ahahahhahahah............i swear i was waiting for you to turn up and say that. So says a French patriot.
However i agree that the Suffren alias Baraccuda class should be in the top 10 in the place of Japans Soryu(which is the only sub in the list i disagree with its position).
So will put the French Suffren alias Baraccuda class at number 8 instead of Soryu. However, in this classification we are talking about subs already in operation and with proven track records of Global patrols away from their neighbourhoods.i admit I will still put your triomphant class ahead of Japans Soryu though.
Frances Barracuda Class nuclear Attack sub
Name: Barracuda class
Builders: DCNS
Operators:French Navy
Preceded by: Rubis class
Cost:
Built: 2007-
In commission: 2017- (planned)
Building: 2
Planned: 6
Completed: 0
General characteristics
Type: Nuclearattack submarine
Displacement:
Length: 99.4 m (326 ft)
- 4,765 t surfaced
- 5,300 t submerged
Beam: 8.8 m (29 ft)
Draught: 7.3 m (24 ft)
Propulsion:
Speed:
- 2 turboreductors groups (10 MW (13,000 hp) propulsion alternator feeding electric engines)
- Nuclear reactor K15, 150 MW (200,000 hp)
- 2 emergency electric engines
- Onepump jet
Range: unlimited range, 10 years (nuclear)
- Over 25 kn(46 km/h; 29 mph)
- 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph), surfaced
Endurance: 70 days of food[2]
Complement:
Sensors and
- 12 officers
- 48 petty officers
processing systems:
Armament:
- SYCOBS
- SEACLEAR
- Velox-M8
- 4 × 533 mm (21.0 in) tubes
- 20 storage racks
- including
- MDCN SCALP Navalmissiles
- Exocet SM39 Block2missiles
- F21 Artemisheavy torpedoes
- FG29 Mines[3][4]
Triomphant
I am ready to bet 200€ that you wouldn't have posted this if Astute was at the 8-10 place or not even in that list !
British patriot