French aircraft carrier Verdun
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| Career France |  |
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| Ordered: | 1958 |
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| Launched: | |
| Status: | Cancelled in 1961 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 45,000 tons |
| Length: | 262 m |
| Beam: | 34 m |
| Propulsion: | Steam turbines 4 shafts 200,000 shp |
| Speed: | 33 knots |
| Complement: | |
| Armament: | 2 x Masurca SAM 8 x 100 mm DP guns |
| Aircraft carried: | Unknown |
Verdun was an aircraft carrier under development in France in the 1950s which was cancelled before design was completed.
[edit] History
With the Clemenceau class 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 authorized in 1958 but due to cost the program was cancelled in 1961.
France would rely on the Clemenceau class to provide fixed wing aviation, and France never was able to deploy heavier deep penetration strike aircraft aboard carriers to provide a nuclear strike option as the Verdun would have offered the ability to. France was only able to build a heavy carrier finally in the form of the Charles de Gaulle at the end of the 1990s.
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