Charles de Gaulle (R91) Wallpaper 1
Monday, April 18, 2011
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Charles de Gaulle (R91) (wallpaper 1)
Charles de Gaulle (R91) ship images wallpaper gallery 1. Charles de Gaulle (R91) ship pictures and images collection 1.
Aircraft Carrier. Charles de Gaulle (R91) is the only serving French aircraft carrier and is the flagship of the French Navy (Marine Nationale). She is the tenth French aircraft carrier, the first French nuclear-powered surface vessel, and the first and so far only nuclear-powered carrier completed outside of the United States Navy. She is named after French statesman and general Charles de Gaulle. The ship carries a complement of Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard, Dassault Rafale M and E-2C Hawkeye aircraft, as well as modern electronics and Aster missiles. She is the largest European carrier, but smaller than the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov. She is a CATOBAR-type carrier that uses a shorter version of the catapult system installed on the US Nimitz class carriers, the 75 m C13-3 steam catapult. The carrier replaced Foch, a conventionally-powered aircraft carrier, in 2001. Clemenceau and Foch were completed in 1961 and 1963 respectively; the requirement for a replacement was identified in the mid-1970s. Charles de Gaulle (R91) is the only serving French aircraft carrier and is the flagship of the French Navy, and the first and only nuclear-powered carrier built outside of the United States Navy. Charles de Gaulle (R91) (wallpaper 1). Charles de Gaulle (R91) ship images wallpaper gallery 1. Charles de Gaulle (R91) ship pictures and images collection 1. The hull was laid down in April 1989 at the DCNS Brest naval shipyard, but the construction quickly fell behind schedule as the project was starved of funding, which was worsened by the economic recession in the early 1990s. Work on the ship was suspended altogether on four occasions: 1990, 1991, 1993 and 1995. The ship was commissioned on 18 May 2001, five years behind the projected deadline. The ship suffered difficulties during its sea trials including a propulsion failure and abnormal vibration in the main engines. In 1998, engineering spaces were retrofitting to reduce excessive radiation doses during normal operation. The hull was laid down in April 1989 at the DCNS Brest naval shipyard. The carrier was completed in May 1994 and at 35,500 tonnes was the largest warship launched in Western Europe since 1951. She was to be named Richelieu in 1986 by the French president at the time, François Mitterrand, after the famous French politician Armand-Jean du Plessis, Cardinal and Duc de Richelieu (following a traditional name for capital ships in the French Navy, see battleship Richelieu for instance). On 7 February 1987, however, after a ferocious row, the name of the ship was changed to Charles de Gaulle by the Gaullist Prime Minister at the time, Jacques Chirac. Charles de Gaulle (R91) (wallpaper 1). Charles de Gaulle (R91) ship images wallpaper gallery 1. Charles de Gaulle (R91) ship pictures and images collection 1.
Charles de Gaulle (R91) (wallpaper 2)Charles de Gaulle (R91) ship images wallpaper gallery 1. Charles de Gaulle (R91) ship pictures and images collection 1.
Aircraft Carrier. Charles de Gaulle (R91) is the only serving French aircraft carrier and is the flagship of the French Navy (Marine Nationale). She is the tenth French aircraft carrier, the first French nuclear-powered surface vessel, and the first and so far only nuclear-powered carrier completed outside of the United States Navy. She is named after French statesman and general Charles de Gaulle. The ship carries a complement of Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard, Dassault Rafale M and E-2C Hawkeye aircraft, as well as modern electronics and Aster missiles. She is the largest European carrier, but smaller than the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov. She is a CATOBAR-type carrier that uses a shorter version of the catapult system installed on the US Nimitz class carriers, the 75 m C13-3 steam catapult. The carrier replaced Foch, a conventionally-powered aircraft carrier, in 2001. Clemenceau and Foch were completed in 1961 and 1963 respectively; the requirement for a replacement was identified in the mid-1970s. Charles de Gaulle (R91) is the only serving French aircraft carrier and is the flagship of the French Navy, and the first and only nuclear-powered carrier built outside of the United States Navy. Charles de Gaulle (R91) (wallpaper 1). Charles de Gaulle (R91) ship images wallpaper gallery 1. Charles de Gaulle (R91) ship pictures and images collection 1. The hull was laid down in April 1989 at the DCNS Brest naval shipyard, but the construction quickly fell behind schedule as the project was starved of funding, which was worsened by the economic recession in the early 1990s. Work on the ship was suspended altogether on four occasions: 1990, 1991, 1993 and 1995. The ship was commissioned on 18 May 2001, five years behind the projected deadline. The ship suffered difficulties during its sea trials including a propulsion failure and abnormal vibration in the main engines. In 1998, engineering spaces were retrofitting to reduce excessive radiation doses during normal operation. The hull was laid down in April 1989 at the DCNS Brest naval shipyard. The carrier was completed in May 1994 and at 35,500 tonnes was the largest warship launched in Western Europe since 1951. She was to be named Richelieu in 1986 by the French president at the time, François Mitterrand, after the famous French politician Armand-Jean du Plessis, Cardinal and Duc de Richelieu (following a traditional name for capital ships in the French Navy, see battleship Richelieu for instance). On 7 February 1987, however, after a ferocious row, the name of the ship was changed to Charles de Gaulle by the Gaullist Prime Minister at the time, Jacques Chirac. Charles de Gaulle (R91) (wallpaper 1). Charles de Gaulle (R91) ship images wallpaper gallery 1. Charles de Gaulle (R91) ship pictures and images collection 1.
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