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L'Inflexible Class



Name Builders Laid down Launched Commissioned
L'Inflexible C 21st March 1980 23rd June 1982 1st April 1985


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:
4 x 21" bow torpedo tubes
16 x M4 SLBM

Up to 18 torpedoes could be carried, either L5 or F17 models. In addition, one SM39 Exocet SLCM could be carried per torpedo space.

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:
DSUX-23 passive conformal array
DUUX-2 passive array
DUSV-61 towed array

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

Miscellaneous:
Maximum diving depth was 985'.