Charles de Gaulle vs Queen Elizabeth
| French aircraft carrier, introduced in 2001, has a displacement of 42,500 tons. | |
| Origin | 🇫🇷 France |
| Category | Aircraft carrier |
| Type | Aircraft carrier |
| Manufacturer | DCN |
| Year introduced | 2001 |
| Number built | 1 units |
| Estimated unit price | $3,500 million |
| British aircraft carrier, introduced in 2017, displaces 80,600 tons and has a crew of 679. | |
| Origin | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Category | Aircraft carrier |
| Type | Aircraft carrier |
| Manufacturer | Aircraft Carrier Alliance |
| Year introduced | 2017 |
| Number built | 2,017 units |
| Estimated unit price | $9,700 million |
| Displacement | 42,500 tons â—‰ |
| Maximum speed | 27.0 knots â—‰ |
| Range | 99,999 nm â—‰ |
| Length | 261.5 m â—‰ |
| Beam | 64.4 m |
| Crew | 1,350 â—‰ |
| Propulsion | 2 × Areva K15 pressurised water reactors (PWR), 150 MWt each; 2 × Alstom steam turbines with a total 61 MW (82,000 hp) shaft power; 4 × diesel-electric; 2 × shafts |
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| Displacement | 80,600 tons â—‰ |
| Maximum speed | 32.0 knots â—‰ |
| Range | 10,000 nm â—‰ |
| Length | 284.0 m â—‰ |
| Beam | 73.0 m |
| Crew | 679 â—‰ |
| Propulsion | Integrated electric propulsion: 2 × Rolls-Royce Marine Trent MT30 36 MW gas turbine engines, 2 × Wärtsilä 16V38 and 2 x 12V38 marine diesel engines (40 MW), 4 × GE Power Conversion 20 MW Advanced Induction Motors |
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