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|Cost=[[€]]4.282 billion (2009)<ref>[http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/feature/112431/french-auditor-reveals-weapon-prices%2C-a400m-details.html French Audit Report Reveals Weapon Prices, A400M Details]</ref> 
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|Ship type=[[ballistic missile submarine]]
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|Ship displacement=12,640 tonne (surfaced)<br> 14,335 tonne (submerged)
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|Ship armament=Nuclear : 16 [[M45 SLBM]] or [[M51 SLBM]] missiles with [[TN 75]] warheads <br>
four 533 mm (21-inch) [[torpedo tube]]s for F17 torpedoes and
[[Exocet]] SM39 [[anti-ship missile]]s, launchable while submerged
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|Ship notes=boats in the class include: ''[[Triomphant (S 616)|Triomphant]]'' (S 616), ''[[Téméraire (S 617)|Téméraire]]'' (S 617), ''[[Vigilant (S 618)|Vigilant]]'' (S 618), ''[[Terrible (S 619)|Terrible]]'' (S 619)
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The '''''Triomphant'' class''' of [[ballistic missile submarine]]s of the [[French Navy]] is the active class of four boats that entered service in 1997, 1999, 2004, and 2010. These four supersede the older ''Redoutable''-class, and they provide the ocean-based component (the ''[[Force océanique stratégique]]'') of France's [[nuclear deterrent]] strike force, the ''[[Force de Frappe]]''.

The first three boats are all armed with the French-produced and armed [[M45 SLBM|M45 intermediate-range missile]], and the fourth vessel, ''[[Terrible (S 619)|Terrible]]'', has tested and is equipped with the more advanced [[M51 SLBM|M51 missile]].<ref>[https://archive.is/20130124225412/www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hPNTG39EL3N7-Bv8jvy_xmpoUCpg?docId=CNG.40a5a56e8c66c6963f77af98efdaccc7.11 AFP: La marine française met un quatrième sous-marin nucléaire en service]</ref> Each of the first three boats are to be retrofitted to the [[M51 SLBM|M51 missile]] standard, starting with ''[[Vigilant (S 618)|Vigilant]]'' in Winter 2010, then ''[[Triomphant (S 616)|Triomphant]]'' and ending with ''[[Téméraire (S 617)|Téméraire]]'' in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.meretmarine.com/article.cfm?id=114121 |title=IA M51 : Chape de plomb sur le nucléaire |date=41 October 2010 |publisher=Mer et Marine |accessdate=4 October 2010}}</ref>

==SNLE-NG==
In French, these are called ''Sous-Marin Nucléaire Lanceur d'Engins de Nouvelle Génération'' (English: "Next Generation Device-Launching Nuclear Submarine"), abbreviated as SNLE-NG. They have replaced all of the [[Redoutable class submarine (1967)|''Redoutable''-class]] boats, with the last of those six boats being decommissioned in 2008. These submarines carry 16 [[Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile|Submarine-launched Ballistic Missile]] launching tubes apiece.

This class reportedly produces approximately 1/1000 of the detectable noise of the ''Redoutable''-class boats (submarines), and they are ten times more sensitive in detecting other submarines.<ref>[http://www.netmarine.net/bat/smarins/triompha/index.htm Le Triomphant]</ref> Initially armed with the [[M45 (missile)|M45 Missile]], they are designed to carry the new [[M51 SLBM|M51 missile]], which entered active service in 2010. {{As of|2014|10}}, an M51 has been test-fired from one of these submarines across the Atlantic Ocean from near France to the west, and is equipped on the ''Terrible''.

These boats were all constructed by the DCNS, and they carry an armament of 16 [[M45 SLBM]] or [[M51 SLBM]] missiles manufactured by the [[Aérospatiale]] company (now [[EADS Astrium Space Transportation]].), plus conventional [[torpedo]]es and [[Exocet]] [[anti-ship missile]]s.

==List of submarines==
The French Navy's goal is to operate a force of four ballistic missile submarines (comparable with the [[Royal Navy]]'s [[Vanguard class submarine|''Vanguard''-class submarines]]), of which two of the French boats are expected to be on patrol at any given time.

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!Name!!Construction began!!Launched!!Commissioned
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|''[[Triomphant (S 616)|Triomphant]]''||9 June 1986||26 March 1994||21 March 1997
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|''[[Téméraire (S 617)|Téméraire]]''||18 December 1993||21 January 1998||23 December 1999
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|''[[Vigilant (S 618)|Vigilant]]''||January 1996||19 September 2003||26 November 2004
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|''[[Terrible (S 619)|Terrible]]''||24 October 2000||21 March 2008||20 September 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defense.gouv.fr/marine/a-la-une/le-terrible-entre-en-service-actif |title=Le Terrible entre en service actif |date=1 October 2010 |publisher=[[Ministry of Defense (France)]] |accessdate=1 October 2010}}</ref>

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==Accidents==
On 3 February or 4 February 2009, the ''Triomphant'' [[HMS Vanguard and Triomphant submarine collision|apparently collided]] with the Royal Navy submarine {{HMS|Vanguard|S28|6}}.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20090220200143/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jKcoIY6QBk2T25USYHDKbBtyUmHQD96D0EGO1] {{Dead link|date=November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2240543.ece | location=London | work=The Sun | title=Unthinkable | date=16 February 2009}}</ref> The ''Triomphant'' was reported to have proceeded to Brest under her own power, submerged, but with extensive damage to her sonar dome.

==Gallery==
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File:Snle-snle-ng-svg.svg|Comparison of different nuclear systems: left, the SNLE (''[[Redoutable class submarine|Redoutable]]'' type) with the [[M-4 SLBM|M4 missile]]; right, the SNLE-NG (''Triomphant'' type) with the [[M45 SLBM|M45 missile]] and the [[M51 SLBM|M51 missile]].
File:SNLE-NG.jpeg|Le Vigilant
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==See also==
{{Commons|Le Triomphant class submarines}}
*[[France and weapons of mass destruction]]
*[[FOST]]

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