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# BAE Systems lays keel of HMS Dreadnought, UK's first new deterrent submarine
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-03-20-uk-dreadnought-submarine-keel-laid/
- Published: 2025-03-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T12:01:39.000Z
- Description: BAE Systems laid the keel of HMS Dreadnought, first of four new ballistic missile submarines replacing the Vanguard class, at Barrow in Furness. The programme is expected to cost GBP 7.5 billion and sustain the UK's continuous at sea deterrent.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [BAE Systems press release, 20 March 2025](https://www.baesystems.com/en/article/keel-laid-on-uks-new-dreadnought-submarine?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish that the submarine itself, due to enter service in the early 2030s, has been built or delivered.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)