Casabianca (S603)

Casabianca

Ship data flag  France Ship type Submarine class Rubis class Shipyard DCN , Cherbourg Keel laying September 19, 1981 Launch 22nd December 1984 Commissioning May 13, 1987

Ship dimensions and crew length 73.6 m ( Lüa ) width 7.6 m Draft Max. 6.4 m displacement over water: 2400 tn.l. under water: 2600 tn.l.   crew 70 men

Machine system machine Pressurized water reactor K 48 steam turbine diesel engine propeller 1

Mission data submarine Duration of use 45 days Immersion depth, max. > 300 m

Armament 4 × torpedo tube ⌀ 53.3 cm 14 × Torpedo F17 mod 2 or Exocet

The Casabianca (S603) is a tactical nuclear submarine of the French Navy . Its original name was Bourgogne . However, it was later renamed after the French submarine Casabianca , which was successful in World War II . The name can be traced back to the Napoleonic naval officer Luc-Julien-Joseph Casabianca . The Casabianca is the third boat in the Rubis class .

The nuclear submarine was modernized to the Améthyste class between 1993 and 1994 .

See also

• Casabianca (ship's name) - other French ships with this name

literature

• Chris Chant: Modern submarines technology-tactics-armament , Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart, 1st edition 2005, ISBN 3-7276-7150-5
• Robert Hutchinson: KAMPF UNDER WASSER - Submarines from 1776 to today , Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart, 1st edition 2006, ISBN 3-613-02585-X
• Werner Globke (ed.): Weyers Flottentaschenbuch / Warships of the World - Fleet Handbook , Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn, 66th year 2005-2007, ISBN 3-7637-4517-3
• Erminio Bagnasco: Submarines in World War II , Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart, 5th edition 1996, ISBN 3-613-01252-9

Web links

• Rubis class at naval-technology.com ( engl. )