FS Casabianca

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Career

Ordered:
Laid down: 19 September 1981
Launched: 22 December 1984
Commissioned: 13 May 1987
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 (48 MW) ; 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 (16,000 km)
Operational depth over 300 m
Armament:
Anti-submarine : 4 x 533 mm tubes for F17 mod2 torpedoes
Anti-surface : 14 Exocet SM39
Mines
Detection Systems
DMUX 20 multifonction
ETBF DSUV 62C tugged antena
DSUV 22 microphone system
DRUA 33 radar
Electronic Warfare ARUR 13
The Casabianca is a first-generation nuclear attack submarines of the French Navy. She is named after the famous submarine of the Free French Naval Forces Casabianca.


Career
Ordered:
Laid down:	19 September 1981
Launched:	22 December 1984
Commissioned:	13 May 1987
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 (48 MW) ; 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 (16,000 km)
Operational depth	over 300 m
Armament:	Anti-submarine : 4 x 533 mm tubes for F17 mod2 torpedoes Anti-surface : 14 Exocet SM39 Mines
Detection Systems	DMUX 20 multifonction ETBF DSUV 62C tugged antena DSUV 22 microphone system DRUA 33 radar
Electronic Warfare	ARUR 13

She is the third of the Rubis series. Between 1993 and June 1994, she undertook a major refitting which upgraded her to the level of the Améthyste.

Photographs

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