Naval Group carried out the first ever repair of a nuclear submarine using part of another submarine of the same class

The Naval Group company reported the first ever repair, in which the front part of the damaged

nuclear submarine was replaced by the front part of another submarine of the same type.

What is known

Rubis-class submarine Perle returned to serviceFrench Navy after the completion of repairs. The service said that experts examined the submarine and confirmed the ability to return to duty.

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Naval Group does not disclose the cost of repairs.Earlier there was information that the replacement of the front part, which was damaged in a fire, will cost €110 million, of which €60 million is covered by the guarantee, and the rest of the amount is paid by the French Ministry of Defense.

The Perle submarine incident occurred on 12June 2020. The submarine caught fire during a major overhaul in the dry dock of the Naval Group. The 14-hour fire altered the properties of the steel at the front, rendering the submarine unusable.

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The section containing the nuclear power plant was not damaged. It was also noted that there were no weapons or nuclear material on board at the time of the fire.

Ultimately, Naval Group specialists cutbow and instead installed the bow of the decommissioned submarine Saphir. She was commissioned in 1984 and decommissioned a year before the Perle incident.