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Jeanne d'Arc was a helicopter cruiser of the French Navy. She was the sixth vessel of the French Navy named after Joan of Arc ("Jeanne d'Arc" in French), a national heroine of France and saint of the Catholic Church who distinguished herself in the Hundred Years' War by helping France turn the tide of the Lancastrian phase.

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Jeanne d'Arc.
Jeanne d'Arc
Jeanne d'Arc sailing down the Seine, July 1999.
History
France
NamesakeJoan of Arc
BuilderBrest DCNS
Laid down1959
Launched30 September 1961
Commissioned1964
Decommissioned1 September 2010[1]
RenamedBuilt as La Résolue, renamed to Jeanne d'Arc in 1964
HomeportBrest
IdentificationR 97
Nickname(s)"La Jeanne"
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Displacement
  • 10,575 tons (standard)
  • 12,365 tons (loaded)
Length182 m (597 ft)
Beam24 m (79 ft)
Draught7.5 m (25 ft)
PropulsionFour 10,000 horsepower (7.5 MW) power plants with automatic heating, 29 420 kW
Speed28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range
  • 3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 26.5 kn (49.1 km/h; 30.5 mph)
  • 6,800 nmi (12,600 km; 7,800 mi) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement627 (total), 31 officers, 182 petty officers, 414 quartermasters and sailors, 150 cadet officers
Sensors and
processing systems
  • 1 DRBV 22 D
  • 1 DRBV51A
  • 2 DRBN34
  • 1 DRBC32A
  • 1 Sonar DUBV24
  • 1 Inmarsat
Electronic warfare
& decoys		Nixie
Armament
  • 6 × Exocet-38 anti-ship missiles
  • 2 × 100 mm gun turrets (4 originally, two removed in 2000)
  • 4 × 12.7mm machine guns
Aircraft carried4 Super Frelon (8 in war)

In peacetime, Jeanne d'Arc was used for teaching and training purposes; however, in case of emergency or crisis, she was to have become a fully capable helicopter cruiser. Toward the end of her service life, Jeanne d'Arc became unsuitable for the role due to the increasing size and weight of helicopters.

Jeanne d'Arc was built as La Résolue, as her predecessor, the Jeanne d'Arc of 1930, was still in service. She was renamed Jeanne d'Arc in 1964. The ship was retired in May 2010 and decommissioned in September 2010.


Career



Missions


In peacetime, Jeanne d'Arc was a teaching and training vessel for the naval officers' application academy, and at the same time possessed an aerial group of 2 Aérospatiale Puma and 2 Aérospatiale Gazelle French Army light aviation helicopters, as well as two Alouette III naval aviation helicopters.

Jeanne d'Arc was capable of combat deployment, either in an anti-submarine warfare role with 8 WG 13 Lynx helicopters, or for external missions by carrying Puma or Gazelle light aviation French Army helicopters. Initially, she was also able to carry landing troops and Sikorsky or Super Frelon helicopters.

Jeanne d'Arc could carry roughly 10 light or heavy helicopters and simultaneously handle the takeoff and landing of 3 helicopters.

Jeanne d'Arc while performing its last cruise, docked in New York City.
Jeanne d'Arc while performing its last cruise, docked in New York City.

Following the development of the Exocet anti-ship missile, Jeanne d'Arc was fitted with the system in 1974.[2]

In 2008, Jeanne d'Arc was deployed in an anti-piracy role in the Gulf of Aden.[3] The ship was used as part of the rescue effort of Le Ponant during the April 2008 hostage-taking incident. A Gazelle helicopter from Jeanne d'Arc carrying snipers chased and captured pirates who had escaped on 4x4 vehicles after the hostages had been freed.[4]

Jeanne d'Arc commenced her final cruise in December 2009. The last trip included visits to Africa, South America including Rio and Buenos Aires, Lima, the French Antilles, the United States including New York City, and Canada. The deployment was completed in May 2010 with a return to the port of Brest, France on 27 May 2010. On its final mission, Jeanne d'Arc continued to perform its role as a training vessel for French navy midshipmen. On her final voyage, she was accompanied by the frigate Courbet (F712), and carried a French training squadron with 103 cadets, including twelve from nine foreign countries.[5]


End of service formalities


The Jeanne d'Arc helicopter cruiser was formally removed from active service in the French Marine Nationale on 7 June 2010. The necessary disarmament operations were formalised by decree of the Ministry of Defence on 4 June 2010 and announced in the Official Bulletin of the Marine Nationale, Edition No. 26, on 25 June 2010. The announcement stated that these disarmament procedures where to be conducted under the authority of the Admiral commanding the Naval Action Force (ALFAN), the Minister of Defence and the Deputy Chief of Staff, Support and Finance", Hubert Sciorella.[6]

Hull Q 860, formerly Jeanne d'Arc, moored in Brest under the École de maistrance
Hull Q 860, formerly Jeanne d'Arc, moored in Brest under the École de maistrance

