A huge section of HMS Dreadnought was protected against the elements as it was driven past houses on its way to a shipyard
As part of a £31bn programme, the huge section of HMS Dreadnought is seen protected against the elements by what the Royal Navy describe as "what must be the world’s largest black bin bag". The nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarines are being constructed by BAE Systems at its Barrow-in-Furness shipyard.
The move occurred on September 21 but given the highly sensitive nature of the programme, the MOD have only now cleared the pictures. A BAE Systems spokesperson comments: "The longest ever 'mega-unit' so far for Dreadnought Boat 1 has been moved down the road into BAE Systems Submarines' Devonshire Dock Hall in Barrow-in-Furness.
"Three of the four Dreadnought submarines are currently under construction in Barrow and will deploy into the Royal Navy fleet in the early 2030s. BAE Systems' site on the edge of the Lake District is the home of UK submarine building." The Royal Navy add: "All will be assembled under cover in the dock hall – 260 metres long, 58 wide and 51 high, making it almost large enough to accommodate the Titanic – where the final two Astute-class submarines, HMS Agamemnon and Agincourt, are in the later stages of construction/completion, and where the ‘mega unit’ will take its place on the Dreadnought build line.
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