Ouessant (S623) is an Agosta-class submarine built for the French Navy.
 Ouessant at Brest in 2005
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 France | |
| Name | Ouessant |
| Namesake | Ushant, an island in the English Channel |
| Builder | Arsenal de Cherbourg |
| Launched | 23 October 1976 |
| Decommissioned | 2001 |
| Fate | Training submarine, 2005–2009 |
| Status | Submarine museum, 2011-present |
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| Class and type | Agosta-class submarine (Agosta 70A) |
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| Length | 67 m (219 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 6 m (19 ft 8 in) |
| Speed | |
| Test depth | 300 m (984 ft 3 in) |
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Construction and career
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She was completed at the Arsenal de Cherbourg in 1978 and served the French Navy until her 2001 decommissioning. From 2005 to 2009, Ouessant was employed as a training vessel to train Royal Malaysian Navy personnel who will operate the two French-built Scorpène-class submarines planned for the Royal Malaysian Navy. Despite official statements in 2009 that Ouessant had been sold to Malaysia,[1] the position remained unclear.[2] Because of Ouessant's role in the establishment of the Malaysian submarine forces, plans to return the vessel to Malaysia to serve as a museum ship were announced in July 2009.;[3] Ouessant was formally transferred to the Malaysian Government on 23 September 2011[4] to be transported to Klebang, Malacca to become a submarine museum.
See also
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edit- ^ "Ministry of Foreign Affairs".
- ^ "So Who Owns The Ouessant Actually?". 31 January 2009.
- ^ "Ouessant To Be A Museum In Malaysia?". 14 July 2009.
- ^ "Transfer of submarine Ouessant".
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