French aircraft carrier Arromanches
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| Launched: | 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 1974 |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 13,400 tons (13,600 t) |
| Length: | 695 ft (212 m) |
| Beam: | 80 ft (24 m) |
| Draught: | 23.5 ft (7.2 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam Turbines (4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, Parsons geared turbines) |
| Speed: | 25 knots (46 km/h) |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 1,300 |
| Armament: | |
| Aircraft: | 48 |
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She was renamed Arromanches in 1946. While in French service, she participated in the Indochina war in 1948 for three months. She returned to France in 1949 and purchased by them in 1951. The following year, she returned once again to Indo-China, this time as a fully fledged French warship. Between 1958-59 she was reconstructed with a 4 degree angled flight deck.
In 1968 she was converted to an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) carrier, operating up to 24 helicopters. She decommissioned in 1974 after a long and faithful career with the French Navy. She was broken up at Toulon in 1978, a place that had been present to the first Colossus in 1793 and the last in 1978.
See HMS Colossus for other ships of the name.
Colossus class statistics
- Displacement: 13,400 tons (13,600 t)
- Length: 695 ft (212 m)
- Beam: 80 ft (24 m)
- Draught: 23.5 ft (7.2 m)
- Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h)
- Compliment: 1,300
- Aircraft: 48
- Propulsion: Steam Turbines (4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, Parsons geared turbines)
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