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Thursday, September 05, 2013

Quay concerns delay launch of navy submarine

HMS Artful's sister submarine Astute at the BAE Systems shipyard in Barrow-in-FurnessThe nuclear safety watchdog has blocked the launch of the Royal Navy's newest reactor-driven submarine because of a risk that a dockside could collapse.

The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has barred the launch of HMS Artful, the third of Britain's Astute-class hunter-killer submarines, because of doubts about the structural integrity of the wet dock quay at Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.

The submarine's manufacturer, BAE Systems, had previously planned for a launch this year but now says it will be early next year. It said the problem with the dock would not cause further delays.

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