French aircraft carrier Verdun
French naval project, cancelled 1961
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Verdun ([vɛʁdœ̃] ⓘ) was an aircraft carrier under development in France in the 1950s which was cancelled before design was completed.
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| Name | Verdun |
| Ordered | 1958 |
| Fate | Cancelled in 1961 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Aircraft carrier |
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| Draught | 9.14 m (30 ft 0 in) |
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| Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
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History
With the Clemenceau-class aircraft carriers soon to enter service, the French Navy launched an effort to build a larger carrier specifically with the nuclear strike role in mind. Construction of the carrier was considered in 1958 but due to cost the program was cancelled in 1961.[citation needed]
For more than 30 years, France would rely on the Clemenceau class to provide fixed wing aviation. These two ships were modified in the 1980s to accommodate AN-52 nuclear bombs, taking part of the role of the cancelled Verdun. France built a new carrier finally in the form of Charles de Gaulle at the end of the 1990s.[citation needed]
See also
References
- Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. p. 105. ISBN 1557501327.
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