Name Terrible Laid down 24 October 2000 Homeport Île Longue Launched 21 March 2008 Draft 11 m Builder DCNS | Cost €3.1 billion (2010) Commissioned 20 September 2010 Construction started 24 October 2000 Length 138 m Beam 12 m | |
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Class and type Triomphant-class submarine | ||
Terrible is a Triomphant-class strategic nuclear submarine of the French Navy. She was launched on 21 March 2008
On 27 January 2010, at 9h25, Terrible launched an M51 SLBM from underwater, in Audierne Bay. The missile reached its target 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) off North Carolina; the 4,500-kilometre (2,800 mi) flight took about 20 minutes.
The submarine was put into service on 20 September 2010 armed with the 16 M51 missiles. Terrible is fitted with a new SYCOBS combat system (SYstem de COmbat Barracuda-SSBN) which will also be installed on the new Barracuda class SSNs.
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French submarine Terrible (S619) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA