The Rubis-class has two turbo-alternators and one electric engine, giving the boat 7 MW/9,400 hp. The French navy applied a revolutionary new stealth system on this class of submarine: the ...

Rubis-Class: A French submarine sank a U.S. warship in a military drill. In March 2015, the French Ministry of Defense released a report detailing how one of its nuclear-powered attack submarines ...

Rubis-Class: A French submarine sank a U.S. warship in a military drill. In March 2015, the French Ministry of Defense released a report detailing how one of its nuclear-powered attack submarines ...

Summary and Key Points: The Rubis-class submarines marked a milestone for the French Navy as the world’s smallest nuclear-powered attack submarines upon their debut in the 1980s. -Their compact ...

This submarine is one of three Rubis-class attack submarines in the French navy and carries a crew of 70. It’s powered by a nuclear reactor so can patrol the ocean for months at a time without ...

Journalists were granted rare access to one of France’s Rubis-class nuclear-powered submarines as it was being readied for sea in the naval dockyards in Toulon. The French navy’s fleet of ...

Once again, the oceans beckon for France’s veteran nuclear-powered attack submarines. The Associated Press got rare access aboard a French navy Rubis-class submarine as it was being readied for ...

Built in the 1980s, the submarine is being phased out from the French navy in favour of newer models.View on euronews ...

Rubis-class, Suffren-class, Le Triomphant-class, and Barracuda-class are some of the nuclear submarines that France owns. The Rubis class is set to retire by 2030.

Three Rubis-class submarines have already been retired — the Saphir in 2019, the Rubis in 2022 and the Casabianca in 2023. ___ This story has been corrected to show that the dateline is Toulon, ...

Three Rubis-class submarines have already been retired — the Saphir in 2019, the Rubis in 2022 and the Casabianca in 2023. ___ This story has been corrected to show that the dateline is Toulon, ...