Royal Navy's entire fleet of attack submarines out of action
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The Royal Navy has insisted it has a "world-class fleet" after a report claimed all seven of its attack submarines were out of action.
The service's four Trafalgar-class boats and the three newer Astute-class are not ready for missions with just one at sea, it has been claimed—and that submarine is on trials after maintenance.
The Sun reported that repairs and maintenance were keeping the craft from their patrols.
Sources told The Sun the Trafalgars, the last of which was built in 1986, were "on their last legs".
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Sounds like the #2 NATO partner needs to step up their game and commit some resources to their navy. Only seven attack subs? And none capable of doing their job? That's not good.