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The fourth submarine in the new Astute class, the Audacious, has been launched at BAE Systems Barrow-in-Furness site. Weighing in at 7,400 tonnes, the 97m nuclear-powered submarine was lowered into the water at the end of April in time to begin the next phase of tests and commissioning. The sub is ...


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