FS Casabianca
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The Casabianca (ex-Bourgogne) is a first-generation nuclear attack submarine of the French Navy
. She is named in honour of the famous submarine of the Free French Naval Forces Casabianca
.
She is the third of the Rubis series
. Between 1993 and June 1994, she undertook a major refitting which upgraded her to the level of the Améthyste
, arming her for anti-submarine as well as anti-surface ship warfare. Her underwater endurance is 60 days, dictated by food supplies. She is designed to operate at seas 220 days per year, and is thus staffed by two crews that relay each other from one patrol or exercise to the next.
Among the Casabianca's operational highlights are its being the first French submarine to visit the naval base at Severomorsk
, home of the Russian Northern Fleet, in 2003; and patrols in the Mediterranean and in the Indian Ocean as part of the fleet surrounding the aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle, such as in 2007.
During the Péan inter-allied maneuvers of 1998, Casabianca managed to "sink" USS Eisenhower
and her Ticonderoga class
escort cruiser USS Anzio
.
French Navy
The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...
. She is named in honour of the famous submarine of the Free French Naval Forces Casabianca
Casabianca (Q183)
Casabianca was a Redoutable-class submarine of the French Navy, named in honour of Luc-Julien-Joseph Casabianca. She was notable for her escape from Toulon in November 1942 as Germans forces tried to seize the French fleet as part of Case Anton, the occupation of Vichy France...
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She is the third of the Rubis series
Rubis class submarine
The Rubis type is a class of first-generation nuclear attack submarines of the French Navy. They are the most compact nuclear attack submarines to date.All submarines of the class are named after gemstones.-History:...
. Between 1993 and June 1994, she undertook a major refitting which upgraded her to the level of the Améthyste
FS Améthyste
The Améthyste is a nuclear-powered attack submarine of the French Navy, the fifth of the Rubis type. Her name is a pun on a precious stone and the acronym AMElioration Tactique, HydrodYnamique, Silence, Transmission, Ecoute . She is the first vessel to serve in the French Navy under that name...
, arming her for anti-submarine as well as anti-surface ship warfare. Her underwater endurance is 60 days, dictated by food supplies. She is designed to operate at seas 220 days per year, and is thus staffed by two crews that relay each other from one patrol or exercise to the next.
Among the Casabianca's operational highlights are its being the first French submarine to visit the naval base at Severomorsk
Severomorsk
Severomorsk is a closed town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located about north of Murmansk along the Kola Bay. Population: This is the main administrative base of the Russian Northern Fleet. Severomorsk has the largest drydock on the Kola Peninsula....
, home of the Russian Northern Fleet, in 2003; and patrols in the Mediterranean and in the Indian Ocean as part of the fleet surrounding the aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle, such as in 2007.
During the Péan inter-allied maneuvers of 1998, Casabianca managed to "sink" USS Eisenhower
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower is an aircraft carrier currently in service with the United States Navy. Commissioned in 1977, the ship is the second of the ten Nimitz-class supercarriers currently in service, and is the first ship named after the thirty-fourth President of the United States, Dwight D....
and her Ticonderoga class
Ticonderoga class cruiser
The Ticonderoga class of missile cruisers is a class of warships in the United States Navy, first ordered and authorized in FY 1978. The class uses phased-array radar and was originally planned as a class of destroyers...
escort cruiser USS Anzio
USS Anzio (CG-68)
USS Anzio is a guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy, named for the site of a beachhead invasion of Italy by Allied troops from 22 January to 23 May 1944. It was laid down by the Litton-Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation at Pascagoula, Mississippi on 21 August 1989, launched on 2...
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