While two nuclear attack submarines (SNA) Barracuda have already been admitted to the active service of the French Navy, the Tourville, the third in a series of six submersibles from the Suffren class, must soon come into service. This new SNA will thus bring to five the number of submersibles available in the ranks of the navy. Save save Receive submarine alerts Le Tourville is back in Toulon. Released in July 2024 from the Group shipyard of Cherbourg (Manche), the nuclear attack submarine (SNA) which is part of the Barracuda program, which has given rise to the Suffren class, has been seen in recent days at its home port, reports Sea and Marine. Performing its first outing at sea on July 12, 2024 before its delivery to the French Navy, the Tourville -name in tribute to the vice -admiral and marshal of France Anne Hilarion de Costentin de Tourville -, has thus carried out several trials of safety and proper functioning of its various systems, both on the surface and diving. So that the SNA must be admitted soon to the active service, the submersible had started from January 2025 long -term operational deployment phase, mainly in the Atlantic Ocean. Present in Cherbourg last December on the occasion of the last color ceremony of the Emerald, a Rubis class SNA, the commander of the Squadron of the Nuclear Attack Submarines (Comesna), the captain Matthieu Delafoy, had indicated an admission to the active service of the Tourville by “the first semester 2025”. He will therefore join two of his predecessors from the new generation of SNA in the Suffren class: the Suffren and the Duguay-Trouin, bringing five the number of SNA available in the ranks of the Navy with the other two submersibles of the Ruby class (pearl and amethyst). To read also: the end of an era, the French attack submarine emerald it soon disarmed … Two remarkable stops waiting for the tilting point to the “all suffic” model and the delivery of three new copies (Rubis, Casabianca, Grasse), the Tourville has already made two very noticed stops during its first operational deployment. He was thus seen in February 2025 in Portugal, which gave rise to exercises with the Lusitanian forces. As for the second stop of the submersible, the latter took place in Canada, a place that owes nothing to chance. In a particularly tense context with its American neighbor, this stop has made it possible to give a spotlight on France and Naval Group, the designer of the Tourville. Canada, which has the longest coast in the world, plans to modernize its underwater fleet by 2035 with the purchase of six to twelve conventional propulsion submarines. While the cost of the operation is estimated at 40 billion euros, Ottawa has already requested several manufacturers, including Naval Group. Receive our latest news every day, selecting the main news of the day. (tagstotranslate) Submarine