{"id":1230,"date":"2016-10-07T14:08:51","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T14:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=1230"},"modified":"2016-10-07T14:08:51","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T14:08:51","slug":"building-begins-on-new-royal-navys-nuclear-submarines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2016\/10\/07\/building-begins-on-new-royal-navys-nuclear-submarines\/","title":{"rendered":"BUILDING BEGINS ON NEW ROYAL NAVY\u2019S NUCLEAR SUBMARINES"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Construction started in Barrow, Cumbria on the Royal Navy’s largest ever submarine. The nuclear sub will be over 150 metres long, weigh 17,500 tonnes, armed with Trident missiles and have accommodation for 130 male and female crew.<\/p>\n

The Successor project has now moved into the next stage, known as \u2018Delivery Phase 1\u2019, with manufacturing work beginning on structural steel work for the \u2018auxiliary machine space\u2019 of the first submarine: this contains switchboards and control panels for the reactor.<\/p>\n

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Earlier this week Defence Secretary Michael Fallon unveiled nearly \u00a31.3 billion of new investment with BAE Systems with some of the money being used on furthering the design of the submarine, purchasing materials and long lead items, and investing in facilities at the BAE Systems yard in Barrow-in-Furness where the submarines will be built.<\/p>\n

At a ceremonial event at the BAE Systems yard \u2013 the home of British submarine construction \u2013 Mr Fallon began the work with a \u2018steel cut\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Several hundreds of suppliers are expected to be involved in the programme at its peak, almost 95 per cent of those based across the UK \u2013 securing jobs from Scotland to the South of England.<\/p>\n

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said: \u201cBritain\u2019s ballistic missile submarines are the ultimate guarantee of our nation\u2019s safety \u2013 we use them every day to deter the most extreme threats.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe cannot know what new dangers we might face in the 2030s, 2040s and 2050s so we are acting now to replace them.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlong with increasing the defence budget to buy new ships, planes and armoured vehicles, this shows that this Government will never gamble with our national security.\u201d<\/p>\n

The investment will retain the Trident-based continuous at sea deterrent \u2013 the ultimate guarantee of the UK’s safety \u2013 and build the new fleet of four Successor Ballistic Missile submarines: securing thousands of highly skilled jobs in the UK.<\/p>\n

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While visiting the BAE Systems site, the Defence Secretary met with the apprentices and shipyard workers who will build the UK\u2019s cutting-edge deterrent capability.<\/p>\n

Mr Fallon also toured the Devonshire Dock Hall where Audacious, Anson and Agamemnon, the fourth, fifth and sixth of seven Astute class nuclear-powered submarines, are currently under construction.<\/p>\n

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Tony Douglas, Chief Executive Officer of the MOD\u2019s Defence Equipment and Support organisation, said: \u201cA central part of this nation\u2019s Defence, the Successor submarines will protect each and every one of us, as well as future generations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Successor programme is the MOD’s biggest project and it will require team work, tremendous skill, commitment from our industrial partners and the UK supply chain, and close collaboration with our US allies to deliver it successfully.\u201d<\/p>\n

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