R91 Charles de Gaulle

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R91 Charles de Gaulle is a French nuclear-powered aircraft carrier serving as the flagship of the French Navy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aircraft carrier
flagship
nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
warship
aircraftCatapultType steam catapult
airWingIncludes AS365 Dauphin helicopter
Dassault Rafale M
linked to: Dassault Rafale

Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard (historical)
E-2C Hawkeye
NH90 helicopter
armament 30 mm guns
Aster 15 surface-to-air missiles
Sadral launchers for Mistral missiles
Simbad launchers for Mistral missiles
beam 64.36 m
builder DCN Brest
catapultStandard CATOBAR
class Charles de Gaulle-class aircraft carrier
commissioned 2001-05-18
country France
displacement about 42,000 tonnes
draught 9.43 m
flagshipOf French Navy
flightDeckType angled flight deck
homeport Toulon
hullNumber R91
laidDown 1989-04-14
launched 1994-05-07
length 261.5 m
maximumSpeed about 27 knots
namedAfter Charles de Gaulle
navalReactorType K15 nuclear reactor
notableFeature only nuclear-powered aircraft carrier built outside the United States
numberOfReactors 2
operator French Navy
participatedIn NATO operations in the Mediterranean
linked to: NATO missions

Operation Enduring Freedom
operations against ISIS in Iraq and Syria
propulsion nuclear power
pressurized water reactors
radar Thales DRBJ-11B
Thales DRBV-15C
Thales DRBV-26D
role air superiority
fleet air defense
maritime strike
power projection
serviceEntry early 2000s
shipyard Direction des Constructions Navales

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R91 callsign R91 Charles de Gaulle