NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Clemenceau class carrier

Career

Ordered:
Laid down:	November 1955
Launched:	21 December 1957
Commissioned:	22 November 1961
Decommissioned:	1 October 1997
Fate:	park at Toulon to remove asbestos
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement:	24200 tonnes (32500 full load)
Length:	265 m
Width:	51,20 m
Beam:
Draught:	8,60m
Propulsion:	6 Indret boilers, 4 steam turbines producing 126 000 hp (94 MW), 2 propellers
Speed:	32 knots
Range:
Complement:	1338 men, including 64 officers (1920 men including the air group). 984 men if only helicopters are carried.
Armament:	8 x 100 mm turrets (originally) ; in the 90s, 4 are replaced by 2 SACP Crotale EDIR systems, with 52 missiles; 5 x 12,7 mm machine guns.
Electronics:	*1 x DRBV-23B air sentry radar 1 x DRBV-50 lox-altitude or surface sentry radar (later replaced by a DRBV-15) 1 x NRBA-50 approach radar 1 x DRBI-10 tri-dimensional air sentry radar several DRBC-31 fire radar (later DRBC-32C) DRBN-34 navigation radars
Planes	about 40 aircraft : 15 Dassault Super Étendard 4 Dassault Étendard IVP 8 Crusaders F-8P 8 Breguet Alizé 2 Eurocopter Dauphin Pedro helicopters 2 Super Frelon helicopters
Motto:

Clemenceau (R98), often affectionately called "le Clém'", was the 8th aircraft carrier of the French Navy. From the 1960s to the 1990s, she was the backbone of the French Navy, along with her sister-ship, the Foch. During her career, she sailed more than a million nautical miles in 3125 days at sea, on all the seas of the world. She was the second French warship to be named after Georges Clemenceau, the first one being a battleship of the Richelieu class, laid down in 1939 and never finished. Image File history File links Starboard view of the French aircaft carrier ClÃ©menceau Photo courtesy and autorisation of http://www. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location within France Coat of Arms of Toulon Toulon (Tolon in Provençal) is a city in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. ... The French 100 mm naval gun is a polyvalent artillery piece (anti-air, anti-ship, ground), capable of a high rate of fire. ... The Dassault Super Ã‰tendard is a French carrier-borne strike fighter in service with the French and Argentine Navy. ... French aircraft manufacturer Dassault used the name Ã‰tendard (Standard, in the sense of a flag or banner) for a family of related aircraft projects beginning in the late 1950s. ... F-8C digital fly-by-wire testbed (NASA) The F-8 Crusader (originally F8U) was an aircraft carrier-based fighter aircraft built by Chance-Vought of Dallas, Texas. ... The Breguet Br. ... The Eurocopter Dauphin (Dolphin) is a medium-weight multipurpose twin-engine helicopter manufactured by Eurocopter (originally by AÃ©rospatiale). ... Super Frelon The Super Frelon was a heavy transport helicopter produced by Aérospatiale of France, now out of production. ... The French Navy (Marine Nationale) is the maritime arm of the French military and is the largest Western European navy with 45,600 personnel (the United Kingdoms Royal Navy has 43,530). ... The Foch (R 99) was the sister-ship of the Clémenceau. ... A nautical mile is a unit of length. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Jean Bart was a French battleship of World War II named for the seventeenth century seaman and corsair Jean Bart. ...

Missions

Decommissioning and controversy

On December 31, 2005 the Clemenceau left the French port of Toulon to be dismantled in Alang, Gujarat, India. December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location within France Coat of Arms of Toulon Toulon (Tolon in Provençal) is a city in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. ... Safety is our motto reads this welcome sign at Alang, a statement heavily criticized Alang is a coastal town in the State of Gujarat in India. ... Gujarat (Gujarati: , Hindi: ,, IPA ; also spelled Gujrat and sometimes Gujarath). ...

Involvement of Greenpeace

In December, before the ship started its sail to India, Greenpeace started protesting against France's attempts to dump the old 27,000-ton warship laden with toxics such as asbestos, PCBs, lead, mercury, and other toxic chemicals on India. It demanded that France should deal with its own toxic waste instead of shipping it to India, where the impoverished workers employed in a poorly managed shipbreaking industry would be exposed to these toxic waste resulting in injury and death. Greenpeace tried to block the departure of the ship from port of Toulon. They also said that the transportation of ship is in violation of Basel Convention. Greenpeace is an international environmental organization founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1971. ... Diagrams of first and third rate warships, England, 1728 Cyclopaedia. ... Fibrous asbestos on muscovite Asbestos Asbestos Asbestos (a misapplication of Latin: asbestos quicklime from Greek á¼„ÏƒÎ²ÎµÏƒÏ„Î¿Ï‚: a-, not; sbestos, extinguishable) describes any of a group of fibrous metamorphic minerals of the hydrous magnesium silicate variety. ... PCB may refer to: Brazilian Communist Party (in Portuguese, Partido Comunista Brasileiro) Communist Party of Bolivia (in Spanish, Partido Comunista de Bolivia) Pakistan Cricket Board PCBoard, a bulletin board system software Police Complaints Board, which oversaw the system for handling complaints made against police forces in England and Wales until... General Name, Symbol, Number lead, Pb, 82 Chemical series poor metals Group, Period, Block 14, 6, p Appearance bluish white Atomic mass 207. ... General Name, Symbol, Number mercury, Hg, 80 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 12, 6, d Appearance silvery white Atomic mass 200. ... Toxic redirects here, but this is also the name of a song by Britney Spears; see Toxic (song) Look up toxic and toxicity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A chemical substance is any material substance used in or obtained by a process in chemistry: A chemical compound is a substance consisting of two or more chemical elements that are chemically combined in fixed proportions. ... In classical economics and all micro-economics labour is one of three factors of production, the others being land and capital. ... Ship breaking or ship demolition involves breaking up of ships for scrap. ... Location within France Coat of Arms of Toulon Toulon (Tolon in Provençal) is a city in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. ... The Basel Convention (verbose: Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal) is an international treaty that was designed to reduce the movements of hazardous waste between nations, and specifically to prevent dumping of hazardous waste from developed to less developed countries (LDCs). ...

