{"id":23350,"date":"2021-11-03T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/11\/03\/the-french-navys-damaged-nuclear-sub-is-out-at-sea-once-more\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:04:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:04:57","slug":"the-french-navys-damaged-nuclear-sub-is-out-at-sea-once-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/feindef\/2021\/11\/03\/the-french-navys-damaged-nuclear-sub-is-out-at-sea-once-more\/","title":{"rendered":"The French Navy\u2019s damaged nuclear sub is out at sea once more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">STUTTGART, Germany \u2014 The French Navy\u2019s nuclear submarine Perle has returned to sea following just about a year of work to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/euronaval\/2020\/10\/22\/naval-group-will-repair-french-perle-nuclear-sub-damaged-by-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\">repair its fire-damaged body<\/a> and splice it together with a second boat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In late October, the 26-year-old nuclear attack submarine departed Cherbourg Naval Base, where it has been undergoing repairs by manufacturer Naval Group since October 2020, and returned to the service\u2019s main base in Toulon, French Ministry of Defense spokesman Herv\u00e9 Grandjean told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The nuclear attack submarine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2020\/06\/16\/french-submarine-burns-in-unbelievably-fierce-fire-for-14-hours\/\" target=\"_blank\">caught fire<\/a> while undergoing maintenance in June 2020 in Toulon, and burned for 14 hours. The fore of the submarine suffered the most damage, while the aft of the ship, which houses the nuclear power plant and propulsion, was left intact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">French Minister of Defense Florence Parly announced in October 2020 that Naval Group would repair the ship by cutting the Perle\u2019s aft away, and attaching it to the front part of the Saphir, a nuclear submarine that was withdrawn from service in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grandjean confirmed that the repairs, which began Oct. 14 2020, had been successful, and that the Perle would now return to its scheduled maintenance that was ongoing at the time of the fire. The submarine was originally expected to reenter service in 2022; now, it is scheduled to return just one year later. The enhancements made to the boat throughout the repairs will extend its service life for another decade past 2023, per the French defense ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The work cost about \u20ac110 million (U.S. $127.6 million), with Naval Group responsible for about \u20ac50 million, and the French government covering \u20ac60 million, Grandjean said. It required about 350,000 hours of work, including about 100,000 hours of studies, and about 300 Naval Group employees worked on the repairs while also ensuring that the next-generation Barracuda nuclear submarine program was not impacted, he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite being half-Saphir, the boat will remain known as Perle, he added. \u201cIt is a submarine that was wounded, but not dead,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The investigation into the cause of the June 12 2020 fire is ongoing, Grandjean said. 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