#CHARL DE GOL FREE#

However, the newspaper published a denial by both the British government and the Direction de la surveillance du territoire (DST) (in English: Directorate of Territorial Surveillance) that there had been any incident. In 1993, it was alleged by The Guardian that a group of engineers inspecting the vessel during her construction were British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) operatives, believed to have been learning the method of shielding the nuclear reactors, amongst other technical details. The ship was commissioned on, five years behind the projected deadline. Work on the ship was suspended altogether on four occasions: 1990, 1991, 1993, and 1995. Total costs for the vessel would top €3 billion. Ĭonstruction quickly fell behind schedule as the project was starved of funding, which was worsened by the economic recession in the early 1990s. On, however, the name of the ship was changed to Charles de Gaulle by the Gaullist Prime Minister at the time, Jacques Chirac. She was to be named Richelieu in 1986 by the French president at the time, François Mitterrand, after the famous French statesman Armand-Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu. The carrier was launched in May 1994 and at 42,000 tonnes (full load) was the largest warship launched in Western Europe since HMS Ark Royal in 1950. The hull was laid down in April 1989 at the DCNS Brest naval shipyard. Clemenceau and Foch were completed in 19 respectively the requirement for a replacement was identified in the mid-1970s. The carrier replaced Foch, a conventionally powered aircraft carrier, in 2001. As of July 2021, Charles de Gaulle was the only non-American carrier-vessel that had a catapult launch system, which has allowed for operation of F/A-18E/F Super Hornets and C-2 Greyhounds of the United States Navy. She is a CATOBAR-type carrier that uses two 75 m (246 ft) C13‑3 steam catapults of a shorter version of the catapult system installed on the US Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, one catapult at the bow and one across the front of the landing area. The ship carries a complement of Dassault Rafale M and E-2C Hawkeye aircraft, AS365F Dauphin Pedro, EC725 Caracal and AS532 Cougar helicopters for combat search and rescue, as well as modern electronics and Aster missiles. She is named after French president and general Charles de Gaulle. 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.

2 × 6 cell Sadral launchers carrying Mistral short-range missilesĬharles de Gaulle is the flagship of the French Navy.

4 × 8 cell A-43 Sylver launchers carrying the MBDA Aster 15 surface-to-air missile.

SLAT ( Système de lutte anti-torpille) torpedo countermeasures.

Thales SMART-S MK2 (replacing DRBJ 11B).DRBJ 11 B tridimensional air search radar.2 × Alstom steam turbines with a total 61 MW (82,000 hp) shaft power Ĩ00 commandos, 500 t (490 long tons 550 short tons) of ammunition.2 × Areva K15 pressurised water reactors (PWR), 150 MWt each, LEU

#CHARL DE GOL FREE#

Jack with the colours of the Free French Forces (front) and the ribbon of the Ordre de la Libération (back)Ĥ2,500 t (41,800 long tons) (full load) Ordered as Richelieu on 3 February 1986, renamed Charles de Gaulle

14 April 1989 (stacking of elements in prefabrication since 24 November 1987)

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