Intended to replace the older Trafalgar-class submarines, the nuclear-powered Astutes are attack submarines optimized to hunt down and destroy other submarines and surface vessels.

As noted by The Lochside Press: HMS Triumph, the last of the Royal Navy’s Trafalgar-Class attack submarines, sailed for the final time from Faslane this week…HMS Triumph sailed into Plymouth ...

A petty officer who served for 15 years on Trafalgar, Astute and Vanguard-class submarines said he left after a recent gruelling 150-day underwater deterrent patrol. He told The Times he was not ...

The United Kingdom Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has announced that, to mark Trafalgar Day ... name for the Royal Navy’s new successor submarines. Named fifty six years after the launch ...