Career
Ordered:
Laid down:	19 September 1981
Launched:	22 December 1984
Commissioned:	13 May 1987
Decommissioned:
Fate:
Struck:
General Characteristics
Complement:	10 officiers 52 warrant officers 8 petty officers
Surfaced displacement	2400 t
Submerged displacement	2600 t
Length	73.6 m
Maximal width	7,6 m
Height	6,4 m
Main engine	Pressurised water K48 nuclear reactor (48 MW) ; 2 turbo-alternators ; 1 electric engine (7 MW); one propeller
Secondary Engine	1 diesels-alternators SEMT Pielstick 8 PA 4V 185 SM - one auxiliary engine, 5 MW.
Submerged speed	over 25 knots (46 km/h)
Range:	8,500 nautical miles (16,000 km)
Operational depth	over 300 m
Armament:	Anti-submarine : 4 x 533 mm tubes for F17 mod2 torpedoes Anti-surface : 14 Exocet SM39 Mines
Detection Systems	DMUX 20 multifonction ETBF DSUV 62C tugged antenna DSUV 22 microphone system DRUA 33 radar
Electronic Warfare	ARUR 13

The Casabianca (ex-Bourgogne) is a first-generation nuclear attack submarines of the French Navy. She is named in honour of the famous submarine of the Free French Naval Forces Casabianca. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Image File history File links Civil_and_Naval_Ensign_of_France. ... September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In older English literature there are some uses of exocet to mean flying fish. There is also a typeface known as Exocet. ... The French Navy (Marine Nationale) is the maritime arm of the French military and the largest Western European navy in terms of personnel. ...

She is the third of the Rubis series. Between 1993 and June 1994, she undertook a major refitting which upgraded her to the level of the Améthyste. The Rubis type is a class of first-generation nuclear attack submarines of the French Navy. ... The Améthyste is an attack nuclear submarine of the French Navy, the fifth of the Rubis type. ...

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