In October 2011 it was announced that Chile and France had finalized negotiations for sale of Foudre to Chile for around USD80 million.[2] She was transferred to Chile on 23 December 2011 and renamed Sargento Aldea.[1]
^ ab"LSDH 91 "Sargento Aldea"". Armada de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 October 2014.
^. Defence Market Intelligence. 8 October 2011. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
Further readingedit
Moulin, Jean (2020). Tous les porte-aéronefs en France: de 1912 à nos jours [All the Aircraft Carriers of France: From 1912 to Today]. Collection Navires et Histoire des Marines du Mond; 35 (in French). Le Vigen, France: Lela Presse. ISBN978-2-37468-035-4.
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