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France | |
Name | Tourville |
Namesake | Anne Hilarion de Costentin de Tourville |
Builder | Naval Group |
Laid down | 28 June 2011 |
Launched | 12 July 2024 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Suffren-class submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 99.5 m (326 ft 5 in) |
Beam | 8.8 m (28 ft 10 in) |
Draught | 7.3 m (23 ft 11 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range | Unlimited |
Endurance | 70 days of food[1] |
Complement | 65 crew |
Armament |
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Tourville (S637) is a French nuclear attack submarine (SNA).[4] After the Suffren and Duguay-Trouin, it is the third of six Suffren-class submarines in the Barracuda program, the French Navy's second-generation nuclear attack submarine. Like several French naval ships before her, she is named after Vice-Admiral and Marshal of France Anne Hilarion de Costentin de Tourville.[5]
Construction began on 28 June 2011, at Cherbourg.[5] She first set sail in July 2024.[4] A few weeks later, on 11 September, the Red crew of the new submarine was formed at a ceremony at Fort Saint-Louis, Toulon. Just over two weeks after her departure, Tourville returned to Cherbourg for a technical intervention to apply a few corrective measures.[6]