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Le Redoutable Class

Name	Builders	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned
Le Foudroyant	C	12th December 1969	4th December 1971	1st January 1973
L'Indomptable	C	4th December 1971	17th September 1974	23rd December 1976
Le Redoutable	C	1966	1967	1969
Le Terrible	C	24th June 1967	12th December 1969	1st January 1973
Le Tonnant	C	19th October 1974	17th September 1977	3rd May 1980

Builders:
C : Cherbourg Naval Dockyard, Cherbourg, France

Dimensions:
420' x 35' x 33' / 128.00m x 10.66m x 10.05m

Displacement:
8000 tons surfaced / 9000 tons dived

Complement:
135

Armament:
Le Foudroyant:-
4 x 21.7" bow torpedo tubes
16 x M1 SLBM

Up to 18 torpedoes could be carried, either L5 or F17 models.

Le Redoutable & Le Terrible:-
4 x 21.7" bow torpedo tubes
16 x M2 SLBM

Up to 18 torpedoes could be carried, either L5 or F17 models.

L'Indomptable & Le Tonnant:-
4 x 21.7" bow torpedo tubes

Up to 18 torpedoes could be carried, either L5 or F17 models. In addition, a mix of sixteen M2 and M20 SLBM were carried.

Powerplant:
One GWC PAR K15 nuclear reactor with two turbo generators and one Jeumont Schneider main motor producing 16000hp on one shaft. One SEMT-Pielstick 8PA4 diesel generator was also fitted producing 850kW..

Maximum speed was 20kts surfaced and 25kts dived.

Electronics Fit:
Radar:
DRUA-33 surface search

Sonar:
DUUV-23 passive conformal array
DUUX-2 active array

Other:
DLT D3 FC torpedo fire control
TUUM HF/LF underwater telephone
Thomson ARUR ESM warning

Miscellaneous:
Maximum diving depth was 985'.