Suffren class (submarine)
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 Scheme of the class |
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| Overview | |
| Type | Hunting submarine |
| units | 6 (planned) |
| period of service |
2019 (planned) |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
4650 t surfaced |
| length |
99.5 m |
| width |
8.8 m |
| height |
8.4 m |
| Draft |
7.3 m |
| Diving depth | > 300 m |
| crew |
60 men (8 officers, 52 NCOs and men) + 10 combat swimmers |
| drive |
a pressurized water reactor |
| speed |
> 25 kn |
| Armament |
4 × 533 mm torpedo tubes |
The Suffren class is a class of nuclear powered hunting submarines under construction for the French Navy .
This type is sometimes referred to as the Barracuda-class , but Barracuda is the name of the development program that includes the development of the Australian Attack-class submarine (or Shortfin Barracuda , the conventionally powered version).
history
In 1998 the French Ministry of Defense set up a commission with members of the Délégation Générale pour l'Armement , the Direction des Constructions Navales , the Commissariat à l'énergie atomique and Technicatome to design a new class of fighter submarines. In 2002 the feasibility study was completed and the design phase of the project began.
At the end of 2006 a contract was signed with the DCN, which amounts to EUR 1 to 1.4 billion, but can increase to EUR 7.9 billion by taking all options for six boats. From 2020, the boats are scheduled to go into service at a rate of one boat every two years and replace the Rubis-class hunting submarines by around 2029 .
technology
The Suffren class boats will be 99.5 meters long and displace almost 5000 tons; this makes them twice as heavy as their predecessors in the Rubis class . The diving depth should be more than 300 meters.
The boats are fed with energy from a K15 pressurized water reactor with an output of 150 MW, the maximum speed should be over 25 knots . A nozzle ring propeller is used instead of a propeller . A version of the submarine with diesel-electric propulsion is being built for the Australian Navy .
Each boat will have four 533mm torpedo tubes. The armament is a mixture of around 20 torpedoes , anti-ship missiles and MDCN - cruise missiles are made. In addition, each Suffren can carry up to ten combat swimmers who can be deployed off enemy coasts for special operations.
units
| Identifier | Surname | Keel laying | Launch | Commissioning |
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| S ... | Suffren | December 19, 2007 | 12th July 2019 | 2020 (planned) |
| S ... | Duguay-Trouin | June 26, 2009 | 2020 (planned) | |
| S ... | Tourville | June 28, 2011 | 2022 (planned) | |
| S ... | De Grasse | 2025 (planned) | ||
| S ... | Rubis | 2027 (planned) | ||
| S ... | Casabianca | 2029 (planned) |
Users
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France : 6
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Australia : 12 , see Attack Class : On April 26, 2016, Australia decided on twelve Suffren-class submarines to replace the Collins-class boats . The conventionally powered variant of the Suffren class is called by the manufacturer Shortfin Barracuda Block 1A and is to be referred to as the Attack class in Australia . The submarines will be built in Australia and the order volume is around 30 billion euros .
Web links
- Barracuda class on naval-technology.com (English)
- Barracuda class on defenseindustrydaily.com (English)
- Barracuda class on dcn.fr (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Conrad Waters: Navies in the 21st Century . Seaforth, 2016, ISBN 978-1-4738-4994-5 , pp. 194 ( google.de [accessed on July 14, 2019]).
- ^ Emmanuel Huberdeau: France launches first Barracuda SSN. www.janes.com, July 12, 2019, accessed on July 14, 2019 .
- ↑ France wins A $ 50bn Australia submarine contract. In: bbc.com. BBC , April 26, 2016, accessed April 26, 2016.
- ^ Paul Karp: France to build Australia's new submarine fleet as $ 50bn contract awarded. In: theguardian.com. The Guardian , April 26, 2016, accessed April 26, 2016 .
- ^ Peter Mühlbauer: 30 billion euro submarine business between France and Australia. In: heise.de. Telepolis, February 12, 2019, accessed February 13, 2019 .