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The French Navy demonstrated the new torpedoes equipping its nuclear submarines on December 14, 2024 by sinking an old Breton ship.
Under the force of the explosion, the ship heaves before breaking in two in a spray of water. Launched four decades ago, the First Master Her now rests on the bottom, according to France Blue. On December 14, 2024, the French Navy ended the service of this 1000-ton boat by targeting it with its new F21 torpedoes, after having previously decontaminated it.
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The end of First Master l’Her
“This firing, carried out in conditions close to those encountered in operations, confirms new capabilities for [nos] submarines”, wrote the French Navy in a press release dated December 14. It made it possible to test the capacity of the F21 torpedo, designed to equip Rubis and Suffren class nuclear attack submarines, as well as SNA missile launchers!”
Shared on social networks by the French Navy, the images were viewed nearly 200,000 times in a few hours. Last February, the ship set sail one last time from Brest for a two-month mission in the North Atlantic.