On 1 September 2010, at 11:30, Jeanne d'Arc's colours and name were withdrawn, formally ending her life as a ship in the Marine Nationale. This final colour ceremony on Jeanne d'Arc was held in the ship's home port of Brest. Following disarmament in the Arsenal basin there, the ship continued to be moored at the Brest naval base. On 9 September 2010, the former Jeanne d'Arc has its naval number R 97 removed and was moved to Piriouas as Hull Q 860 to undergo the work of securing the hulk and extracting the remaining recoverable hardware. The task of establishing an inventory of hazardous materials present on the vessel took place in the naval yards prior to dismantling the hull and was expected to take up to two years. A tender was then be sent for its dismantling. At the time, the French Navy had 76 hulks ready to be dismantled. The issue was a sensitive one, following problems arising from the disposal and dismantling of the former Clemenceau. In 2014, it was decided that Jeanne d'Arc would be dismantled at Bordeaux by the Bartin Recycling Group and Pétrofer, subsidiaries of Veolia Group.[7] The contract was worth approximately 11.5 million Euros.[8]




See also


Ships of comparable role, configuration and era


References


  1. "Jeanne d'Arc". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  2. Osborne, Eric W. (2004). Cruisers and Battle Cruisers: An Illustrated History of their Impact. ABC-CLIO. p. 154. ISBN 1851093699.
  3. Joshi, Mohit (24 January 2009). "French Navy's training at Kochi Port". TopNews.in. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  4. Zecchini, Laurent (12 April 2008). "Les commandos français envoyés à l'assaut des pirates en Somalie". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  5. Press officer (Consulate general of France) NYC, accessed 4 October 2010 Archived July 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Décision n° 0-25103-2010/DEF/EMM/STN portant changement de position du porte-hélicoptères "Jeanne d'Arc "" (in French) (No. 26 ed.). Bulletin Officiel Des Armees. 25 June 2010. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  7. "Le démantèlement des ex-"Colbert" et "Jeanne d'Arc" se fera à Bordeaux". Le Marin (in French). 12 June 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  8. "Veolia starts operations to dismantle the Former Jeanne d'Arc cruiser at the Atlantic port of Bordeaux". Veolia Group. 17 October 2014. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015.

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На других языках

[de] Jeanne d’Arc (R 97)

Die Jeanne d’Arc war ein Flugdeckkreuzer bzw. Hubschrauberträger der französischen Marine. Sie wurde in den Jahren 1959 bis 1961 in Brest als La Résolue gebaut; im Dienst befand sie sich ab 1964. Ab 1964 trug sie auch den späteren Namen, da in diesem Jahr der französische Kreuzer Jeanne d’Arc, gebaut 1930, außer Dienst gestellt wurde und der Schiffsname dadurch frei wurde.
- [en] French cruiser Jeanne d'Arc (R97)

[fr] Jeanne d'Arc (porte-hélicoptères)

La Jeanne d'Arc (R97) (affectueusement surnommée la Jeanne) était un croiseur porte-hélicoptères français. Il fut construit par l'arsenal de Brest de 1959 à 1964. Mis à flot sous le nom provisoire de La Résolue, il reçut le nom de Jeanne d'Arc le 16 juillet 1964 au désarmement de son prédécesseur, le croiseur école Jeanne d'Arc. La Jeanne d'Arc a achevé son ultime mission le 27 mai 2010 et a été retirée du service le 7 juin 2010[1]. La dernière cérémonie des couleurs, quant à elle, a eu lieu le 1er septembre 2010[2]. Le bâtiment est déconstruit à partir d'octobre 2014. Il n'est pas remplacé.

[it] Jeanne d'Arc (R 97)

La Jeanne d'Arc, soprannominata la Jeanne, era un incrociatore portaelicotteri francese in servizio presso la Marine nationale, rimasta esemplare unico, è un mezzo molto interessante e capace che i francesi hanno costruito per le operazioni anfibie, nonostante una velocità di circa 26,5 nodi, una velocità piuttosto bassa.

[ru] Жанна д’Арк (вертолётоносец)

Тип «Жанна д’Арк» (фр. Jeanne d’Arc) — французский крейсер-вертолётоносец или многоцелевой вертолётоносец. Был спроектирован в конце 1950-х годов и предназначался прежде всего для обеспечения противолодочной обороны, будучи также способен выполнять функции десантного вертолётоносца. В мирное время «Жанна д’Арк» использовался в качестве учебного корабля для подготовки кадетов, будучи способен в военное время после незначительных переделок использоваться в качестве боевого корабля. За всю свою историю «Жанна д’Арк» совершил более 35 учебных походов, однако никогда не принимал участие в реальных боевых действиях. В 2000-е годы корабль неоднократно использовался в гуманитарных миссиях по оказанию помощи жертвам стихийных бедствий в Африке и Юго-Восточной Азии. В связи со значительным возрастом корабля и растущими расходами на его содержание, вывод «Жанны д’Арк» из состава ВМС Франции был запланирован приблизительно на 2010 год. 27 мая после возвращения из своего последнего плавания, был вскоре списан 7 июня 2010 года.


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