RN Submarines: Dreadnought Class SSBN's 2028

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Steel has been cut today on Warspite, the third of four new Dreadnought Class submarines, currently in build at BAE Systems’ Barrow-in-Furness site.

Warspite is the third of four Dreadnought Class ballistic missile submarines being designed and built by BAE Systems.
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/britain ... J30YnM6jOc

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Steel has been cut today on Warspite, the third of four new Dreadnought Class submarines, currently in build at BAE Systems’ Barrow-in-Furness site.

Warspite is the third of four Dreadnought Class ballistic missile submarines being designed and built by BAE Systems.
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/britain ... J30YnM6jOc

Also see - https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/ ... 7660527616

And - https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-l ... IzyfCSHt3Y

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An update on Britain’s ballistic missile submarine project

The Dreadnought ballistic missile submarine programme is proceeding according to plan, with the First of Class, HMS Dreadnought, expected to enter service in the early 2030s and within the overall budget.

See - https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/an-upda ... YJIWplUIWs

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Thales UK Glasgow awarded £169 Million contract to manufacture [optronic] periscopes for Dreadnought class submarines.

Thales (formerly Barr & Stroud) have manufactured every RN submarine periscope since 1917.
See - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-66001453

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The Dreadnought Programme is of the utmost importance to the security of the Nation, indeed the world.

Our first Dreadnought submarine will be ready for patrol in the early 2030s, followed by 3 more in its class.
See - https://dreadnoughtalliance.co.uk/

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The size and weight of the Dreadnought class

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Dreadnought on the move as largest submarine section yet is completed

Protected against the elements by what must be the world’s largest black bin bag, this is a huge section of HMS Dreadnought on the move.

In fact, this section of the first of the Submarine Service’s next-generation strategic deterrent boats is the largest segment or ‘mega unit’ of Dreadnought yet completed.

It’s also the longest section of a submarine moved through the streets of Barrow-in-Furness from BAE Systems’ fabrication facility to the cavernous Devonshire Dock Hall which dominates the skyline of the Cumbrian town.

No-one at BAE Submarines has moved a submarine section of this size (22 metres long) in 30 years, when a low-loader carefully transported the 34-metre-long fore-end ‘mega unit’ of HMS Vengeance, the last of the Vanguard-class submarines.

Continues at - https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-l ... -completed

22m 'mega unit' of HMS Dreadnought moved from the fabrication facility to Devonshire Dock Hall BAES Maritime in Barrow.
See attached.

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£121 Million Investment into future Submarines supports 250 Jobs

Two contracts, worth collectively over £100 million, have been awarded to Babcock to support the development of the UK’s future nuclear deterrent.

See - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/121- ... s-250-jobs

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Dreanought sub on track despite increased cost forecast

In a recent Parliamentary Written Question and Answer, Patrick Grady MP inquired about the influence of inflation on both the total lifetime cost and the next five-year expenditure of the Trident renewal programme.

Responding, James Cartlidge MP, Minister of State for the Ministry of Defence, affirmed that the Dreadnought submarine programme is on budget and on schedule, with HMS Dreadnought slated to enter service in the early

See - https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/dreanou ... -forecast/

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Navy Lookout
As of 31 March 2023, £14.7 billion had been spent on the concept, assessment, and early delivery phases of the Dreadnought Programme.
47% of the £31 billion planned budget for the 4 submarines (there is a further £10Bn contingency fund)
See - https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?i ... #g10942.q0