French submarine Le Téméraire (S617)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Le Téméraire.

Le Téméraire (S 617)
History
France
Name	Le Téméraire
Namesake	"Reckless"
Cost	€4.282 billion (2010)[1]
Laid down	18 December 1993
Launched	21 January 1998
Commissioned	23 December 1999
Homeport	Île Longue
Identification	S617
General characteristics
Class and type	Triomphant-class submarine
Displacement	12 640 tonnes (surfaced) 14 335 t (submerged)
Length	138 m (453 ft)
Beam	12.50 m (41.0 ft)
Draught	10.60 m (34.8 ft)
Propulsion	Pressurised water K15 nuclear reactor (150 MW (200,000 hp)), LEU 7%;[2] turboreductor system; Pump-jet 2 SEMT Pielstick diesels-alternators 8PA4V200 SM (700 kW (940 hp)) auxiliaries. 30,500 kW (40,900 hp)
Speed	over 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range	Unlimited distance; 20–25 years
Test depth	Over 400 m (1,300 ft)
Complement	15 officers 96 men
Sensors and processing systems	Sonar DMUX 80 Sonar DUUX 5 Sonar DSUV 61B Very Low Frequency Racal Decca radar (navigation) SCC : SET (Système d'exploitation Tactique) : tactical operational system
Electronic warfare & decoys	ARUR 13
Armament	Nuclear: 16 M45 or M51 missiles with six to ten TN 75 150 kt[3][4] or TNO 100-300 kt thermonuclear warheads[5][6] Anti-submarine : 4 × 533 mm (21 in) tubes for F17 torpedoes Anti-surface : Exocet SM39

Le Téméraire is a Triomphant-class ballistic missile submarine of the French Navy, launched in January 1998,^{[citation needed]} and commissioned in December 1999, six months behind schedule.^[7] The boat had, in May 1999, successfully test launched an M45 submarine-launched ballistic missile.^[8][9]

See also

• List of submarines of France

References

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4. "IA M51 : Chape de plomb sur le nucléaire". Mer et Marine. 4 October 2010. Archived from the original on 9 October 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
5. Kristensen, Hans. "France" (PDF). Assuring Destruction Forever: Nuclear Weapon Modernization Around the World. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
6. Reif, Kingston (8 December 2009). "Nuclear weapons: The modernization myth". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
7. Mizokami, Kyle (12 April 2018). "France Has Lots of Nuclear Weapons (That Could Kill Millions of People)". National Interest. Archived from the original on 28 July 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
8. Norris, Robert S.; Arkin, William M.; Kristensen, Hans M.; Handler, Joshua (1 July 2001). "French Nuclear Forces, 2001". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
9. "Final French Navy SSBN 'Le Temeraire' Upgraded for M51 SLBM". Navy Recognition. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.