Comparison

Juan Carlos I (L61) vs Charles de Gaulle (R91)

Juan Carlos I is not a fleet carrier but a strategic projection ship with a full-length deck and ski-jump that also operates the Spanish Navy's Harriers. At 230.8 metres and about 26,000 tonnes it is 30.7 metres shorter than Charles de Gaulle and some 16,500 tonnes lighter. The pairing shows the gap between a multi-role amphibious ship and a catapult-equipped nuclear carrier.

Juan Carlos I (L61)Charles de Gaulle (R91)

Length to scale

Generic silhouettes by ship type, scaled to length; they do not reproduce each class's exact profile.

Charles de Gaulle (R91) is 1.1 times longer than Juan Carlos I (L61) · Charles de Gaulle (R91) displaces about 1.6 times as much as Juan Carlos I (L61)

Displacement balance

The tilt is symbolic (logarithmic and capped) so it stays readable even between very different ships.

Juan Carlos I (L61)

230.8 m · 757 ft · 26,000 t

Spanish Navy strategic projection ship with a full-length flight deck.

Charles de Gaulle (R91)

261.5 m · 858 ft · 42,500 t

The only non-US nuclear-powered carrier in service.

* Open-source estimate. Full-load displacement in approximate metric tonnes (submerged for submarines).

Figures used and how reliable they are

Juan Carlos I (L61): 757 ft, 26,000 t. Spanish Navy strategic projection ship with a full-length flight deck.
Charles de Gaulle (R91): 858 ft, 42,500 t. The only non-US nuclear-powered carrier in service.

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Sources / References

U.S. Navy Fact Files for carriers, destroyers and submarines.
Royal Navy, French Navy and Spanish Navy public ship pages.
IISS, The Military Balance (annual editions).
Jane's Fighting Ships and Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships (historical ships).