:::: Modern Warships - FRANCE
AMETHYSTE x 4
Code - N212
£1.35
Date - 1991
Type - SSN
Description - AMETHYSTE x 4 N212
Completed 1991 – Sisters Perle + Rubis, Saphir,
Casabianca & Emeraud of the Rubis class
updated to this standard 1989-91. Turquoise &
Diamant cancelled. Very quiet for ASW.
Displacement 2,400 tons/2,660 tons
Dimensions 241' x 25' x 21'
Torpedo Tubes 4 x 21"
Armament carries up to 14 torpedoes or SM39
Exocet (fired from the torpedo tubes) or 32 mines.
Speed 26 ½ knots submerged
