French Navy’s third Barracuda-class submarine enters service

French Navy’s nuclear-powered attack submarine Tourville, the third in a series of six new Barracuda-class submarines, has entered into active service.

Credit: French Navy

As informed, the vessel was commissioned on July 4. During the ceremony, the French Minister of the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu also inaugurated the newly modernized Missiessy dry dock no. 2 in Toulon.

The objective of the modernized project was to prepare the French Navy to accommodate and maintain the new Barracuda-class units.