French submarine Le Téméraire (S617)

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Le Téméraire (S 617)
History
France
Name	Le Téméraire
Namesake	"Reckless"
Cost	€4.282 billions (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