withstand a nearby underwater explosion.
	www.baesystems.com /dsei/newsreleases/sep/docs/181.doc (1059 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Devon \| Collectables firm helps sub build
		HMS Astute is the first of the Royal Navy's next generation of submarines being built at BAE Systems' yard at Barrow-in-Furness.
		One of the clinometers is from HMS Triumph, a Trafalgar class nuclear submarine launched in 1991.
		Astute class subs - the first of which will be delivered in 2008 - will be capable of diving to 300 metres and will be able to run for 25 year without refuelling.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/devon/3774379.stm (355 words)

	Astute Class Submarines (SSNs)
		The Astute Class submarines will be built with six 533 mm torpedo tubes and they will be able to carry a total of 36 torpedoes, missiles and mines.
		The Astute Class submarines will also carry Tomahawk, but at the moment will be unable to fire the new Tactom (tactical tomahawk), currently under development by the Americans, as the current model can only be launched vertically while Astute will launch tomahawk from torpedo tubes.
		The first steel for Astute was cut in November 1999 and her keel laying ceremony took place on January 31st 2001, one hundred years after the keel laying of Holland 1, the Royal Navy's first submarine.
	www.btinternet.com /~warship/Today/astute.htm (1055 words)

	Forecast International
		Due to serious delays and problems encountered in executing this program, the first unit, HMS Astute, is now not expected to be delivered until November 2008 and will become fully operational until 2009 - four years later than forecast when ordered.
		The Astute was the first submarine designed in the U.K. using a three-dimensional computer model, and the system just wasn't capable of doing it.
		By November 2004, the Astute program was reported to be back on track with the computer design problems resolved by General Dynamics providing additional design resources and managerial capacity.
	www.forecast1.com /abstract.cfm?recno=115023 (460 words)

	ipedia.com: Astute class submarine Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Astute -class of submarine comprises the largest nuclear-powered attack submarines to be built for the Royal Navy.
		On March 17, 1997, an order was placed with Vickers for the first three boats: HMS Astute (S119), HMS Ambush (S120), and HMS Artful (S121).
		HMS Astute (S119), planned to be launched late 2006
	www.ipedia.com /astute_class_submarine.html (521 words)

	MOD lets ASTUTE Class crew training contracthales enhances UK'S battlefield surveillance capability
		Defence Procurement Minister Lord Bach said: "The Astute Class Training Service is the biggest of its type in the Royal Navy and mirrors the progress we have made in using contractors to secure the best and most cost-effective training for RAF aircrew and Army armoured vehicle crews.
		The first boat, HMS Astute, is being assembled and steel is being cut for the second of class, HMS Ambush.
		HMS Astute will displace 7.200 tonnes dived and is 97 metres long.
	defence-data.com /dsei/pageds1032.htm (495 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - News - Minister lays keel of HMS Ambush (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		HMS Ambush will be one of the biggest and most powerful attack submarines ever ordered by the Royal Navy, and joins HMS Astute, which is currently being assembled on the same site.
		The first of the class, HMS Astute, is expected to enter service in 2008, and she and her sisters will be based at Faslane on the Clyde, undergoing refits at Devonport.
		Around 5,000 people are employed on the Astute programme, which is expected to cost the MOD some £3.6 billion.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2003/0310/0003102301.asp (392 words)

	Naval Shipbuilding North West - Undersea Warfare, Defence Industrial Policy, Submarine Centre of Excellence, UK
		Nuclear powered Attack Submarines (SSNs) of the ‘Astute’ class are at the heart of the UK ’s naval undersea warfare capability, designed to operate in anti-surface ship and anti-submarine roles as well as land attack.
		“The ‘Astute’ programme (was) faced with substantial challenges due to a ten year gap in SSN design and build, which led to a loss in submarine design skills and corporate knowledge in both industry and MoD”.
		BAE SYSTEMS are building the ‘Astute’ class under a new ‘Target Cost Incentive’ contract arrangement with UK MoD which was announced in February 2003, as a contract for design and build of one boat, and confirmed as a 3 boat order in December 2003.
	www.navalshipbuilding.co.uk /details.asp?pageID=4 (1295 words)

	The Ultimate Resource for Combat Simulation and Strategy Gamers. (www.combatsim.com)
		HM Naval Base Clyde is to be the home base for the new ASTUTE Class submarines Defence Minster Adam Ingram announced.
		The first batch of 3 submarines is already on order, and the first two submarines, HMS ASTUTE and HMS AMBUSH, are currently under construction at BAE SYSTEMS yard at Barrow in Furness.
		The Astute Class - the largest and most powerful attack submarines ever ordered for the Royal Navy are designed for littoral, deep sea or ocean deployment worldwide.
	www.combatsim.com /memb123/cnews/printer1/dn070202.htm (457 words)

	HMS Astute (P447) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Her keel was laid down by Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness.
		Astute was scrapped on October 1, 1970 at Dunston on Tyne.
		This page was last modified 19:44, 15 December 2004.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Astute_(P447) (63 words)

	Coming up from the deep, in from the cold - Jane's Naval Forces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		On 31 January this year, 100 years to the day since the keel was laid for Holland I, the first section of Yard No 1122, HMS Astute, lead boat of a new class of nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN), was formally laid down inside the Devonshire Dock Hall complex at the same Barrow shipyard.
		BAE Systems Astute Class Limited is prime contractor and design authority for the Astute-class SSN programme under a £1.9 billion (US$2.7b) fixed-price contract awarded in March 1997.
		Speaking at the keel laying ceremony for first-of-class HMS Astute in January, defence procurement minister Baroness Symons confirmed that the equipment plan now assumed a further three Astute-class boats, but added the caveat that "a final decision on the size of the order will not be taken until next year".
	www.janes.com /defence/naval_forces/news/jni/jni010423_1_n.shtml (3899 words)

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