Sapphire (S602)

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Sapphire (S602)
Marine national française
Saphir (S602) on July 1st, 2002 off Toulon
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

  1. ↑ The Aviationist 2015/03. Retrieved March 10, 2015 .
  2. ^ 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