King launches new Royal Navy submarine HMS Agamemnon

[Blackleaf]

King Charles III - Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the British Armed Forces - has launched the newest Royal Navy warship into service.

At Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, His Majesty launched HMS Agamemnon, the sixth of seven of the Royal Navy's powerful and hi-tech Astute-class nuclear submarines.



Each Astute-class submarine can carry a mixture of Spearfish and Tomahawk missiles. The Tomahawks are capable of hitting a target from within a few metres from a range of 1000 miles.

For detecting enemy ships and submarines, each Astute-class submarine is fitted with Sonar 2076, which the British claim is the best sonar system in the world.



One of the roles of the Astute-class submarines is to protect the Vanguard-class submarines, which carry Britain's nuclear weapons.

The last of the Astute-class submarines - HMS Achilles - is currently under construction.

Construction is also soon to begin on the Royal Navy's new Dreadnought-class submarines.

The video seems to confuse the Astute-class with the Dreadnought-class, but they are two separate classes of Royal Navy submarines.

 

[petros]

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King Charles III - Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the British Armed Forces - has launched the newest Royal Navy warship into service.

At Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, His Majesty launched HMS Agamemnon, the sixth of seven of the Royal Navy's powerful and hi-tech Astute-class nuclear submarines.

Each Astute-class submarine can carry a mixture of Spearfish and Tomahawk missiles. The Tomahawks are capable of hitting a target from within a few metres from a range of 1000 miles.

For detecting enemy ships and submarines, each Astute-class submarine is fitted with Sonar 2076, which the British claim is the best sonar system in the world.

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One of the roles of the Astute-class submarines is to protect the Vanguard-class submarines, which carry Britain's nuclear weapons.

The last of the Astute-class submarines - HMS Achilles - is currently under construction.

Construction is also soon to begin on the Royal Navy's new Dreadnought-class submarines.

HMS Agamemnon?

Why not Bulby McBulbface?

 

[Blackleaf]

HMS Agamemnon?

Why not Bulby McBulbface?

Because the British are geniuses at naming their warships. Even the names sound hard and scary.

The Americans, for example, have USS Gerald R. Ford. Boring.

The British have HMS Agamemnon.

The first Royal Navy HMS Agamemnon was Nelson's favourite ship. So it's an apt name for the Royal Navy's newest warship.

Here's the naming ceremony for HMS Agamemnon...

 

[petros]

Because the British are geniuses at naming their warships. Even the names sound hard and scary.

The Americans, for example, have USS Gerald R. Ford. Boring.

The British have HMS Agamemnon.

Here's the naming ceremony for HMS Agamemnon...

Why knot Ummagummer?

 

[Blackleaf]

Why knot Ummagummer?

Because that's not scary and hard.

If an enemy comes up against a ship named Agamemnon they're most likely to think "Nah, we'd best not take it on."

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Because that's not scary and hard.

If an enemy comes up against a ship named Agamemnon they're most likely to think "Nah, we'd best not take it on."

Agamemnon was a king and land commander, and an Achaian to boot. You'd think the Briddish would have enough naval heroes of their own to name their ships after.

 

[Blackleaf]

Agamemnon was a king and land commander, and an Achaian to boot. You'd think the Briddish would have enough naval heroes of their own to name their ships after.

You don't have to name them after naval heroes. You just give them an intimidating-sounding or cool name.

We have HMS Achilles being built as part of the Astute-class submarines.. That's a cooler name than, say, Gerald R. Ford.

And we will have the four Dreadnought-class submarines - HMS Dreadnought, HMS Valiant, HMS Warspite and HMS King George VI. They will each carry nuclear warheads.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

You don't have to name them after naval heroes. You just give them an intimidating-sounding or cool name.

We have HMS Achilles being built as part of the Astute-class submarines.. That's a cooler name than, say, Gerald R. Ford.

And we will have the four Dreadnought-class submarines - HMS Dreadnought, HMS Valiant, HMS Warspite and HMS King George VI. They will each carry nuclear warheads.

Warspite is a good name with a venerable history.