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The new Barracuda-class nuclear attack submarine, the Duguay-Trouin, has entered service with the French Navy, according to an announcement made on Thursday, April 4.
Naval Group delivered the second Barracuda nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) to the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) and the French Navy (Marine Nationale) on July 28, 2023, and it has been undergoing sea trials since then.
[#Admission ✔️] Service actif
Le 10 août 2023, la DGA le receptionnait.
Aujourd'hui, l'amiral Nicolas Vaujour @CEMM_FR a prononcé l'admission au service actif du sous-marin nucléaire d'attaque #SNA Duguay-Trouin@MarineNationale @Armees_Gouv @navalgroup https://t.co/uTO0H50HuS
— Direction générale de l'armement 🇫🇷 (@DGA) April 4, 2024
The advanced Duguay-Trouin has a displacement of 4,500 tons and is capable of launching Missile De Croisière Naval – MdCN cruise missiles. Moreover, it is the second Barracuda-class submarine expected to replace the Ruby-class submarines currently in service with the French Navy.
J’ai prononcé aujourd’hui l’admission au service actif du Duguay-Trouin, deuxième sous-marin de la classe Suffren. Plus rapide, plus endurant, plus polyvalent, plus discret. Dans les mains de nos équipages, il deviendra un chasseur hors-pair pour les opérations à venir. pic.twitter.com/MzCIvoZHp3
— Chef d'état-major de la Marine (@CEMM_FR) April 4, 2024
Barracuda-class submarine technical characteristics:
- Length: 99.5 m
- Beam: 8.8 m
- Draught: 7.3 m
- Propulsion: K15 nuclear reactor 150 MW (200,000 hp)
- Speed: > 25 kn
- Operational range: unlimited
- Endurance: typically 70 days
- Test depth: > 350 m
- Complement: 60 officers
- Armament in 4 × 533 mm tubes: 20 storage racks for MdCN cruise missiles / Exocet SM39 Mod2 anti-ship missiles / A3SM (VL MICA) surface-to-air missiles / F21 Artemis heavy-weight torpedoes / FG29 multi-influence mines
The remaining four Barracuda-class submarines are in various stages of development. The Tourville, de Grasse, Rubis and Casabianca nuclear-powered submarines are to be delivered by 2030 and will be in service with the Navy until the 2060s.
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