The launch of HMS Agamemnon, the Royal Navy's latest Astute-class nuclear submarine. The most advanced hunter-killer submarine in the Royal Navy is in the water for the first time. HMS Agamemnon, the penultimate Astute-class submarine built for the UK’s Silent Service, has been formally launched at BAE Systems’ facility in Barrow, following a delicate operation to move the 7,400-tonne boat from the construction hall into the neighbouring basin. Nicknamed ‘Awesome Aggie’, the sixth of seven Astut