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Sunday, 2 February 2020

Building of French aircraft carrier according to the Dutch newspaper Amigoe di Curacao dated 15 June 1954

An item reported that the French secretary of navy Gavini officially announced that recently the navy yard at Brest was ordered to build a 22,000 tons carrier.(1)

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1. Probably the Clemenceau with a displacement of 22,000 (standard)-32,780 (loaded) tons and as dimensions 265 x 51,2 x 8,6metres. Lai down in November 1955, on 21 December two years later launched on 22 November 1961 commissioned an decommissioned on 1 October 1997.