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Duguay-Trouin (S636) is a French nuclear attack submarine and the second boat of the Suffren class. The vessel was laid down on 26 June 2009 [6] and launched on 9 September 2022 [7] [8] at Cherbourg. It was commissioned on 28 July 2023. [1]
The submarine was formally delivered to the French Navy in August 2023. [14] In early 2024, Duguay-Trouin deployed to the Caribbean as part of her ongoing trials [15] and was declared fully operational in April 2024. The third submarine in the class, Tourville, began her sea trials in July 2024 [16] and was delivered in November 2024. [17]
After the Suffren and Duguay-Trouin, it is the third of six Suffren-class submarines in the Barracuda program, the French Navy's second-generation nuclear attack submarine. Like several French naval ships before her , she is named after Vice-Admiral and Marshal of France Anne Hilarion de Costentin de Tourville .
The Duguay-Trouin class (French pronunciation: [dyɡɛ tʁuɛ̃]) were the first major French warships built after World War I. They were excellent steamers and proved successful and seaworthy over a quarter century of service. All three achieved 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) on trials and could easily maintain 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) in service.
Duguay-Trouin was a F67 type frigate built for the French Marine Nationale during the Cold War. The F67s specialised in anti-submarine warfare, though they also had anti-air and anti-surface capabilities. She was the 10th French vessel named after the 17th century privateer René Duguay-Trouin.
Twelve vessels of the French Navy have been named Duguay-Trouin in honour of René Duguay-Trouin.. Duguay-Trouin (1781–1793), a 74-gun ship of the line; Duguay Trouin (1793–1794) was the East Indiaman Princess Royal that the French captured in the Indian Ocean on 27 September 1793 and took into service as an ad hoc 36-gun frigate that they named Duguay Trouin; the British recaptured her on ...
By 13:15, Duguay Trouin was a battered wreck, with the hull significantly damaged, the bowsprit shot away and heavy casualties among the crew. With his ship unmanageable and Centurion and Resistance now 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) away and approaching rapidly, the French captain struck his colours and surrendered. [ 5 ]
Duguay-Trouin was the lead ship of her class of French light cruisers, launched in the early 1920s.She was named after René Duguay-Trouin.She patrolled the Mediterranean during the Spanish Civil War, and after the outbreak of the Second World War, she hunted Nazi pocket battleships before being interned after the Fall of France and until 1943.