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Charles de Gaulle is the flagship of the French Navy.The ship, commissioned in 2001, is the tenth French aircraft carrier, the first French nuclear-powered surface vessel, and the only nuclear-powered carrier completed outside of the United States Navy.
It is known in French as Porte-avions de nouvelle génération (PA-NG) for 'new generation aircraft carrier'. [2] [3] Construction of the PANG is expected to begin around 2031 and it is projected to enter service in about 2038; [4] the year the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is due to be retired. [5]
The following is a list of aircraft carriers of France. Fifteen aircraft carriers have served the navy or been proposed since the 1910s. As of 2025, one French carrier—Charles de Gaulle (R91)—remains in service of the French government.
By Andrew Gray. ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER CHARLES DE GAULLE, off southern France (Reuters) - NATO on Friday launched one of its biggest naval deployments since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with ...
France's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier has started military operations against Islamic State in Iraq, a French army source said on Monday.
Charles de Gaulle: R91: 2001: 42,500 tonnes: Aircraft carrier: Only active nuclear-powered CATOBAR aircraft carrier outside of the United States Navy. Charles de Gaulle.
Charles de Gaulle: Charles de Gaulle (R91) 262 m (860 ft) 42,000 t Nuclear: CATOBAR: Aircraft carrier: 18 May 2001: Mistral: Mistral (L9013) 199 m (653 ft) 21,300 t Conventional: VTOL: LHD: 1 February 2006: Tonnerre (L9014) 199 m (653 ft) 21,300 t 1 December 2006: Dixmude (L9015) 199 m (653 ft) 21,300 t 27 December 2012 India
An aircraft carrier is a warship with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft, that serves as a seagoing airbase. Included in this list are ships which meet the above definition and had an official name ( italicized ) or designation (non-italicized), regardless of whether they were or ...