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The F21 is a heavy-weight torpedo developed by Naval Group for the French Navy to replace the F17 torpedo.
It is designed to neutralize enemy ships and submarines and capable of operating in deep waters and near coastal areas with high levels of noise and dense shipping.
It is planned to gradually equip all French submarines, starting in 2018. The contract includes the development and delivery of about one hundred F21 torpedoes and their integration into French submarines. Naval Group delivered a batch of six torpedoes to the French Navy in November 2019. It has also been selected for the Brazilian Navy with the first batch handed over in January 2020.




Characteristics






History






= Concept

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The F21 was to be a development version of the Italian Black Shark torpedo. In 2008 France signed a development contract for 93 heavy torpedoes for its nuclear submarines, to be delivered from 2015. The original plan called for a derivative of the Black Shark to be built by a joint venture between DCNS, Thales and WASS, but they fell out and DCNS will now be developing the F21 Artemis with Thales and Atlas Electronic. The F21 shares similarities with the Black Shark, including an electric motor driven by an aluminum silver-oxide (AgO-Al) battery. and a contra-rotating propeller It has a warhead of PBX B2211, range of 50 km (31 mi) and speed of 50 knots (93 km/h). As of 2012 the project has a €485m budget with a unit cost of €2.3m (FY12), or €5.2m including development costs.




= Qualification

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The F21 was first tested on DCNS's Pégase catamaran in February 2013 and a submarine launch was planned for 2014, with production deliveries scheduled to start in late 2015. Qualification testing began in 2016, and were completed in June 2017 off the coast of Var.




See also


American 21 inch torpedo
Baek Sang Eo (White Shark)
Black Shark
DM2A4
Futlyar
Mark 48 torpedo
MU90 Impact
Roketsan Akya
Spearfish
Tigerfish
Torpedo 62
Type 89 torpedo
Type 65 torpedo
Varunastra (torpedo)
Yu-6 torpedo




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