The Le Redoutable-class submarine was a ballistic missile submarine class of the French Marine Nationale. In French, the type is called Sous-marin Nucléaire Lanceur d'Engins (SNLE), literally "Missile-launching nuclear submarine". When commissioned, they constituted the strategic part of the naval component of the French nuclear triad, then called Force de frappe.
To date, eight ships of the French Navy have borne the name of Suffren, in honour of the 18th-century French admiral Pierre André de Suffren.
Five naval vessels have served in the Royal French Navy, the French Navy of the Republic, the French Imperial Navy and French Navy have been named Indomptable:
The Strategic Ocean Force has been the synonym of the French Submarine Forces since 1999, which the commandant commands the ensemble related to, along with the squadron of nuclear attack submarine.
Nine ships of the French Navy have borne the name Redoutable ("Redoubtable"):
Nine ships of the French Navy have borne the name Achille in honour of Greek hero Achilles:
16 ships of the French Navy have borne the name Terrible:
A number of ships of the French Navy have borne the name Héros ("hero"). Among them:
Eleven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Foudroyant :
A number of ships of the French Navy have borne the name Neptune, or a variant thereof:
Seven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Protée, in honour of Proteus.
Seven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Vengeur ('Avenger'):
The Redoutable-class submarines were a group of 31 submarines built between 1924 and 1937 for the French Navy. Most of the class saw service during the Second World War. The class is also known in French as the Classe 1 500 tonnes, and they were designated as "First Class submarines", or "large submarine cruisers". They are known as the Redoutable class in reference to the lead boat Redoutable, in service from 1931 to 1942. The class is divided into two sub-class series, Type I, known as Le Redoutable and Type II, Pascal.
Neptune is a planet in the Solar System.
Three ships of the French Navy have borne the name Donawerth, in honour of the battle of Donauwörth during the Ulm Campaign :
François Coulomb the Younger was a French naval architect (ingénieur-constructeur), the son of François Coulomb the Elder. During his career, he designed 18 ships for the French Navy, and oversaw the construction of most of them.
A number of French ships of the French Navy have borne the name Alexandre in honour of Alexander the Great:
Six ships of the French Navy have borne the name Pégase, in honour of Pegasus.
Six ships of the French Navy have borne the name Inflexible ("Unyielding"):
Redoutable was the lead ship of the Redoutable-class submarines of the French Navy launched in 1928 at Cherbourg, France. It participated in the Second World War, first on the side of the Allies from 1939 to 1940, then on the side of the Axis for the rest of the war. She was scuttled by the French on 27 November 1942 to prevent her capture by the Germans during their advance on Toulon, but was then refloated by the Italians in 1943. On 11 March 1944 she was sunk by bombs from Allied aircraft.
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