Perle (S 606)

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the Perle submarine
Career France French Navy Ensign
Class and type: Rubis class submarine
Laid down: 22 March 1987
Launched: 22 September 1990
Commissioned: 7 July 1993
Status: In active sevice
Homeport: Toulon
General Characteristics
Displacement: 2600 t (2400 t surfaced)
Length: 73.6 m
Beam: 7.6 m
Draught: 6.4 m
Propulsion: Pressurised water K48 nuclear reactor (48 MW) ; 2 turbo-alternators ; 1 electric engine (7 MW); one propeller
1 diesel-alternators SEMT Pielstick 8 PA 4V 185 SM; one auxiliary engine, 5 MW.
Speed: over 25 knots (46 km/h)
Range: 8,500 nautical miles (15,700 km)
Test depth: over 300 m
Complement: 10 officers

52 warrant officers
8 petty officers

Sensors and processing systems: DMUX 20 multifonction

ETBF DSUV 62C tugged antenna
DSUV 22 microphone system

DRUA 33 radar
Electronic warfare and decoys: ARUR 13
Armament: Anti-submarine : 4 x 533 mm tubes for F17 mod2 torpedoes

Anti-surface : 14 Exocet SM39

Mines

The Perle is a first-generation nuclear attack submarines of the French Navy.

She is the sixth and last of the Rubis series.

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