Astute Class: United Kingdom
by Larry Bond
BASIC SHIP DATA Displacment: 6500 subm Propulsion: Nuclear Battery Rating: 5 (Emerg.) Crew: 109 In Class: 0+1 Max Depth: Deep 1 Size Class (2.3): Small Signature (4.2.2.1): Small/E quiet Advance per 45° turn (Speed/Loss)
Hard rudder: 100 yards (3) Accel/Tac Turn from 0-50% Max Speed 15 Accel/Tac Turn from 51-100% Max Speed 8 Deceleratlon/Tac Turn from any speed 12 Electronic Warfare
RADARS (5.2.4)
SONARS (5.3)
WEAPONS: TOTAL WEAPONS MOUNTS: 2
OOO OOO OOO OOO OOO OOO OOO OOO OO Spearfish. (2nd Gen). 12.0 nm at 65 kts (0.54 run/engm. turn) or 25.0 nm at 29 kts (.24 nm/engm. turn). 75 DP vs. sub, 150 dp vs. surf ship. Max depthDeep 111. Quiet torpedo. Darn = 533 mm. B: PB&SB(10)1 VLS w/10 Land Attack Tomahawk OOO OOO OOO O
REMARKS "Trafalgar Batch 2." Anechoic coating. Second-generatlon pumplet. VLS can only fire land-attack version of Tomahawk. Integrated Digital FCS. Centerline TT cannot fire Harpoon or Tomahawk. Damage and Speed Breakdown:
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