So assuminglate 30s Agammemnon and Achilles will be decommissioned less than 15 years after commissioning. For the Trafalgars all lasted 25-30+ years, apart from Swiftsure herself (for specific reasons) the class all made it to 20+ years in commission before falling prey to defence cuts.
I am not au fait with modern SSN capabilities but with a 'littoral' focus for much of HM Naval Service shouldn't we be looking at SSKs as well? Yes, I know we would need to recruit and retrain to crew them.
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