France To Repair Perle Nuclear Attack Submarine Damaged In June Fire By Replacing The Nose From Another Submarine That Retired

The French Navy submarine Perle approaches Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, from the Elizabeth River, to participate in Exercise Auriga 2010. U.S. NAVY/MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 1ST CLASS TODD A. SCHAFFER 

Defense News: Naval Group will repair French ‘Perle’ nuclear sub damaged by fire 

PARIS – France’s Minister for the Armed Forces, Florence Parly, confirmed on Oct. 22 that the nuclear attack submarine Perle, which caught fire in June whilst under maintenance, will be repaired over the next six months. 

The undamaged aft of the vessel will be cut away from the damaged fore and then welded to the front of the Saphir, the nuclear attack submarine that was withdrawn from active service a year ago. 

The decision will allow the French Navy to maintain its full fleet of nuclear attack submarines for the next decade while aging Rubis-class subs are slowly replaced by the new Suffren class. 

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Update #1: France To Repair Perle Nuclear Attack Submarine Destroyed in June Fire (Defense World) Update #2: France’s Fire-Damaged Nuclear Submarine Will Return To Service After A Nose Job (Warzone/The Drive) 

WNU Editor: This type of repair job has happened before. From The Wazone .... 

.... This kind of “nose job” is not unheard of for a badly damaged submarine. After the U.S. Navy’s Los Angeles-class attack boat USS San Francisco collided with an underwater seamount in the central Pacific in 2005, the bow of the USS Honolulu was subsequently grafted onto it, as The War Zone explained here.

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