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Rubis Class
| Name |
Builders |
Laid down |
Launched |
Commissioned |
| S603 Casabianca |
C |
19th September 1979 |
22nd December 1984 |
21st April 1987 |
| S604 Emeraude |
C |
1st March 1983 |
12th April 1986 |
16th September 1988 |
| S601 Rubis |
C |
11th December 1976 |
1st July 1979 |
23rd February 1983 |
| S602 Saphir |
C |
1st September 1979 |
1st September 1981 |
6th July 1984 |
Builders:
C : Cherbourg Naval Dockyard, Cherbourg, France
Dimensions:
237' x 25' x 21' / 72.10m x 7.60m x 6.40m
Displacement:
2350 tons surfaced / 2630 tons dived
Complement:
66
Armament:
4 x 21" bow torpedo tubes
Up to 14 torpedoes could be carried, either L5 or F17 models. Two TSM3510 mines could be carried
per torpedo space. One SM39 Exocet can be carried per torpedo space.
Powerplant:
One GWC PAR CAS48 reactor producing 48MW with two turbo alternators and one Jeumont Schneider main
motor producing 9500hp on one shaft.
Maximum speed was 20kts surfaced and 25kts dived.
Electronics Fit:
Radar:
DRUA-33 air/surface search
Sonar:
DUUA-2 active/passive bow mounted
DUUX-5 Fenelon passive ranging
DSUV-22 passive ranging
Other:
Thomson ARUR ESM warning
DLT D3 FC torpedo fire control
TUUM HF/LF underwater telephone
Miscellaneous:
Maximum diving depth is 985'.