In pictures: Building the HMS Artful submarine

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  HMS Artful, the third of the seven Astute-class submarines to be built at Barrow, approaches completion at the BAE Systems' company’s Devonshire Dock Hall. Phil Noble / Reuters

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  Crew living quarters onboard the HMS Artful. Phil Noble / Reuters

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  A torpedo tube onboard the HMS Artful, the third of the Royal Navy’s Astute class submarines. Phil Noble / Reuters

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  Computer screens in the control room onboard HMS Artful, which is completing a series of commissioning activities before its launch this year. Phil Noble / Reuters

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  Bunks onboard the HMS Artful, which has a normal crew of 98 officers and men. Phil Noble / Reuters

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  HMS Artful, the third of the seven Astute-class submarines to be built at Barrow, approaches completion at the BAE Systems' company’s Devonshire Dock Hall. Phil Noble / Reuters

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  Workers install sinks in a crew bathroom onboard HMS Artful as it approaches completion at BAE Systems' shipyard in northern England. Phil Noble / Reuters

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  BAE Systems workers listen to a speech by Britain’s defence secretary Philip Hammond at the company’s Barrow-in-Furness shipyard on March 13. Phil Noble / Reuters

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  Toilets onboard HMS Artful are installed for the submarine's normal crew of 98 officers and men. Phil Noble / Reuters

The third Astute Class submarine - HMS Artful - nears completion at BAE Systems’ Devonshire Dock Hall in Barrow, Cumbria. HMS Artful will remain in the Barrow yard to complete a series of commissioning activities before being launched this year for further tests and commissioning.