Le Clemenceau factfile
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 is carrying 700 tonnes of asbestos-contaminated materials 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 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.Back to main story>>
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02 July 2008 11:46 AM
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