French aircraft carrier Joffre
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| Career France |  |
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| Builder: | AC de St. Nazaire Penhoet |
| Laid down: | 26 November 1938 |
| Launched: | Cancelled |
| Status: | Construction cancelled in 1940 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 20,000 tons |
| Length: | 236 m |
| Beam: | 24.5 m |
| Draught: | 6.5 m |
| Propulsion: | Steam turbines; 8 boilers driving 4 shafts; 125,000 shp |
| Speed: | 33 knots |
| Complement: | 1,251 |
| Armament: | 4 twin 5.1 inch DP guns; 4 twin 37 mm AA guns; 6 quad 13.2 mm machine guns |
| Armor: | 4 inch belt; 1.5 to 2.34 inch deck |
| Aircraft carried: | 40 |
Joffre was the planned lead ship of its class of aircraft carriers for the French Navy. The ship was laid down in 1938, but never launched.
[edit] History
Joffre was laid down on 26 November 1938 at the shipyards of AC de St. Nazaire Penhoet, but work was slowed by the start of World War II and ultimately halted in June 1940 when France fell to German invasion. Her hull was eventually scrapped.
[edit] See also
- List of aircraft carriers
- Painleve, sister-ship to Joffre
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