Charles de Gaulle class aircraft carrier

The Charles de Gaulle-class aircraft carriers are the flagships of the Marine Nationale, the first French nuclear-powered surface vessels. They are named after French statesmen General Charles de Gaulle and Cardinal Richelieu.

Specifications

• Type: Aircraft Carrier
• Service Period: 1999-
• Characteristics
  • Length: 908 feet (276.76 meters)
  • Beam: 212 feet (64.19 meters)
  • Draft: 31 feet (9.45 meters)
  • Displacement: 39,525 tons (Standard); 44,765 tons (Full Load)
• Crew: 2,760 (1,860 ship crew and 900 air crew)
• Power: 225,000 shp (165 MW)
• Propulsion: 2 x K-16 pressurised water reactors, turbo-electric drive, 4 x shafts
• Range: Unlimited
• Speed: 32.7 knots (60.56 km/hr)
• Sensor Suite
  • DRBJ 11 B tridimensional air search radar
  • DRBV 26D air search radar
  • DRBV 15C low altitude air search radar
  • Arabel target acquisition radar
• Countermeasures
  • ARBR 21 Detector
  • ARBB 33 Countermeasures suite
  • ARBG2 MAIGRET Interceptor
  • 4 x Sagaie decoys launcher
  • SLAT (Système de lutte anti-torpille) torpedo countermeasures
• Armament
  • 4 x 8-cell A-43 Sylver launchers carrying the MBDA Aster 15 surface to air missile.
  • 2 x 6-cell Sadral launchers carrying Mistral short range missiles
  • 8 x Giat 20F2 20 mm cannons.
• Aircraft Carried
  • 18 x Dassault Mirage G
  • 20 x Dassault Rafale M
  • 4 x Dassault Hirondelle (AEW Variant)
  • 6 x Dassault Hirondelle (ASW Variant)
  • 4 x Dassault Hirondelle (COD Variant)
  • 4 x SA.365 Dauphin (SAR Helicopter)
  • 4 x EC.725 Caracal (Transport Helicopter)
  • 4 x AS.532 Cougar (ASW Helicopter)

Unit Run

• MN Charles de Gaulle (R91)
• MN Richelieu (R92)