The following is a list of aircraft carriers of France.
Key[]
| Aircraft | The number of aircraft carried |
| Displacement | Ship displacement at full combat load |
| Propulsion | Number of shafts, type of propulsion system, and top speed generated |
| Service | The dates work began and finished on the ship and its ultimate fate |
| Laid down | The date the keel began to be assembled |
| Commissioned | The date the ship was commissioned |
Seaplane carriers[]
Foudre[]
Foudre, 1912
| Ship | Aircraft | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
| Foudre (converted torpedo boat tender) |
4 | 6,100 t
(6,000 long tons) |
24 boilers, triple expansion engines, 2 shafts | 9 June 1892 | 1896 (1912 as carrier) |
Decommissioned on 1 December 1921 and scrapped |
Commandant Teste[]
Commandant Teste
| Ship | Aircraft | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
| Commandant Teste | 26 | 12,134 t
(11,942 long tons) |
4 water-tube boilers, 2 geared steam turbines, 2 shafts | 6 September 1927 | 18 April 1932 | Scuttled at Toulon on 27 November 1942 Sold for scrap on 15 May 1950 |
Escort carriers[]
Avenger class[]
Main article: Avenger-class escort carrier
Dixmude at San Francisco, c. 1952
| Ship | Aircraft | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
| Dixmude (A609) (ex-HMS Biter, ex-Rio Parana) |
15-21 | 9,100 t
(9,000 long tons) |
4 diesel engines, 1 shaft | 28 December 1939 | 9 April 1945 (as Dixmude) |
Returned to the USN on 17 June 1966, sunk in exercise "Deep Six" the next day[1] |
Fleet carriers[]
Béarn[]
Béarn, 1937
| Ship | Aircraft | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
| Béarn (converted Normandie class) |
35-40 | 28,900 t
(28,400 long tons) |
2 reciprocating steam engines, 2 Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 shafts | 10 January 1914 | May 1927 | Sold for scrap on 31 May 1967 |
Joffre class[]
Main article: Joffre-class aircraft carrier
Joffre class
| Ship | Aircraft | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
| Joffre | 40 | 20,000 t
(20,000 long tons) |
8 water-tube boilers, 2 geared Parsons steam turbine sets, 2 shafts | 18 November 1938 | Scrapped | |
| Painlevé | Cancelled | |||||
Independence class[]
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La Fayette (R96) in Indochina, 1953
Main article: Independence-class aircraft carrier
| Ship | Aircraft | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
| Bois Belleau (R97) (ex-USS Belleau Wood) |
33 | 15,300 t
(15,100 long tons)[2] |
Steam turbines, 4 propellers | 11 August 1941 | 5 September 1953 (as Bois Belleau) |
Returned to the USN in September 1960 |
| La Fayette (R96) (ex-USS Langley) |
33 | 15,300 t
(15,100 long tons)[2] |
Steam turbines, 4 propellers | 11 April 1942 | 1951 (as La Fayette) |
Returned to the USN in March 1963 |
Colossus class[]
Main article: Colossus-class aircraft carrier
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Arromanches (R95) operating in the Gulf of Tonkin, c. 1953
| Ship | Aircraft | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
| Arromanches (R95) (ex-HMS Colossus) |
48 | 18,300 t
(18,000 long tons) |
4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, Parsons geared turbines, 2 shafts | 1 June 1942 | August 1946 (as Arromanches) |
Decommissioned on 22 Jan 1974 Scrapped 1978 |
Clemenceau class[]
Main article: Clemenceau-class aircraft carrier
Foch (R99) underway during exercise Dragon Hammer, 1992
| Ship | Aircraft | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
| Clemenceau (R98) | 40 | 32,780 t
(32,260 long tons) |
6 Indret boilers, 4 steam turbines, 2 shafts | November 1955 | 22 November 1961 | Decommissioned on 1 October 1997 Scrapped 2009 |
| Foch (R99) | 40 | 32,800 t
(32,300 long tons) |
6 Indret boilers, 4 steam turbines, 2 shafts | 15 November 1957 | 15 July 1963 | Decommissioned on 15 November 2000 and transferred to Brazil as São Paulo |
Verdun[]
| Ship | Aircraft | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
| Verdun | Unknown | 45,000 t
(44,000 long tons) |
Steam turbines, 4 shafts | Cancelled 1961 | ||
Charles de Gaulle[]
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Charles De Gaulle (R91) underway, 2009
| Ship | Aircraft | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
| Charles de Gaulle (R91) | 28-40 | 42,500 t
(41,829 long tons) |
2 K15 pressurised water reactors (PWR), 4 diesel-electric, 2 shafts | 14 April 1989 | 18 May 2001 | In service |
PA 2[]
| Ship | Aircraft | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
| PA 2 | 40 | 75,000 t
(73,815 long tons) |
2 RR MT-30 gas turbines, 4 diesel-electric engines, shafts | Cancelled 2013 | ||
Helicopter carriers[]
Jeanne d'Arc[]
Jeanne d'Arc (R97) at New York on 4 July 1986
| Ship | Aircraft | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
| Jeanne d'Arc (R97) (ex-La Résolue) |
4-8 | 13,270 t
(13,060 long tons) |
Four 10,000 horsepower (7.5 MW) power plants with automatic heating | 1959 | 16 July 1964 | Decommissioned on 1 September 2010 |
PH 75[]
Main article: PH 75
| Ship | Aircraft | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
| Unknown | 25 | 18,400 t
(18,100 long tons) |
CAS-230 nuclear reactor, 2 shafts | Cancelled 1981 | ||
| Unknown | 25 | 18,400 t
(18,100 long tons) |
CAS-230 nuclear reactor, 2 shafts | Cancelled 1981 | ||
See also[]
- List of active French Navy ships
- List of aircraft carriers
- List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy
- List of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy
- List of aircraft carriers by country
Notes[]
- ↑ "Biter". U.S. Navy. http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/b/biter-i.html. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-22)". NavSource Naval history. http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/22.htm. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
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