Published Date:
02 July 2008
THE Clemenceau is affectionately known as Le Clem.
The vessel is 714ft long with a beam of 95.1ft.
When fully loaded she weighed 32,700 tons.
The ship was carrying 700 tonnes of asbestos-contaminated materials when it arrived and Able UK needed an exemption from the Health and Safety Executive to import it
The vessel is named after Georges Clemenceau and it was built in the Brest shipyard.
It was launched on December 21, 1957, and commissioned on November, 22 1961.
The ship, which served in Iraq and Lebanon, was decommissioned on October 1, 1997.
It had a top speed of 32 knots, (59 km/h) and has a capacity for 582 personnel.
The ship had a capacity for 40 aircraft in total.
The ship had a capacity for 40 aircraft in total.
The French government opted to scrap her abroad rather than in a domestic ship yard and India refused permission for the ship to dock.
French president Jacques Chirac ordered the Clemenceau to return to France where she remained, until Able UK won the contract in June 2008.
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Last Updated:
05 February 2010 1:40 PM
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Location:
Hartlepool
