Astute-class SSN
HMS Agamemnon (S124) Laid down at BAE's submarine facility at Barrow-in-Furness on 18 July 2013, named by Lady Sarah Jane Sedwill, on 22 April 2024 and launched on 3 October 2024. HMS Agamemnon is powered by a Rolls-Royce PWR2 nuclear reactor, she is designed to achieve a top speed while submerged of 29 knots. As the sixth vessel of the ASTUTE class, she was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 22 September 2025.
With the following dimensions: Length 97 m (318 ft 3 in)
Beam 11.3 m (37 ft 1 in) Draught 10 m (32 ft 10 in)
She is armed with 6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes with stowage for up to 38 weapons: Tomahawk Block IV cruise missiles
Spearfish heavyweight torpedoes Tomahawk missiles and 38 Spearfish torpedoes, she packs a powerful punch and is home to a complement of 109.
The print comes from the official commissioning painting, which shows the submarine submerged, with four previous surface vessels of the same name.
including the 64-gun ship, known as 'Nelson's favourite'.