This is the old French carrier Foch. it was built in 1957 and sold to the Brazilian navy in 2000.

John

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Try this sitehttp://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/brazil/sao-paulo.htm is has info on the Foch/Sao Paulo.

John

a Collossus=class carrier of the Royal Navy (though she sent much of her service life, before being transferred to the Brazilian Navy, serving with the Royal Australian Navy.

Transferred to the Brazilian Navy in 1956, she was refitted with a steam catapult, angled flight deck, redesigned island and improved radar. She was decommissioned in 2001, and sold for scrap, being replaced by the Foch in 2004.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAeL_Minas_Gerais

Cheers,

Chris.

Here is a shot of the Sao Paulo. Got my years mixed.



This photo is about 2007

John

that was being offered for sale on the internet a couple of years ago?? Now there's an item for the Gent who has everything, your own aircraft carrier!

I can see what's his name buying it and setting up a floating casino on it outside the 12 mile limit! Haul suckers out there by helicopter!

hell of a job getting it past the Health & SAfety guys if you were going to let fare-paying passengers aboard! The French Navy had no fun at all trying to find somewhere that would scrap her sister-ship, the Clemenceau, for that very reason. Probably explains how the Brazilians were able to buy her for less than $US30m.

Cheers,

Chris.