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Extracted from Royal Navy News Headlines                                                11th March 2005

First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Alan West today performed the traditional 'laying the keel' ceremony for HMS Artful - one of the biggest and most powerful attack submarines ever procured by the Royal Navy.

The ceremony marks the formal start of construction of HMS Artful - the third Astute class submarine under construction by BAE Systems at Barrow-in-Furness. She joins HMS Astute and HMS Ambush, currently being assembled at the Barrow shipyard.

With improved communications, a greater capacity for joint operations and the ability to carry more weaponry, the Astute-class submarines will become a cornerstone of UK defence capability.

Around 5,500 people are employed on the project for the first three Astute class submarines, which has an expected cost to MoD of about £3.5Bn.

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