Joffre-class aircraft carrier
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The Joffre class consisted of a pair of aircraft carriers ordered by the Marine Nationale prior to World War II. The Navy had commissioned an experimental carrier in 1927, but it was slow and obsolete by the mid-1930s. Support for naval aviation in the navy was weak during this time as it had lost control of its aircraft, its training and their development to the new Air Ministry when it formed in 1928 and did not regain full control until 1936. Traditionalists among the naval leadership had begun a battleship building program in the early 1930s to counter German ships that were suitable for commerce raiding and carriers were deemed useful to hunt them down, especially once the Germans began building a carrier of their own in 1936.
Wikidata
speed 33 knot,
French Navy, 
Flugzeugträger B, Joffre,
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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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Joffre ⓘ
unfinished French aircraft carrier
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| object | watercraft | Joffre | aircraft carrier, Joffre-class aircraft carrier | Wikidata | |