São Paulo 2010
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| São Paulo (ex-Foch) | A12 | Penhoët-Loire, St-Nazaire, France // Arsenal de Brest, France | 2/1957 | 28.7.1960 | 15.7.1963 // 15.11.2000 | stricken 2.2017 |
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Displacement standard, t |
27307 |
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Displacement full, t |
32780 |
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Length, m |
238.0 pp 265.0 oa |
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Breadth, m |
31.7 wl 51.2 fd |
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Draught, m |
8.60 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 6 Indret boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
126000 |
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Max speed, kts |
32 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 3720 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 7500(18) |
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Armour, mm |
box protection over machinery and other vital parts: 50 - 30, flight deck: 45 |
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Armament |
2 x 8 Albatros SAM (16 Aspide 2000), 2 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors Trinity, 37 aircraft (AF-1 Skyhawk attackers, E-2 Tracker AEW planes, SH-3 Sea King, UH-13 Esquilo, UH-14 Super Puma helicopters) |
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Electronic equipment |
DRBN-34, DRBV-15, DRBV-23B, 2x DRBI-10, 2x DRBC 32B, 2x RTN-30X, NRBA-51 radars, MAGE ECM suite, Siconta-1 CCS |
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Complement |
1730 |
Aircraft facilities (fd - 8,800m², ha - 3,300m² / 29,000m³): Flight deck: 265.0.0x51.2m. Hangar: 180.0x(22.0-24.0)x7.0m. There were 2 lifts, fore at centreline (17.0x13.0m, 20t) and aft at deck edge (16.0x11.0m, 20t). There were two BS-5 catapults. Aircraft fuel stowage: 2,000,000l of jet fuel and 1300m³ of aviation munitions.
| Year | attackers | helicopters |
| 2001 | 16 AF-1 Skyhawk, 2 AF-1A Skuhawk | 4 SH-3A Sea King, 2 UH-13 Esquilo II, 2 UH-14 Super Puma |
| 2004 | 14 AF-1 Skyhawk | 6 SH-3A Sea King, 14 UH-14 Super Puma |
| 2009 | 15 - 18 AF-1 Skyhawk | 4 - 6 SH-3A/D Sea King, 3 AS-355F/350BA Ecureuil, 2 AS-532 Cougar |
| 2016 | 15 - 18 AF-1 Skyhawk | 4 - 6 SH-3A/D Sea King or S-70B Seahawk, 3 AS-355F/350BA Ecureuil, 2 AS-532 Cougar |
Project history: Purchased in August 2000; transferred 15.11.2000, departed 1.2.2001 for arrival in Brazil 16.2.2001. Sister Clemenceau, retired in 1997, was employed as a source of spares for São Paulo's predelivery overhaul at Brest, which included removal of asbestos insulation and deletion of all armament. As Foch, underwent a 14-month refit in 1992-93, receiving new propulsion turbine rotors, refitted catapults certified for 6000 further shots, a nose-gear catapult launch capability, and numerous habitability improvements. Further improvements were made during a 1995-97 refit, including increasing the size of the jet-blast deflectors and adding enlarged retractable "ski-jumps" to the forward ends of both catapults.
The island has three bridges: flag, navigation, and aviation. The flight deck is 257m long overall with an 8º, 165.5x29.5m angled portion; the deck forward of the angled deck measures 93x28m, and the width of the deck abreast the island is 35m. Two 50m Mitchell-Brown type BS5 steam catapults are able to launch 15-20t aircraft at 110kts; one was located forward, the other on the angled deck. Had French-made mirror landing equipment. A small, retractable 1.5-degree ski-jump structure at the forward end of each catapult was added about 1994.
Ship protection: Armour was provided for the flight deck (45mm) with an armoured box 30-50mm over the machinery and other vital parts.
Modernizations: 2010: - Siconta-1 CCS; + Siconta-4 CCS
Naval service: São Paulo was stricken in 2017 due to many mechanical problems and very high cost of repair.
São Paulo 2003
© Ivan Gogin, 2018