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  • French 'calamity' aircraft carrier heads for sea - again(Filed: 11/03/2001)

    10/01/2003 5:15:25 PM PDT · by dennisw · 43 replies · 1,175+ views
    telegraph.uk ^ | (Filed: 11/03/2001) | By Julian Coman in Paris
    French 'calamity' carrier heads for sea - again By Julian Coman in Paris (Filed: 11/03/2001) ONE of the most embarrassing sagas in French maritime history took a further twist last week when France's most accident-prone warship began the countdown to another attempt to take to the high seas. In the Ministry of Defence and on the quayside at Toulon, where the 40,000-ton aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle had been dry-docked, sceptical observers crossed their fingers and prayed for a fair wind. The idea of France's first nuclear-powered carrier was dreamt up in 1986. It soon became a pet project of...