embarked Super Frelon 101, 102, 105, & 106 of 20S for a Pacific and French Polynesian deployment. The Super Frelon were disembarked to Hao in May.
1977-jul-13
Refit
Major refit, for Super Etendard and tactical nuclear operations, until Nov 1978
1983-oct
Deployment
off LebanonMulti-National ForceOperation Offcut relieved FS Foch off Lebanon in Oct 1983, as part of the Multi-National Force peacekeepers, until Feb 1984.
Djibouti Port visited Djibouti, with her Carrier Group.
1988
Refit
Refit until 1989
1993
Refit
Refit during 1993
1997-oct-1
Decommissioned
2001
plan to sink the carrier as an artificial reef abandoned
2003
Gijon Harbourbreakers yard sold for scrap to Spanish breaker, with asbestos due to be removed in Gijon
2003-nov
renamed anonymously as Q790 and left for Turkey (in contravention of sales agreement re removal of asbestos) and was intercepted by French Navy and returned to port
Egyptian Government removed environmental objections (asbestos) to passage through Suez Canal
2006-feb-15
Arsenal de Toulon (naval base)naval base French Supreme Court suspended the transfer of ownership pending a review and ship returned to Toulon via Cape of Good Hope
2008-jul-1
After intervention by Indian Supreme Court rejecting the scrapping at Alang, French Government announced she was to be scrapped at Graythorp, Hartlepool by Able UK.
2009-feb
Q790 arrived in Hartlepool for scrapping
2009-nov-18
Fate: scrapped
Graythorpbreakers yard Scrapping commenced in Hartlepool, completed by end of 2010