Sapphire (S602)
Sapphire (S602) |
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General data | |
Ship type : | Submarine ( SSN ) |
Ship class : | Rubis class |
Navy : | French Navy |
Keel laying : | September 1, 1979 |
Launch : | September 1, 1981 |
Commissioning: | July 6, 1984 |
Decommissioning: | July 31, 2019 |
Builder : | DCN ( Cherbourg ) |
Home port : | Toulon |
Whereabouts: | On active duty |
Technical specifications
(see Rubis class ) |
The Saphir (S602) was a tactical nuclear submarine of the French Navy . Her original name was Brittany . Later, however, it was renamed after the type ship of the same name of the sapphire class used in World War II . The name means sapphire . The Saphir was the second boat in the Rubis class .
The nuclear submarine was modernized to the Améthyste class between October 1989 and May 1991 .
Trivia
During a proposed enemy attack as part of a NATO exercise off Florida , the Saphir "sank" the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) along with a large part of its carrier combat group .
Web links
Commons : Saphir (S602) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Aviationist 2015/03. Retrieved March 10, 2015 .
- ^ German economic news. Retrieved March 10, 2015 .
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