FS Émeraude

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Career

Ordered:
Laid down:	October 1982
Launched:	12 April 1986
Commissioned:	15 September 1988
Decommissioned:
Fate:
Struck:
General Characteristics
Complement:	10 officiers 52 warrant officers 8 petty officers
Surfaced displacement	2400 t
Submerged displacement	2600 t
Length	73.6 m
Maximal width	7,6 m
Height	6,4 m
Main engine	Pressurised water K48 nuclear reactor (48MW) ; 2 turbo-alternators ; 1 electric engine (7 MW); one propeler
Secondary Engine	1 diesels-alternators SEMT Pielstick 8 PA 4V 185 SM - one auxiliary engine, 5 MW.
Submerged speed	over 25 knots (46 km/h)
Range:	8,500 nautical miles (15,700 km)
Operational depth	over 300 m
Armament:	Anti-submarine : 4 x 533mm tubes for F17 mod2 torpedoes Anti-surface : 14 Exocet SM39 Mines
Detection Systems	DMUX 20 multifunction ETBF DSUV 62C tugged antena DSUV 22 microphone system DRUA 33 radar
Electronic Warfare	ARUR 13

The Émeraude is a first-generation nuclear attack submarines of the French Navy.

She is the fourth of the Rubis series. Between May 1994 and December 1995, she undertook a major refitting which upgraded her to the level of the Améthyste.

On the 30th of March 1994, an accidental explosion occurred in the engine comportment, as the boat was engaged in an anti-submarine exercice, killing ten men who were examining the turbo-alternator room.

Image:Tapeemeraude.jpg|tampion of the Emeraude

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