HMS Anson (S123)
HMS Anson in Barrow-in-Furness (August 2022) | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Anson |
| Namesake | George Anson, 1st Baron Anson |
| Ordered | March 2010 |
| Builder | BAE Systems Submarine Solutions |
| Cost | £1.420B (budget) |
| Laid down | 13 October 2011 |
| Launched | 20 April 2021 |
| Sponsored by | Julie Weale |
| Christened | 11 December 2020 |
| Commissioned | 31 August 2022 |
| In service | TBD |
| Identification | Pennant number: S123 |
| Motto | Nil desperandum (Never despair) |
| Honours & awards | Four inherited battle honours |
| Status | In active service |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Astute-class fleet submarine |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 97 m (318 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 11.3 m (37 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 10 m (32 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion | Rolls-Royce PWR 2 reactor, MTU 600 kilowatt diesel generators |
| Speed | 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph), submerged |
| Range | Unlimited |
| Endurance | 90 days |
| Test depth | Over 300 m (984 ft 3 in) |
| Complement | 98 (capacity for 109) |
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HMS Anson is the fifth Astute-class nuclear-powered fleet submarine of the Royal Navy. She is the eighth vessel of the Royal Navy to bear the name, after Admiral George Anson.