FS Améthyste
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| Career |
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|---|---|
| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 31 October 1983 |
| Launched: | 14 May 1988 |
| Commissioned: | 3 March 1992 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | |
| Struck: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Complement: |
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| Surfaced displacement | 2400 t |
| Submerged displacement | 2600 t |
| Length | 73.6 m |
| Maximum width | 7,6 m |
| Height | 6,4 m |
| Main engine | Pressurised water K48 nuclear reactor (48 MW) ; 2 turbo-alternators ; 1 electric engine (7 MW); one propeler |
| Secondary engine | 1 diesel-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 (16,000 km) |
| Operational depth | over 300 m |
| Armament: |
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| Detection Systems |
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| Electronic Warfare | ARUR 13 |
She is a major upgrade upon the initial design of the Rubis type, and earlier units have since been refitted to meet her standards.
The Améthyste also took part in Opération Trident, the 1999 bombing campaign over Yugoslavia, by protecting the aeronaval group. Along with the Rubis, she was one of the two submarines who interdicted the Kotor straights to the Serbian Navy, thus effectively forbidding its use. She also gathered informations for the coalition.
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