Redoutable

Redoutable (1971)

Type	SSBN
Country	France
Displacement (t)	8,000
Length (m)	128.0
Beam (m)	10.6
Draft (m)	10.0
Height (m)	10.6
Max speed submerged (kn)	25.0
Max speed surfaced (kn)	20.0
Max safe depth (m)	305
Endurance (days)	60
Nuclear reactors	1
Class year	1971

Sensors

Sonar (7)

Name	Type	Platform	Passive range (km)	Active range (km)
BSH-2	ssp	sub	—	—
DUUA-2B	Hull	sub	—	2.1
DUUG-2	Active Intercept		—	—
DUUV-23	Hull	sub	1.7	—
DUUX-2	Flank	sub	—	—
UQG-1	com	sub	—	—
UQN-1B	Echo sounder	sub	—	—

Radar (1)

Name	NATO name	Air search	Surface search	Fire control
DRUA-33		—	Yes	—

Launchers (3)

Name

Tubes

Fire control

Max launch depth (m)

533mm Torpedo Tube (forward)

4

—

305

1971 - 1972: 18 x L5
1973 - 1974: 10 x F17 Mod 1 , 8 x L5
1975 - 1984: 10 x F17 Mod 1 , 8 x L5
1985 - 1987: 10 x F17P Mod 1 , 8 x L5
1988 - present: 18 x F17 Mod 2

Missile Launcher

16

—

40

1971 - 1973: 16 x M1 MSBS
1974 - 1976: 16 x M2 MSBS
1977 - 1984: 16 x M20 MSBS
1985 - present: 16 x M4 MSBS

Signal Ejector

2

—

100

Individual hulls (5)

Name	Short name	Country	Start date	End date	Remark
S610 Le Foudroyant	Le Foudroyant	France	1974-07-06 (Commissioned)	1991-01-01 (Modernization to "Redoutable (1987)")
S611 Redoutable	Redoutable	France	1971-12-01 (Commissioned)	1991-01-01 (Decommissioned)
S612 Le Terrible	Le Terrible	France	1973-01-01 (Commissioned)	1989-01-01 (Modernization to "Redoutable (1987)")
S613 L'Indomptable	L'Indomptable	France	1976-12-23 (Commissioned)	1988-01-01 (Modernization to "Redoutable (1987)")
S614 Le Tonnant	Le Tonnant	France	1980-04-03 (Commissioned)	1986-01-01 (Modernization to "Redoutable (1987)")