French aircraft carrier Foch
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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Foch.
Foch (French pronunciation: [fɔʃ]) was the second Clemenceau-class aircraft carrier that served with the French Navy from 1963 to 2000. The carrier was the second warship named in honour of the Marshal of France, British Field Marshal and Marshal of Poland Ferdinand Foch.[lower-alpha 1]
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A port quarter view of Foch underway during exercise Dragon Hammer '92 | |
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Name | Foch |
Namesake | Ferdinand Foch |
Ordered | 1955 |
Laid down | 15 November 1957 |
Launched | 18 July 1959 |
Commissioned | 15 July 1963 |
Decommissioned | 15 November 2000 |
Identification | Pennant number: R99 |
Fate | Sold to the Brazilian Navy |
Notes | See NAe São Paulo for subsequent history |
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Class and type | Clemenceau-class aircraft carrier |
Displacement | 24,200 t (23,818 long tons) (standard) |
Length | 265 m (869 ft 5 in) |
Beam | 51.2 m (168 ft 0 in) |
Draught | 8.6 m (28 ft 3 in) |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts; 4 × steam turbines |
Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
Range | 7,500 nmi (13,900 km; 8,600 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement | 1,338 |
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After serving with the French Navy, the vessel was sold to Brazil and renamed São Paulo. The Brazilian Navy scuttled her on 3 February 2023 in the Atlantic Ocean.[2]