Triomphant class

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Triomphant class
Le Téméraire (S617)
Le Téméraire (S617)
Ship data
country FranceFrance France
Ship type Nuclear submarine ( SNLE )
Shipyard DCN ( Cherbourg )
Construction period 1989 to 2008
Launch of the type ship March 26, 1994
Units built 4th
period of service Since 1997
Ship dimensions and crew
length
138 m ( Lüa )
width 12.5 m
Draft Max. 10.6 m
displacement 12,640 ts (above water)
14,335 ts (under water)
 
crew 15 officers
96 men
Machine system
machine a K-15 - pressurized water reactor (150 MW )
two diesel engines à 700 kW
a nozzle ring Propeller
Machine
performance 		41,500 hp (30,523 kW)
Mission data submarine
Immersion depth, max. ~ 400 m
Top
speed
submerged 		25 kn (46 km / h)
Armament
Sensors
  • Radar Decca
  • Sonar DMUX 80
  • ARUR-13 radar warning system
  • Gun control system DLA 4A
  • Underwater telephone DUUX 5

The Triomphant class is the most advanced submarine - ship class of the French Navy . The first boat in the class entered service in 1997. The strategic nuclear submarines form the maritime part of the French nuclear force ( Force de frappe ). Their home port is the naval base Île Longue near Brest . They are equipped with 16 intercontinental ballistic missiles of the type M 45 , each of six nuclear warheads wear armed.

The Triomphant class replaced the boats of the Redoutable class and the Inflexible class .

overview

The Triomphant class was ordered in March 1986 to replace the Redoutable class . It is known in French as SNLE-NG ( Sous-Marin Nucléaire Lanceur d'Engins de Nouvelle Génération ), which means, for example, New Generation of missile-carrying nuclear submarines . Triomphant are much quieter than their predecessors and have more sensitive sonar equipment. Originally, six submarines armed with M-5 missiles were planned. After the end of the Cold War , the scope of the class was reduced by two units. The first three units were armed with M-45 missiles. Later, these three units were under the program IPER / adaptation au missile M51 with the weapon system M 51 equipped. The fourth unit, the Le Terrible , was equipped with M51 missiles from the start.

Le Triomphant completed a successful underwater launch of an M 45 in February 1995. A test of the nuclear warhead of these missiles took place in 1995/1996 during the last French nuclear weapon testson Mururoa despite massive international protests.

Since the decommissioning of L'Inflexible in 2006, the Triomphant-class boats have been the Force de frappe's only strategic nuclear submarines .

Boats

Identifier Surname Keel laying Launch Commissioning
S 616 Le Triomphant September 6, 1989 March 26, 1994 March 23, 1997
S 617 Le Téméraire 18th December 1993 January 21, 1998 December 23, 1999
S 618 Le Vigilant April 1997 September 19, 2003 November 26, 2004
S 619 Le Terrible October 24, 2000 March 21, 2008 20th September 2010

Incidents

At the beginning of February 2009, the Le Triomphant collided with the British submarine HMS Vanguard in the Atlantic ; both ships were slightly damaged, the Le Triomphant was able to return to Brest on February 4, the Vanguard to Faslane-on-Clyde .

See also

literature

  • Chris Chant: Modern Submarines. Technology - tactics - armament. 1st edition. Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-7276-7150-5 .
  • Robert Hutchinson: Fight Under Water - Submarines from 1776 to the Present. 1st edition. Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart 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 .

Web links

Commons : Triomphant class  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dieter Stockfisch: New SLBM M51. In: esut.de. European Security & Technology, November 1, 2018, accessed February 15, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Naval Group: DCNS starts the last adaptation program on the French SSBNs for the M51 missile. In: https://www.naval-group.com/en . December 9, 2016, accessed February 15, 2020 .
  3. ↑ The sources contradict the subject of laying the keel of Le Vigilant (S618) . Chris Chant , en: Le Triomphant class submarine and fr: Classe Le Triomphant state 1997 . Weyer's fleet pocket book states April 1997 . fr: Le Vigilant states January 1996 .
  4. ↑ The sources contradict the subject of the launch of the Le Vigilant (S618) . fr: Classe Le Triomphant states 2002 . fr: Le Vigilant and Weyers Flottentaschenbuch indicate September 19, 2003 . en: Le Triomphant class submarine states 2003 .
  5. ↑ The sources contradict the subject of laying the keel of Le Terrible . Chris Chant and en: Le Triomphant class submarine state October 2000 . Weyer's fleet pocket book states 2002 .
  6. ↑ http://www.taz.de/1/politik/europa/artikel/1/atom-u-boote-z zusammengestossen / accessed February 16, 2009