Only aircraft carrier of the Fifth Republic Charles de Gaulle R91 taken out of the dry dock naval dockyard at Toulon, transfers “Warspot” with reference to the portal navaltoday.com
The flagship of the French navy was put on the repair in February last year. Upon completion of the modernization of the fuel and restart the ship will take several months of repair work, which will be held afloat. At the same time in the autumn of this year, Charles de Gaulle should go to trial, and next year will return to the Navy armament.
USS was launched in 1994 year, and seven years later he entered service with the French Navy. For more than fifteen years of his military service wing has participated in international conflicts. The French Defense Ministry say, that after the renovation and modernization of the aircraft carrier will be able to operate more actively for over twenty years.
Charles de Gaulle is the only aircraft carrier in the composition of the French Navy. It was originally planned to build two similar vessels, but the construction of a second aircraft carrier was canceled due to the high cost of the lead ship. Charles de Gaulle is the length 261 m, displacement - 42 000 t. Wing Charles de Gaulle has to 40 aircrafts (fighters, SIGINT planes, helicopters), in this case the ship can carry up to a maximum 100 Flight. The crew of the aircraft carrier (including wing) has about 2000 human, and further 800 paratroopers with armored vehicles can be placed on internal decks.
