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Tuesday, November 02, 2010

BAE Announces Ambush Submarine Launch Date

Astute class submarineBarrow-in-Furness, UK - BAE Systems has announced it will launch the second Astute class submarine on 16 December 2010. The 7,400 tonne nuclear powered attack submarine, Ambush, will be rolled out and officially named at the Company's shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.

Lady Anne Soar, Ambush's sponsor and wife of the Royal Navy's Commander-in-Chief Fleet, Admiral Sir Trevor Soar KCB, OBE, will perform the ceremony.

Lady Soar will be joined by invited guests from the Royal Navy, Ministry of Defence and the Barrow community.

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