Clemenceau class

Clemenceau class

The Foch

Ship data country  France Ship type Aircraft carrier Construction period 1955 to 1963 Launch of the type ship December 21, 1957 Units built 2 period of service 1961 to 2018

Ship dimensions and crew length 265 m ( Lüa ) width 51.2 m Draft Max. 8.6 m displacement Normal: 24,200 t Maximum: 32,500 t   crew 1,920 men

Machine system machine 6 × steam boiler 4 × steam turbine Machine performance 126,000 PS (92,673 kW) Top speed 32 kn (59 km / h) propeller 2

Armament 8 × Sk 10.0 cm L / 55 2 × SACP- SAM (52 cells) 5 × MG 12.7 mm 35 planes 4 helicopters Sensors DRBV-23B air surveillance radar DRBV-50 surface search radar (later replaced by: DRBV-15) NRBA-50 approach control radar DRBI-10 (three-dimensional air surveillance radar) several DRBC-31 fire control radars (later replaced by: DRBC-32C) DRBN-34 navigation radars

The Clemenceau- class was a French class of light aircraft carrier of the CATOBAR -type. Two ships were built by her. The lead ship, the Clemenceau , was in service from 1961 to 1997 and was scrapped in 2009. The second ship, the Foch , was in French service from 1961 to 2000 , then as São Paulo in Brazilian service and was decommissioned on November 22, 2018.

Ships

ship	shipyard	Keel laying	Launch	Commissioning	Whereabouts	image
Clemenceau	Brest naval base	November 1955	December 21, 1957	November 2nd, 1961	Demolition at the Graythorpe shipyard , Hartlepool , 2009.
Foch	Chantiers de l'Atlantique , Saint-Nazaire	November 15, 1957	July 23, 1960	July 15, 1963	Sold to the Brazilian Navy in November 2000. Operated there as NAe São Paulo . Decommissioned in 2018.

See also

• List of aircraft carriers
• List of historical aircraft carriers

Web links

Commons : Clemenceau class  - collection of images

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/features/clemenceaushipbreakingvictory150206/
2. ↑ Brazil decommissions the aircraft carrier NAe São Paulo, Janes, November 26, 2018