One-Fifth of Britain’s Nuclear Attack Submarine Force Now Works as a ‘Parts Locker’

One-Fifth of Britain’s Nuclear Attack Submarine Force Now Works as a ‘Parts Locker’

HMS Ambush is among the most advanced attack submarines ever built, a boat that can circle the planet without surfacing, whose official motto is "Hide and Seek." She has not put to sea since August 2022. Parked at Faslane in very low readiness, she is being quietly stripped of parts to keep her sister boats running, the clearest single symbol of a Royal Navy submarine force in deep trouble.