French carrier transits strait of Gibraltar

The French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle transits the Strait of Gibraltar in heavy weather. The strait is the narrow passage which separates the Mediterranean from the Atlantic Ocean, and Morocco lies on the southern edge of the strait while Spain lies to the north, though Gibraltar itself remains a possession of Great Britain. Commissioned in 2001, Charles de Gaulle is the tenth French aircraft carrier and the first nuclear powered surface vessel in French service. The vessel carries a wing of thirty Dassault Rafale M fighters and about ten other assorted aircraft.

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