HMS Artful (S121)
 BAE Systems' Artist Impression | |
| Career |  <tr valign=top><td>Ordered:</td><td>March 1997</td></tr> |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | |
| Launched: | 2010 (planned) <tr valign=top><td>Commissioned:</td><td>2012 (planned)</td></tr> |
| Status: | Under construction |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 7800 tonnes submerged |
| Length: | 97 m (323 ft) |
| Beam: | 11.3 m (37 ft) <tr valign=top><td>Draught:</td><td>10 m (33 ft)</td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Propulsion:</td><td>Rolls-Royce PWR2 reactor (with full submarine life core), MAN (Paxman) 1900 kilowatt diesel generator</td></tr> |
| Speed: | 29 knots (54 km/h) submerged <tr valign=top><td>Range:</td><td>7,000 nautical miles / 13,000 km (at economical speed)</td></tr> |
| Complement: | 98 officers and men normally, capacity of 109 <tr valign=top><td>Sensors and processing systems:</td><td>Thales Underwater Systems Sonar 2076, Atlas Hydrographic DESO 25 depth-finding echosounder, Two Thales Optronics CM010 periscopes, Raytheon Systems Ltd Successor IFF system</td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Armament:</td><td>six 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 38 Spearfish torpedoes, UGM-84 Harpoon and Tomahawk Block III cruise missiles, naval mines</td></tr> |
HMS Artful (S121) is a proposed Astute-class nuclear attack submarine of the Royal Navy. Artful was ordered from GEC's Marconi Marine (now BAE Systems Submarines) on March 17, 1997 and is expected to enter service in 2012.
See HMS Artful for other ships of the same name.
| Astute-class submarine |
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Categories
Astute class submarines | Submarines of the United Kingdom | Royal Navy proposed ships