HMS Victorious to undergo £560m refit

Babcock International Group and the UK’s Submarine Delivery Agency have agreed a contract worth an estimated £560m to deliver the deep maintenance and life extension programme of the Vanguard-class boat.

The nuclear submarine arrived in Plymouth in June, 2023 to prepare for the programme that will enable her to continue operational patrols into the 2030s. Work on HMS Victorious is already underway.

HMS Victorious is the second Vanguard-class submarine to undergo a life extension package at Babcock’s Devonport facility. Through the maintenance work on HMS Victorious, over 1,000 jobs will be sustained in the south west. Alongside this, Babcock is continuing to build its workforce through its Plymouth-based Babcock Skills Academy, which includes a focus on submarine support and the critical nuclear skills required to perform deep submarine maintenance.

The Vanguard fleet will be replaced by the Dreadnought-class submarines from the early 2030s.

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