For other ships of the same name, see French ship Le Téméraire.
| French submarine Le Téméraire (S617) | |
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Temeraire1048.jpg Le Téméraire (S 617) | |
| Career (France) |  |
| Name: | Le Téméraire |
| Namesake: | "Reckless" |
| Cost: | €4.282 billions (2010)[1] |
| Laid down: | 18 December 1993 |
| Launched: | 21 January 1998 |
| Commissioned: | 23 December 1999 |
| Homeport: | Île Longue |
| Identification: | S617 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Triomphant-class submarine |
| Displacement: |
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| Length: | 138 m (453 ft) |
| Beam: | 12.50 m (41.0 ft) |
| Draught: | 10.60 m (34.8 ft) |
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| Speed: | over 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
| Range: | Unlimited distance; 20–25 years |
| Test depth: | Over 400 m (1,300 ft) |
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| Sensors and processing systems: |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys: | ARUR 13 |
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Le Téméraire is a Triomphant-class ballistic missile submarine of the French Navy, launched in January 1998,[citation needed] and commissioned in December 1999, six months behind schedule. The boat had, in May 1999, successfully test launched an M45 submarine-launched ballistic missile.[2]
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- ↑ "French Audit Report Reveals Weapon Prices, A400M Details". 18 February 2010. http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/feature/112431/french-auditor-reveals-weapon-prices%2C-a400m-details.html. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ↑ Norris, Robert S.; Arkin, William M.; Kristensen, Hans M.; Handler, Joshua (1 July 2001). "French Nuclear Forces, 2001". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-76627280.html. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
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