The Royal Navy’s newest £1.3 billion nuclear attack submarine has taken to the Mediterranean on her first NATO mission. HMS Audacious is the fourth of seven new cutting-edge Astute-class submarines, which are the largest, most advanced and most powerful attack submarines ever operated by the Royal Navy.
The submarine was formally commissioned in September 2021. It joined its sister vessels – HMS Astute, Ambush and Artful – on the front line for the first time in January, spending months in the depths of the North Atlantic and Mediterranean.
Audacious left its home of Clyde Naval Base in Scotland and after two months of intensive sea training designed to test the boat’s equipment and sailors to the limit, left the waters close to the UK bound south for the Med. The sub is stocked with an incredible 18,000 sausages and 4,200 Weetabix biscuits for its crew.
