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Encyclopedia > FS Casabianca
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 propeler
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 antena
  • DSUV 22 microphone system
  • DRUA 33 radar
Electronic Warfare ARUR 13

The Casacianca is a first-generation nuclear attack submarines of the French Navy. She is named after the famous submarine of the Free French Naval Forces Casabianca. Tricolore of France Created by User:Anthony S. Tsoumbris French Tricolore flag File links The following pages link to this file: Austria Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam A.S. Roma A.C. Milan Belgium Czech Republic Cyprus Economy of the Czech Republic Corsica Chelsea F.C. European Union Estonia European... The Exocet is a French-built anti-ship missile made in various versions capable of being launched from surface ships and boats, submarines, and airplanes. ... The French Navy (Marine Nationale) is the naval arm of the French military and is the second-largest Western European navy (the largest being the United Kingdoms Royal Navy). ...


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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BIGpedia - French Navy - Encyclopedia and Dictionary Online (403 words)
The French navy is affectionously known as La Royale (the "Royal"), for its supposed attachement to the monarchy; it is to be noted that some of the greatest heroes of the First Republic were in the French Navy (Casabianca, Muriène, the Redoutable).
The French Navy is undertaking a significant reinforcement, both in modernising and in number, under the Projet de loi de programmation militaire 2003-2008 ("Military programme law project 2003-2004")[1], which notably calls for
A second aircraft carrier - probably conventionally propelled (the current FS Charles de Gaulle is nuclear), and built to a similar design as the British CVF ships.
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