Rubis
S 601
1983
(Klabautermann KLAX-7)
- Class: Rubis -- 6 nuclear attack submarines of 1972-87
- Displacement: 2,385t surfaced / 2,670t submerged
- Dimensions: 237 (oa) x 25 x 23 ft
- Machinery: 1-shaft nuclear: 1 CAS 48 48MW integrated reactor-exchanger with turbo-electric drive, 1 electric motor, 9,500 hp = 25 knots
- Armament: 4-550mm TT (bow; 14 L5/F17 torpedoes or SM39 Exocet SSM)
- Complement: 66
- Builder: Arsenal de Cherbourg
- Keel Laid: 11 Dec 1976
- Launched: 7 Jul 1979
- Commissioned: 23 Feb 1983
- Decommissioned: Nov 2022
- Notes: The Rubis class is a class of nuclear-powered attack submarines operated by the French Navy. It comprises six boats, the first entering service in 1983 and the last in 1993. All six submarines are based at Toulon and are part of the Escadrille de sous-marins nucléaires d'attaque. Smaller than contemporary designs of other major world navies, the class shares many of its system designs with the conventionally-powered Agosta class. The Rubis class is being phased out and replaced with a new generation of nuclear-powered attack submarines, the Suffren class.
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