Submarines of the Barracuda type are a series of six French nuclear submarines planned for construction in 2020–2029 .
| Barracuda submarines | |
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| Classe Barracuda SNA | |
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| Main characteristics | |
| Type of ship | MPLATRK |
| Project designation | Suffren |
| Codification of NATO | Barracuda class |
| Speed (surface) | 14 knots |
| Speed (underwater) | 23 knots |
| Working depth | 350 m |
| Immersion depth | 400 m |
| Autonomy of swimming | 50 days |
| Crew | 60 people
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| Cost | € 7,900,000,000 for 6 ships |
| Dimensions | |
| Surface displacement | 4765 t |
| Underwater displacement | 5 300 t |
| The length is the greatest (on design basis) | 99 m |
| The width of the body naib. | 8.8 m |
| Height | 15.7 m (on the cabin) |
| Average draft (on design basis) | 7.3 m |
| Power point | |
Atomic, resource 10 years
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| Armament | |
| Torpedo mine weapons | 4 bow TA 533 mm caliber, 20 torpedoes and missiles |
| Missile weapons | KRLPL MdCN , Exocet SM-39 block 2 as ammunition for torpedo tubes |
Content
History
A new project of the French multi-purpose nuclear submarines, which should replace the Ryubi project, began to be created in 2002 . In 2006, the French government placed an order for 6 new class submarines. The contract amounted to € 7.9 billion , the completion of the first ship is planned for 2020 , according to the director of the Barracuda program Alain Opti ( French Alain Aupetit ), the commissioning of the following boats will be carried out with an interval of 1.5 to 2 years. When you enter each new Suffren submarine, one Ryubi submarine will be withdrawn from the fleet. The end of the program is planned by 2029 .
For the first time, foreign companies will be able to execute subcontracts for the construction of French nuclear submarines.
Design
The project embodies both the features of the modern Le Triomphant project , in particular the water jet, and modern foreign solutions, for example, tail placement of rudders will be made X-shaped, as on Dutch boats of the Valrus type .
Corps
Powerplant
One K15 reactor will have a life of 10 years between core overloads.
Armament
Four bow torpedo tubes of the boat will have a caliber of 533 millimeters. 20 units of ammunition can be composed of heavy Black Shark torpedoes and sea-based cruise missiles Scalp Naval (MdCN) and Exocet . Also, the boat will be able to carry up to 12 commandos with equipment in a special module attached to the submarine.
Benchmark
Boats of the Barracuda type are almost one and a half times as inferior in displacement to the British type Astyut and the American type Virginia , but they are twice as large as the previous Ryubi type.
| Sivulf | "Ash" | Virginia | "Barracuda" | Astyut | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appearance | |||||
| Years of construction | 1989 - 2004 | 1993 - present | 1999 - present | 2007 — present | 2001 - present |
| Years of service | 1997 - present | 2013 - present | 2004 — present | - | 2010 — present |
| Built | 3 | 1 (9 plan) | 17 (30 plan) | 1 (6 plan) | 3 (7 plan) |
| Surface displacement (t) | 7460 | 8600 | 7080 | 4755 | 6500 |
| Underwater displacement (t) | 9130 | 13800 | 7925 | 5300 | 7800 |
| The number of TA / PU missiles | eight / - | 10/8 (32) | 4/12 | four / - | 6 / - |
Representatives
| No. p / p | Board number | Name | Bookmark | Launching | Navy Transmission | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Suffren Suffren | December 19, 2007 | July 12, 2019 | plan: 2020 | on trials | |
| 2 | Duguay-Trouin | June 26, 2009 | plan: 2022 | in construction | ||
| 3 | Tourville Tourville | June 28, 2011 | plan: 2024 | in construction | ||
| four | De grasse | plan: 2025 | ||||
| five | Casabianca | plan: 2027 | ||||
| 6 | Rubis | plan: 2029 |
The first ship of the project received the name "Suffren" ( fr. Suffren ) in honor of the French admiral Pierre Andre de Suffren de Saint-Tropez .
The remaining five submarines will also be named after the French naval commanders of the XVII-XIX centuries. They will receive the names Duguay-Trouin ( Duguet-Trouin ), Dupetit-Thouars ( Dupet Tuar ), Duquesne ( Dukesn ), Tourville ( Tourville ) and De Grasse ( De Grasse ). In 2015, it was decided to name the last two boats in honor of the submarines - participants of the Second World War: Casabianca ( Kazabianka ) and Rubis (Ruby).
Notes
Links
- Wikimedia Commons has media related to Barracuda Submarines
- France's Future SSNs: The Barracuda Class
- Les noms des futurs sous-marins nucléaires français dévoilés (fr.)
- The French will complete the first "Barracuda", lenta.ru
Literature
- Tarasov A.E. Nuclear submarine fleet 1955-2005. - M .: AST, Mn .: Harvest, 2006 .-- S. 103-108. - 216 p. - ISBN 985-13-8436-4 .