French submarine Le Terrible (S619)

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French submarine Le Terrible (S619) is a modern French Navy nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine designed for strategic deterrence as part of France’s sea-based nuclear forces.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French Navy ship
Triomphant-class submarine
nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine
armament 533 mm torpedo tubes
M51 submarine-launched ballistic missiles
beam approximately 12.5 metres
builder DCN Cherbourg NERFINISHED
DCNS NERFINISHED
class Triomphant class NERFINISHED
classPosition fourth Triomphant-class submarine
commissioned 20 September 2010
country France
crewComplement about 111
about 15 officers
about 96 enlisted personnel
designFeature improved acoustic discretion compared to earlier units
displacementSubmerged about 14,335 tonnes
displacementSurfaced about 12,640 tonnes
draught approximately 10.6 metres
enteredService 2010
flag France NERFINISHED
homeport Brest NERFINISHED
Île Longue NERFINISHED
hullNumber S619
IMO not applicable (warship)
laidDown 24 October 2000
launched 21 March 2008
length approximately 138 metres
maximumSpeedSubmerged over 25 knots
missileUpgrade first French SSBN designed from outset for M51 missiles
namedAfter French destroyer Le Terrible NERFINISHED
French submarine Le Terrible (Q179) NERFINISHED
navalEnsign Tricolour of France NERFINISHED
nuclearDeterrentRole sea-based leg of French nuclear triad
operator French Navy NERFINISHED
partOf Force océanique stratégique NERFINISHED
precededBy Vigilant (S618) NERFINISHED
program French SSBN modernization program
propulsion nuclear-powered
reactorType pressurized-water nuclear reactor
role strategic deterrence
shipType ballistic missile submarine
shipyard Cherbourg NERFINISHED
status in active service

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Triomphant-class ballistic missile submarines unit French submarine Le Terrible (S619)