The MN Jeanne d'Arc (R93) is an aircraft carrier in service in the Marine Nationale from 2011 onwards.
Specifications[]
- Type: Nuclear powered Aircraft Carrier
- Laid Down: March 28, 2007
- Launched: October 20, 2009
- Commissioned: February 11, 2011
- Service Period: 2011-Present
- Characteristics:
- Length: 930 feet (283.46 meters)
- Beam: 240 feet (73.15 meters)
- Draft: 38 feet (11.58 meters)
- Displacement: 75,000 tonnes (73,816 long tons, 82,675 short tons)
- Crew: 2,150 (1,200 ship crew and 950 air crew)
- Propulsion: 2 x K-18 nuclear reactors, turbo-electric drive, 4 x shafts
- Range: Unlimited
- Speed: 31.5 knots (58.34 km/h)
- Sensor Suite:
- Héracles air search and target acquisition RDF
- Countermeasures:
- ARBR 21 Detector
- ARBB 33 Countermeasures suite
- ARBG2 MAIGRET Interceptor
- 4 × Sagaie decoys launcher
- SLAT (Système de lutte anti-torpille) torpedo countermeasures
- Armament:
- 1 x 16-cell Sylver A50 VLS (fires Aster 15, Aster 30, and VL-Mica AAMs)
- 2 × 6-cell Sadral launchers carrying Mistral short range missiles
- 2 x 20 mm modèle F2 guns
- Aircraft Carried: 72 fixed wing aircraft and helicopters