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Saturday, June 09, 2007

UK launches giant nuclear submarine

Britain launches the first of four new vessels that will be the UK's most powerful attack submarines, almost four years behind schedule.

Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, launched the giant nuclear-powered HMS Astute among cheers of some 10,000 people, including workers, crew, military chiefs, dignitaries and schoolchildren at a dockyard in Barrow Lancashire.

"As an admiral's wife myself, I am delighted to be in Barrow today for the naming and launching of Astute," said Camilla, the wife of Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne.

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