Lemosin-class carrier

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Class overview
Builders: Arsenal de Neons
Operators:  Sieuxerr
Preceded by: Painlevé-class
Cost: 3,500,000,000
Built: 1989-2013
In service: 1996–present
Planned: 3
Completed: 3
Active: 3
General characteristics
Type: Fleet carrier
Displacement:
  • PA100
  • 45,000 t
  • PA101-102
  • 60,000
Length:
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  • PA100

262 m

  • PA101-102
280 m
Beam:
  • Overall:72.6 m
  • Waterline: 39 m
Draught: 11.43 m
Propulsion:
  • PA100
  • 2 × 100 MW PWR pressurised water reactors
  • 2 × steam turbines
  • 2 × shafts
  • PA101-102
  • 2 × 200 MW PWR pressurised water reactors
  • 2 × steam turbines
  • 2 × shafts
Speed: 27-30 knots (56 km/h)
Range: Unlimited distance; 20–25 years
Endurance: 45+ days of food
Complement:
  • PA100
  • Ship's Complement 1,350
  • Air wing: 800
  • PA101-102
  • Ship's Complement 1,650
  • Air wing: 1,000
Armament:
Aircraft carried:
  • PA100
  • 40 aircraft
  • PA101-102
  • 55 aircraft
Aviation facilities: 2 catapults, 2 lifts

Ships in class

Ship Hull classification symbol Laid down Launched Commissioned Status
Limousin PA100 1989 1994 1996 Active in service
Auvergne PA101 1999 2003 2005 Active in service
Languedoc PA102 2008 2013 2015 Active in service