Foch () was the second that served with the French Navy from 1963 to 2000. The carrier was the second warship named in honour of the Marshal of France, British Field Marshal and Marshal of Poland Ferdinand Foch. After serving with the French Navy, the vessel was sold to Brazil and renamed . The Brazilian Navy scuttled her on 3 February 2023 in the Atlantic Ocean. Design The Clemenceau-class aircraft carriers, of which Foch, renamed and reflagged as São Paulo in 2000, was the last surviving member, were of conventional CATOBAR design. The landing area was long by wide; it was angled at 8 degrees off of the ship's axis. The flight deck was long. The forward aircraft elevator was to starboard, and the rear elevator was positioned on the deck edge to save hangar space. The forward of two catapults were at the bow to port, the aft catapult was on the forward area of angled landing deck. The hangar deck dimensions are with overhead. History The draft statute, prepared by the Naval General Staff in 1949, asked for four aircraft carriers of 20,000 tons to be available in two phases. At its meeting of 22 August 1949, the Supreme Council of the Navy was even more ambitious, where they proposed a six aircraft carrier fleet. On 15 July 1952, the French Navy still wanted two to five for the French Navy (not available to NATO). According to RCM 12, the final document of the Lisbon Conference of 1952, France should make available to NATO an aircraft carrier on D-day, two on day 30, three on day 180. But from 1953, the Navy had to revise its ambitions downwards, with a target of three aircraft carriers. The PA 54 Clemenceau, budgeted in 1953, was delayed until November 1955, the PA 55 Foch, budgeted for 1955, was delayed until February 1957. Between 1980 and 1981, she underwent a study to certify the platform before catapulting aircraft, carrying missiles, bombs, AM-39 Exocet and tactical nuclear bombs. Like her sister ship , Foch underwent a modernization and refit, replacing four of her eight guns with two Crotale air-defense systems. Unlike Clemenceau, Foch also received in 1997 two Sadral launchers (for 6 Mistral missiles each); those launchers were purchased by France in 1994. The Dassault Rafale was test flown from Foch (but not Clemenceau) after deck modifications in 1992 and operated from this