French submarine Le Téméraire (S617)

Le Téméraire is a Triomphant-class ballistic missile submarine of the French Navy, launched in January 1998, and commissioned in December 1999, six months behind schedule.[7] The boat had, in May 1999, successfully test launched an M45 submarine-launched ballistic missile.[8][9]

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Le Téméraire.
Le Téméraire (S 617)
History
France
NameLe Téméraire
Namesake"Reckless"
Cost€4.282 billions (2010)[1]
Laid down18 December 1993
Launched21 January 1998
Commissioned23 December 1999
HomeportÎle Longue
IdentificationS617
General characteristics
Class and typeTriomphant-class submarine
Displacement
  • 12 640 tonnes (surfaced)
  • 14 335 t (submerged)
Length138 m (453 ft)
Beam12.50 m (41.0 ft)
Draught10.60 m (34.8 ft)
Propulsion
  • Pressurised water K15 nuclear reactor (150 MW (200,000 hp)), LEU 7%;[2] turboreductor system; Pump-jet
  • 2 SEMT Pielstick diesels-alternators 8PA4V200 SM (700 kW (940 hp)) auxiliaries.
  • 30,500 kW (40,900 hp)
Speedover 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
RangeUnlimited distance; 20–25 years
Test depthOver 400 m (1,300 ft)
Complement
  • 15 officers
  • 96 men
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Sonar DMUX 80
  • Sonar DUUX 5
  • Sonar DSUV 61B Very Low Frequency
  • Racal Decca radar (navigation)
  • SCC : SET (Système d'exploitation Tactique) : tactical operational system
Electronic warfare
& decoys		ARUR 13
Armament
  • Nuclear: 16 M45 or M51 missiles with six to ten TN 75 150 kt[3][4] or TNO 100-300 kt thermonuclear warheads[5][6]
  • Anti-submarine : 4 × 533 mm (21 in) tubes for F17 torpedoes
  • Anti-surface : Exocet SM39

See also

References
  1. "French Audit Report Reveals Weapon Prices, A400M Details". defence-aerospace.com. 18 February 2010. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  2. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/18321557.pdf
  3. "AFP: La marine française met un quatrième sous-marin nucléaire en service". Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  4. "IA M51 : Chape de plomb sur le nucléaire". Mer et Marine. 4 October 2010. Archived from the original on 9 October 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  5. Kristensen, Hans. "France" (PDF). Assuring Destruction Forever: Nuclear Weapon Modernization Around the World. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  6. Reif, Kingston (8 December 2009). "Nuclear weapons: The modernization myth". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  7. Mizokami, Kyle (12 April 2018). "France Has Lots of Nuclear Weapons (That Could Kill Millions of People)". National Interest. Archived from the original on 28 July 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  8. Norris, Robert S.; Arkin, William M.; Kristensen, Hans M.; Handler, Joshua (1 July 2001). "French Nuclear Forces, 2001". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  9. "Final French Navy SSBN 'Le Temeraire' Upgraded for M51 SLBM". Navy Recognition. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.


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