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Thanks for posting those last two Eastern Med Tactical Pilotage Charts as high-resolution images Jaroslav.

Your current threads have been turning up some interesting material. Please continue.  

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10 hours ago, Captain Hurricane said:

Thanks for posting those last two Eastern Med Tactical Pilotage Charts as high-resolution images Jaroslav.

Your current threads have been turning up some interesting material. Please continue.  

Thanks mate.

I am sorry that no one else writes about this topic or anything else. This is very interesting to me, but I have no idea until when I will write, because of some bloodthirsty statements in other topics on this forum (some groups are inhumanly teasing with killing children) staying on this forum makes me increasingly uncomfortable.

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Rubis class SSN (1979)

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Since the Rubus shared sensors and weapons with the Agosta class, they kept the same four 533-millimetre (21 in) torpedo tubes forward with a stowage for fourteen F17 Mod 2 torpedoes and SM39 Exocet anti-ship missiles, generall four, adopted from the start. The fire control system enabled to guide two weapons simultaneously. They were also capable of carrying FG 29 mines, with two replacing a single torpedo in stowage, so a total potential of 28 mines, knowing that any sensible commander, like in WW2 would always count of at least four torpedoes in case of a band encounter.

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The initial Rubis class proved to be very problematic in operation. In submrine circles they stands out as the noisiest submarines of the West, much more even than contemporary Soviet standards such as the Charlie II, Victor III, Sierra and Akula. They were “eay pickings” and a source of embarrassement for the Marine Nationale. The initial choice of a narrow hull and unexpected change in powerplant resulted in the near-absence of rafting in the power plant. The PWR associated pumps and gearbox all proved way too noisy, and they ended at the same acoustic level as Chinese submarines, which was literrally at the very top of the scale.

These unexpectedly high noise levels, superior even to the Agostas and Inflexible class SSBNs led to a deep redesign that delayed the compltion of the last two boats of the batch, S605 Améthyste and S606 Perle, both laid down at DCNS Cherbourg like earlier boats in 1984 and 1987 and launched in 1988-90. The program which delayed their completion to 1992 and 1993 saw a serie of radical improvements, under a programme named to match the sub-class name: “AMÉlioration Tactique HYdrodynamique Silence Transmission Ecoute” (Silent Acoustic Transmission Tactical Hydrodynamic Improvement) applied during construction.

https://naval-encyclopedia.com/cold-war/france/rubis-class.php

 

 

Saphir was the first to undergo the AMÉTHYSTE rebuild, being out of service from November 1989 to May 1991. Rubis followed from September 1992 to July 1993.[5] On 20 August 1993, Rubis collided with the oil tanker Lyria.[12] From 1993 to 1994, Casabianca underwent the AMÉTHYSTE rebuild. On 30 March 1994, Émeraude had a steam leakage in the secondary steam loop, suffering ten casualties including the vessel's commanding officer. Émeraude would undergo the AMÉTHYSTE rebuild from May 1994 to December 1995.[5]

During the Péan inter-allied manoeuvres of 1998, Casabianca managed to "sink" the United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Ticonderoga-class cruiser that was escorting her.[13] In September 2000 Saphir experienced excessive radioactivity in the primary reactor loop forcing the submarine to be withdrawn from service for six months to undergo recoring.[5]

During COMPTUEX 2015, an exercise led by the United States Navy, Saphir successfully defeated the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and her escort, managing to "sink" the US carrier. This was widely advertised by the French Navy but unmentioned by the US Navy.[14][15]

On 12 June 2020, Perle caught fire in dry dock while undergoing major renovations. The fire broke out around 10:35 local time in the forward section of the submarine and was described as being "unbelievably fierce". According to French naval sources, there were no weapons or nuclear fuel aboard at the time.[16] In October 2020 it was announced that Perle would be repaired using the forward section of the decommissioned boat, Saphir. The repairs were projected to be completed in 2022 and her return to service was anticipated in 2023.[17][18] Perle returned to sea in May 2023 to begin post-refit sea trials.[19]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubis-class_submarine

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