On January 12 the ship reached Egypt, where it was boarded by two Greenpeace activists. [1] Egyptian authorities denied access to the Suez Canal, asking for a proof that the ship didn't violate the Basel Convention. On January 15 the ship was finally allowed to pass. This decision was heavily criticized by Greenpeace and other environmental groups. [2] Greenpeace is an international environmental organization founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1971. ... 1881 drawing of the Suez Canal. ...

Indian Stance

On January 6 the Supreme Court of India temporarily denied access to Alang since the ship contained tonnes of asbestos and the Basel Convention on hazardous waste prohibits the transportation of toxic materials from one country to another. [3] The Supreme Court of India is the highest court of the land as established by Part V, Chapter IV of the Constitution of India. ... Fibrous asbestos on muscovite Asbestos Asbestos Asbestos (a misapplication of Latin: asbestos quicklime from Greek á¼„ÏƒÎ²ÎµÏƒÏ„Î¿Ï‚: a-, not; sbestos, extinguishable) describes any of a group of fibrous metamorphic minerals of the hydrous magnesium silicate variety. ... The Basel Convention (verbose: Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal) is an international treaty that was designed to reduce the movements of hazardous waste between nations, and specifically to prevent dumping of hazardous waste from developed to less developed countries (LDCs). ... Hazardous waste is waste that poses substantial or potential threats to public health or the environment and generally exhibits one or more of these characteristics: ignitability corrosivity reactivity toxicity Generally, toxicity is quantified through the use of the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure or TCLP test, as required by EPA. Hazardous...

The Supreme Court of India constituted a Monitoring Committee (SCMC - Supreme Court Monitoring Committee on Hazardous Wastes) to look into the controversy. The committee submitted its interim report accordingly. Not satisfied with the committee's report, the Supreme Court on 13th February 2006 decided to constitute a new panel to go into the issue. The court directed the Government of India to suggest by February 17 the names of three or four retired Navy officers for appointment of a new panel. The Supreme Court of India is the highest court of the land as established by Part V, Chapter IV of the Constitution of India. ... Hazardous waste is waste that poses substantial or potential threats to public health or the environment and generally exhibits one or more of these characteristics: ignitability corrosivity reactivity (explosive) toxicity Many types of businesses generate hazardous waste. ... The Government of India, officially referred to as the Union Government, and commonly as Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of a federal union of 28 states and 7 union territories, collectively called Republic of India. ...

On February 15, French President Jacques Chirac ordered Clemenceau to return to French waters and remain on standby following a ruling by France's highest administrative court, the Conseil d'État. The court acted on a complaint from Greenpeace regarding discrepancies in the amount of asbestos present in the ship, which Greenpeace contended would pose a severe health and environmental hazard in India. The issue now reverts to a Paris administrative court for further deliberations and rulings. The French Ministry of Defence announced an inquiry into the asbestos levels on the ship. [4] Jacques RenÃ© Chirac (born November 29, 1932), French politician, is President of the French Republic. ... In France, the Conseil dÃ‰tat (English: Council of State and sometimes Counsel of State) is an organ of the French national government. ...

Trivia

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Design

Image File history File links Download high resolution version (950x267, 64 KB) Schematics of the French aircaft carrier ClÃ©menceau Photo courtesy and autorisation of http://www. ... Image File history File links Schematics of the French aircaft carrier ClÃ©menceau Photo courtesy and autorisation of http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (950x260, 61 KB) Schematics of the French aircaft carrier ClÃ©menceau Photo courtesy and autorisation of http://www. ...

Gallery

Image File history File links Engine control panel of the French aircaft carrier ClÃ©menceau Photo courtesy and autorisation of http://www. ... Image File history File links Starboard view of the French aircaft carrier ClÃ©menceau Photo courtesy and autorisation of http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2288x1712, 795 KB) The ClÃ©menceau aircraft carrier docked in Toulon. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2288x1712, 815 KB) The ClÃ©menceau aircraft carrier docked in Toulon. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2288x1712, 747 KB) The ClÃ©menceau aircraft carrier docked in Toulon. ...

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