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[66] [67] During the operation, the Charles de Gaulle carrier group, its 2,000-member crew, a Durance-class tanker and a Hellenic Navy frigate docked at the Port of Limassol for a five-day port call. [68] The President of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, and ambassador Isabelle Dumont addressed the aircraft crew in the presence of Captain Guillaume ...
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.
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]
Placing the Charles de Gaulle under NATO operational control for the first time is highly symbolic, not least because the warship is named after the former president who took France out of the ...
Builders: Russia (Soviet "Baku" as Kiev-class aircraft carrier / Russia Sevmash in Severodvinsk) Displacement: 45,400 tons; Aircraft: 30 × fighters and 6 × helicopters; Armament: Barak 8 SAM, AK-630 CIWS; Propulsion: 8 turbopressurized boilers, 4 shafts, 4 geared steam turbines, 180,000 hp; Speed: in excess of 30 knots; Ships in class: 1
Class Boat No. Comm Displacement Type Note Triomphant class: Triomphant: S616: 1997: 14,335 tonnes: Ballistic missile submarine: Four boats constituting the strategic component of France's nuclear deterrent, the Force de dissuasion. Téméraire: S617: 1999 Vigilant: S618: 2004 Terrible: S619: 2010
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
Charles de Gaulle: nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in service since 2001; Planned & Under construction: PANG: a planned nuclear-powered aircraft carrier; Retired: Béarn: converted Normandie-class battleship in service from 1927 to 1948; Dixmude: Avenger-class escort carrier, ex-HMS Biter, in service from 1945 to 1951