French cruiser Jeanne d'Arc (R97)
- La Résolue
- Exocet anti-ship missiles × 6
- 2 × 10.0 cm L/55 Sk
- 8 helicopter
The Jeanne d' Arc was a flight deck cruiser or helicopter carrier of the French Navy. It was built in the years 1959 to 1961 in Brest as La Résolue, in the service it was since 1964. Since 1964, she also wore the later name, as in this year, the French cruiser Jeanne d' Arc, built in 1930, decommissioned been. Her length was 182 m, the water displacement 10,575 tons.
For armament included six missiles MBDA Exocet SM39 and two cannon of caliber 10.0 cm. The Jeanne d' Arc could take six to ten helicopters. The crew numbered about 460 people, this came as needed about 110 cadets. Finally, the Jeanne d' Arc was used as a training ship of the French Navy, but took on their journeys still in international operations part.
Helicopter
- Aérospatiale Gazelle
- Aérospatiale Alouette III
- Aérospatiale Puma
- Westland Lynx
- Aérospatiale Super Frelon
Inserts
On 11 April 2008, with the participation of the helicopter of Joan of Arc, the crew of the cruise ship Le Ponant from the violence of Somali Pirates of the autonomous region of Puntland / Somalia freed and arrested some of the pirates.
On 9 December 2008, the Jeanne d' Arc embarked on their penultimate training trip, which lasted until May 5, 2009. She took over the Mediterranean and the Middle East to Southeast Asia. On this trip, the Jeanne d' Arc also took part in temporarily Operation Enduring Freedom and in Operation Atalanta.
On 2 December 2009, the ship finally began in Brest his 45th and final training trip where it was accompanied by Courbet, a frigate La Fayette class. The journey led first to the West African coast and then across the Atlantic to South America. We went around Cape Horn to the north. After the passage of the Panama Canal and visits to North America, it went across the Atlantic to participate in the 821st birthday of Hamburg harbor and then back to Brest.
Decommissioning
From their last training trip, the Jeanne d' Arc returned on 27 May 2010 back to Brest and was then placed out of service on June 7. A replacement of Joan of Arc as a training ship was not provided. Since then, according to need changing ships to be assembled into education associations. First, the helicopter carrier Tonnerre Mistral class took on this task in March 2010.