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Charles de Gaulle and HMS Queen Elizabeth

Name:	Charles de Gaulle	HMS Queen Elizabeth
Type:	Aircraft carrier	Aircraft carrier
Origin:	France	United Kingdom
Produced:	2001 (Commissioned)	2009
Unit cost:	3 billion €	3.85 billion $

Full description:	Description, operators	Description, operators

Specifications

Range:	Unlimited	19,000 km
Displacement:	42,500 t	65,000 t
Aircraft:	28–40	24 to 36 fighter jets and 14 helicopters
Speed:	27 kn (50 km/h)	25 knots (46 km/h)

Crew:	1950	1,600

Displacement

Speed

Aircraft

Dimensions

Length:	261.5 m	284 m
Beam:	64.36 m	73 m
Draft:	9.43 m	11 m

Images

Charles de Gaulle

Author: "Charles De Gaulle (R91) underway 2009" by USN - U.S. Navy VFA-146 official website [1] photo [2]. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_De_Gaulle_(R91)_underway_2009.jpg#/media/File:Charles_De_Gaulle_(R91)_underway_2009.jpg License

HMS Queen Elizabeth

Author: By Dave Jenkins - InfoGibraltar - https://www.flickr.com/photos/infogibraltar/28386226189/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=68080871 License