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|Cost= 60,000,000 XFP (1965)
|Cost= 60,000,000 XFP (1965)
|Built range= 1960–1990
|Built range= 1960–1990
|In service range= 1969–present
|In service range= 1969–2015
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* 43 aircraft comprised of: (As of 1984)
* 43 aircraft comprised of: (As of 1984)
**12 × {{wpl|SEPECAT_Jaguar#Variants|SEPECAT Jaguar M}}
**12 × {{wpl|SEPECAT_Jaguar#Variants|SEPECAT Jaguar M}}
**10 × Faucon C
**10 × {{wpl|Grumman F11F-1F Super Tiger|Faucon C}}
**8 × [[Menace|Menace C]]
**8 × [[Menace|Menace C]]
**4 × {{wpl|Breguet Alizé|Alizé}}
**4 × {{wpl|Breguet Alizé|Alizé}}

Revision as of 23:23, 23 June 2020

Class overview
Builders:
  • Chantiers Impériaux (Until 1970)
  • Arsenal de Neons
Operators:  Sieuxerr
Preceded by:
Succeeded by: Limousin-class
Cost: 60,000,000 XFP (1965)
Built: 1960–1990
In service: 1969–2015
Planned: 4
Completed: 4
Lost: 1
Retired: 3
General characteristics
Type: Fleet carrier
Displacement: 45,000 t
Length: 286 m
Beam: 58 m
Draught: 10 m
Propulsion:
  • 150,000kW
  • 4 × propellers
  • 4 × rudders
Speed: 33 knots (56 km/h)
Range: 7,000 nm (13,000 km)
Complement: 150 officers, 2,000 enlisted + 1,100 aircrew
Armament:
Aircraft carried:
Aviation facilities: 2 catapults, 2 lifts

The Painlevé-class fleet carriers are a series of four aircraft carriers built by Chantiers Impériaux and Arsenal de Neons. With four carriers commissioned, the last one was decommissioned with 2015 with the impending commissioning of the Limousin-class carrier Languedoc by the mid-2020s. In 1978, the Quérangal was destroyed by two Tyrannian tactical nuclear strikes during the Sieuxerr-Tyrannian Conflict of 1978.

A modified variant of the Painlevé was built by for the Sylvan Navy and named the Duce-class.