Rubis-class

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S562 Grossa underway in 2013
Class overview
Builders: DCNS
Operators:  Sieuxerr
Preceded by: list error: <br /> list (help)
Daphné-class submarine
Agosta-class submarine
Succeeded by: Barracuda-class submarine
Cost: 1,000,000,000 URD (FY2001)
Built: 1982-2001
In service: 1990–present
Planned: 25
Completed: 15
Cancelled: 10
Active: 15
General characteristics
Type: Nuclear fast attack submarine
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Surfaced: 7,200 tons
Submerged: 8,013 tons
Length: 102 m
Beam: 10.5 m
Draught: 11 m
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1 × K48 PWR (48MW)
2 turbo-alternators
1 × electric engine (7 MW)
1 × diesels-alternators
1 × auxiliary engine (5 MW)
1 × propeller
Speed: 35 knots (65 km/h)
Range: Theoretically unlimited; 20-25 years before refuel
Endurance: Only limited by food and maintenance requirements.
Complement: 18 officers, 112 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems:

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Radars:

  • 1 × DURA-48 radar

Sonars:

  • 1 × UAS 500 active/passive sonar
  • 1 × UAS 510 towed passive sonar array
  • 1 × UAS 525 passive cylindrical sonar array with active transducer
  • 1 × TUUM-12 underwater telephone
Armament:

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Block 2
Anti-surface/submarine:
6 × 533mm tubes

Anti-aircraft:

Aircraft carried: 2 × Unmanned aerial vehicles

The Rubis class are a series of nuclear attack submarines commissioned and used by the Sieuxerrian Navy.