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Class overview |
Builders: |
Arsenal de Neons |
Operators: |
Sieuxerr |
Preceded by: |
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Cost: |
3,500,000,000 |
Built: |
1989-1994 |
In service: |
1997–present |
Planned: |
4 |
Completed: |
1 |
Cancelled: |
3 |
Active: |
1 |
General characteristics |
Type: |
Fleet carrier |
Displacement: |
60,000 t (59,000 long tons) |
Length: |
280 m (920 ft) |
Beam: |
- Overall:72.6 m (238 ft)
- Waterline: 39 m (128 ft)
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Draught: |
11.43 m (37.5 ft) |
Propulsion: |
- 2 × 200 MW PWR pressurised water reactors
- 2 × steam turbines
- 2 × shafts
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Speed: |
27 kn (50 km/h) |
Range: |
Unlimited distance; 20–25 years |
Endurance: |
45+ days of food |
Complement: |
- Ship's Complement 1,650
- Air wing: 1,200
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Armament: |
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Aircraft carried: |
- 10 × F-14
- 30 × Rafale N
- 4 × Br.123B
- 4 × Heron
- 4 × AS.365F OR
- 4 × AS.332F2
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Aviation facilities: |
2 catapults, 2 lifts |