TypeAircraft carrier
Displacement42,500 tonnes (full load)[3]
Length261.5 m (858 ft) overall
Beam
Overall: 64.36 m (211.2 ft)
Waterline: 31.5 m (103 ft)
Height66.5 m (218 ft)
Draught9.43 m (30.9 ft)
Propulsion
2 × Areva K15 pressurised water reactors (PWR), 150 MWt each,[4][5] LEU < 20%[6]
2 × Alstom steam turbines with a total 61 MW[5] shaft power
4 × diesel-electric
2 × shafts
Speed27 knots (50 km/h)
RangeUnlimited distance; 20–25 years
Endurance45 days of food
Capacity800 commandos, 500 tonnes of ammunition
Complement
Ship's company: 1,350
Air wing: 600
Sensors and
processing systems
DRBJ 11 B tridimensional air search radar
Thales SMART-S MK2 (replacing DRBJ 11B)
DRBV 26D air search radar
DRBV 15C low altitude air search radar
Arabel target acquisition radar
Electronic warfare
& decoys
ARBR 21 Detector
ARBB 33 Countermeasures suite
ARBG2 MAIGRET Interceptor
4 × Sagaie decoys launcher
SLAT (Système de lutte anti-torpille) torpedo countermeasures
Armament
4 × 8 cell A-43 Sylver launchers carrying the MBDA Aster 15 surface-to-air missile.
2 × 6 cell Sadral launchers carrying Mistral short-range missiles
20mm autocannons
8 × Giat 20F2 20 mm cannons (original)
3 × Nexter Narwhal (since 2019)
Aircraft carried
30–40 aircraft,[7][8] including
30 Rafale M (standard)[9]
2 E-2C Hawkeye
2 NFH Caïman Marine
1 AS565 Panther ISR
2 AS365F Dauphin Pedro