French submarine Inflexible (S615)

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Inflexible in 2002
History
France
Name	L'Inflexible
Builder	DCNS Cherbourg
Laid down	27 March 1980
Launched	23 June 1982
Commissioned	1 April 1985
Decommissioned	14 January 2008
Homeport	Île Longue
Status	Decommissioned
General characteristics
Class and type	Redoutable-class submarine
Displacement	9,000 tons (submerged)
Length	130 m (430 ft)
Beam	10.60 m (34.8 ft)
Draught	10 m (33 ft)
Propulsion	One PWR, 16,000 shp (12,000 kW), HEU <= 90%[1]
Speed	over 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range	Essentially unlimited
Complement	15 officers 120 sailors
Sensors and processing systems	1 DRUA 33 1 DMUX 21 1 DSUV 61B VLF 1 DUUX 5 ARUR 12 radar detector
Armament	16 M4 MSBS (Mer Sol Balistique Stratégique) nuclear missiles four 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes F17 and L5 torpedoes SM39 Exocet anti-ship missile

L'Inflexible (S 615) was the sixth and final of the Redoutable-class SNLE ("Sous-marin Nucléaire Lanceur d'Engins", "Nuclear Missile-Launching Submarine") of the Force océanique stratégique (FOST), the submarine nuclear deterrent component of the French Navy.

Construction began on 27 March 1980. The boat was launched on 23 June 1982, commissioned on 1 April 1985 and decommissioned on 14 January 2008.