Le_Vigilant_(S_618)
French submarine Le Vigilant (S618)
French nuclear submarine
Le Vigilant is a Triomphant-class strategic nuclear submarine in service with the French Navy.
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Le Vigilant | |
History | |
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France | |
Name | Le Vigilant |
Namesake | "Vigilant" |
Cost | €4.282 billion (2010)[1] |
Laid down | 1997 |
Launched | 19 September 2003 |
Commissioned | 26 November 2004 |
Homeport | Île Longue |
Identification | S618 |
General characteristics | |
Class and 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) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | over 25 knots (46 km/h) |
Range | Unlimited distance; 20–25 years |
Test depth | Over 400 m (1,300 ft) |
Complement |
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Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | ARUR 13 |
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- List of submarines of France
- HMS Vigilant (S30) - British Vanguard-class ballistic missile submarine, commissioned in 1996
- "French Audit Report Reveals Weapon Prices, A400M Details". defence-aerospace.com. 18 February 2010. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- "AFP: La marine française met un quatrième sous-marin nucléaire en service". Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- "IA M51 : Chape de plomb sur le nucléaire". Mer et Marine. 4 October 2010. Archived from the original on 9 October 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- Reif, Kingston (8 December 2009). "Nuclear weapons: The modernization myth". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
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