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Foch 1965 1:400

Foch 1965 1:400
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Foch 1965 1:400
Reference : F-81071-ZO
Foch 1965 1:400

HELLER 81071
scale 1:400
Skill level
Item Length/Width (Without Packaging) 66,1 x 12,8 cm
Packaging 66,5 x 33,5 x 10
Scheme 1
Parts : 152

The aircraft carrier Foch (designator R 99) was the sister-ship of the Clemenceau. It was the second warship named after Marshal Ferdinand Foch who had declared: "Aeroplanes [...] have no military value".

The Foch, put on hold in February 1957, was built at the Atlantic shipyards of Saint Nazaire and put into service on July 15th 1963. The landings were done on the 165 m long sloping runway equipped with 4 stop lines. The 2 steam catapults of 50 m allowed the take-off of 15/20 tons planes at 110 knots. The 2 lifts could raise a 15 ton aircraft to 8.50 m in 9 seconds. Between 1980 and 1981, it underwent an IPER (Periodic Unavailability for Maintenance and Repair) which equipped it with a naval tactical information exploitation system, an inertial unit for recalibrating the aircraft platform before catapulting, missile bunkers for AM-39 Exocet missiles and the tactical nuclear weapon. It will be able to accommodate 4 or 5 AN-52s and the ASMP6 missile.

After a 37-year career in the French Navy, it was sold on 15 November 2000 to the Brazilian Navy, which will finally disarm it in November 2018.
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2025-12-31 59.9059,90 €