View source for French submarine Le Téméraire (S617)

{{Short description|Ballistic missile submarine}}
{{other ships|French ship Le Téméraire}}
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|Ship country=France
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|Ship name=''Le Téméraire''
|Ship namesake="Reckless"
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|Ship original cost=[[€]]4.282 billion (2010)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/feature/112431/french-auditor-reveals-weapon-prices%2C-a400m-details.html |title=French Audit Report Reveals Weapon Prices, A400M Details |website=defence-aerospace.com |date=18 February 2010 |accessdate=7 August 2015 |archive-date=14 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014011729/http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/feature/112431/french-auditor-reveals-weapon-prices,-a400m-details.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|Ship laid down=18 December 1993
|Ship launched=21 January 1998
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|Ship commissioned=23 December 1999
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|Ship homeport=[[Île Longue]]
|Ship identification=S617
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|Ship class={{sclass|Triomphant|submarine}}
|Ship displacement=*12&nbsp;640 tonnes (surfaced)
* 14&nbsp;335 t (submerged)
|Ship length={{convert|138|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|12.50|m|abbr=on}}
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|Ship draught={{convert|10.60|m|abbr=on}}
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|Ship propulsion=*Pressurised water K15 nuclear reactor ({{convert|150|MW|abbr=on}}), [[low-enriched uranium|LEU]] 7%;<ref>https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/18321557.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> turboreductor system; [[Pump-jet]]
* 2 SEMT Pielstick diesels-alternators 8PA4V200 SM ({{convert|700|kW|abbr=on}}) auxiliaries.
* {{convert|30,500|kW|abbr=on}}
|Ship speed=over {{convert|25|kn}}
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|Ship test depth=Over {{convert|400|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship complement=*15 officers
* 96 men
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|Ship sensors=*Sonar DMUX 80
* Sonar DUUX 5
* Sonar DSUV 61B Very Low Frequency
* [[Racal Decca]] radar (navigation)
* SCC : SET (''Système d'exploitation Tactique'') : tactical operational system
|Ship EW=ARUR 13
|Ship armament=*Nuclear: 16 [[M45 SLBM|M45]] ''or'' [[M51 (missile)|M51]] missiles with six to ten [[TN 75]] 150 kt<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hPNTG39EL3N7-Bv8jvy_xmpoUCpg?docId=CNG.40a5a56e8c66c6963f77af98efdaccc7.11|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130124225412/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hPNTG39EL3N7-Bv8jvy_xmpoUCpg?docId=CNG.40a5a56e8c66c6963f77af98efdaccc7.11|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 24, 2013|title=AFP: La marine française met un quatrième sous-marin nucléaire en service<!-- Bot generated title -->|access-date=7 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.meretmarine.com/article.cfm?id=114121 |title=IA M51 : Chape de plomb sur le nucléaire |date=4 October 2010 |publisher=Mer et Marine |access-date=4 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009014420/http://www.meretmarine.com/article.cfm?id=114121 |archive-date=9 October 2010 }}</ref> or [[Tête nucléaire océanique|TNO]] 100-300 kt thermonuclear warheads<ref name=fas1>{{cite web|last=Kristensen|first=Hans|title=France|url=http://www.fas.org/programs/ssp/nukes/publications1/Article2012_France.pdf|work=Assuring Destruction Forever: Nuclear Weapon Modernization Around the World|publisher=Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom|accessdate=11 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Reif|first=Kingston|title=Nuclear weapons: The modernization myth|url=http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/features/nuclear-weapons-the-modernization-myth|publisher=[[Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists]]|accessdate=11 April 2013|date=8 December 2009}}</ref>
* Anti-submarine : 4 × {{convert|533|mm|in|abbr=on|0}} tubes for F17 torpedoes
* Anti-surface : [[Exocet]] SM39
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'''''Le Téméraire''''' is a {{sclass|Triomphant|submarine|0}} [[ballistic missile submarine|ballistic missile]] [[List of submarines of France|submarine]] of the [[French Navy]], launched in January 1998,{{Citation needed|date=June 2015}} and commissioned in December 1999, six months behind schedule.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mizokami |first=Kyle |date=12 April 2018 |title=France Has Lots of Nuclear Weapons (That Could Kill Millions of People) |url=https://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/france-has-lots-nuclear-weapons-could-kill-millions-people-25358 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230728122156/https://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/france-has-lots-nuclear-weapons-could-kill-millions-people-25358 |archive-date=28 July 2023 |accessdate=3 December 2018 |website=National Interest }}</ref> The boat had, in May 1999, successfully test launched an [[M45 (missile)|M45]] [[submarine-launched ballistic missile]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Norris|first1=Robert S.|last2=Arkin|first2=William M.|last3=Kristensen
|first3=Hans M.|last4=Handler|first4=Joshua|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-76627280.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924163453/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-76627280.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 September 2015|title=French Nuclear Forces, 2001|work=[[Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists]]|date=1 July 2001|accessdate=23 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2018/august-2018-navy-naval-defense-news/6434-final-french-navy-ssbn-le-temeraire-upgraded-for-m51-slbm.html|title=Final French Navy SSBN 'Le Temeraire' Upgraded for M51 SLBM|date=18 August 2018|publisher=Navy Recognition|accessdate=3 December 2018}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of submarines of France]]

== References ==
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