Charles de Gaulle (R91)
2001-
CVN · Aircraft Carrier (Nuclear Powered)
| IMO: | 4544822 |
| Call Sign: | FBCG |
| Shipyard: | DCNS - Brest |
Timeline
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Feb 3, 1986 | |
| Apr 14, 1989 | as FS Richlieu |
| May 7, 1994 | |
| Sep 2000 | operational Apr 2001 |
| Dec 2001 | to Jul 2002, Operation Enduring Freedom |
| Jun 24, 2005 | Present at Trafalgar 200 Fleet Review, off Ryde Sand anchorage Fleet Review: Trafalgar 200 |
| Jul 1, 2005 | Present at International Festival of the Sea 2005, Portsmouth |
| Sep 2007 | deep maintenance of PWR and refuelling, installation of new satellite communications and C2 systems |
| Apr 9, 2010 |  Cuxhaven from 9 to 11 April Cuxhaven Germany. on board 1 Dauphin 313, serveral Super Etendard, Rafale, E2C |
| Jun 13, 2010 | Rade d Hyeres Participated with 100 years AERONAVALE with D620 Forbin; L9011 Foudre; F221 Hessen; A135 RFA Argus; R-11 Principe de Asturias; CG-60 USS Normandy; CVN-75 USS Harry S. Truman at Rade d Hyeres |
| Mar 20, 2011 |  Libyan coast Departed Toulon to lead Task Force 473 off Libya and participated in Operation Harmattan, joining with FS Forbin and FS Jean Bart which were already in theatre, on 22 Mar. Gulf of Sirte Operation Unified Protector |
| Oct 2012 | flagship for Mediterranean exercises, escorted by FS Jean de Vienne and HMS Northumberland. Corsican Lion 2012 |
| Feb 23, 2015 | Persian Gulf deployed to the Gulf to support USS Carl Vinson carrier group in international operations against ISIS in Syria. On completion in mid-Apr, headed for Goa in Indian Ocean. |
| Nov 18, 2015 | departed Toulon to join French TF473 in operations against ISIL Daech in Iraq and Syria, arrived in theatre on 22 Nov. Opération Chammal |
| Dec 9, 2015 | Charles de Gaulle Aircraft Carrier Crossed Suez Canal |
| Feb 8, 2017 | Toulon Harbour entered dry dock for Mid Life Refit (includes nuclear fuel replacement). Refloated 17 May 2018, due to complete 2019. Mid Life Refit |
| Feb 2022 | Arsenal de Toulon (naval base) deployed from Toulon as Flagship of Task Group 473 for eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea operating. Mission Clemenceau 2022 |
| Jan 2023 | Gulf of Aden |
| Mar 3, 2026 | Eastern Mediterranean ordered from Baltic Sea to eastern Mediterranean, with escort FNS Languedoc. |