Career
Ordered:
Laid down:	1 September 1979
Launched:	1 September 1981
Commissioned:	6 July 1984
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 (48MW) ; 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 (15,700 km)
Operational depth	over 300 m
Armament:	Anti-submarine : 4 x 533mm tubes for F17 mod2 torpedoes Anti-surface : 14 Exocet SM39 Mines
Detection Systems	DMUX 20 multifunction ETBF DSUV 62C tugged antena DSUV 22 microphone system DRUA 33 radar
Electronic Warfare	ARUR 13

The Rubis is a first-generation nuclear attack submarines of the French Navy. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Image File history File links French-Ensign. ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In older English literature there are some uses of exocet to mean flying fish. 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 maritime arm of the French military and is the largest Western European navy in terms of number of active-duty vessels. ...

She is the second of the Rubis series. Between October 1989 and May 1991, 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. ...

In September 2001, she torpedoed and sank the ex-escadre escort D'Estrée near Toulon.

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