Somebody mentionned Minas Gerais ? and Arromanches ? fun fact: they were sisterships, from the Colossus class (less capable than Majestics). France, UK, The Netherlands; Brazil and Argentina; Canada, Australia, India... they were seemingly everywhere. The little carriers that could.
Arromanches entered its last decade in 1964, Foch and Clemenceau IOC gave it new roles as "the French Navy Swiss knife carrier".
- Training, with Fouga Zephyr: naval Magisters.
- ASW, with Breguet Alizés and helicopters
- LPH / Commando carrier, with moar helicopters
- Disaster / rescue / hospital ship
Arromanches could essentially handle every single flying machine of the French Navy minus (obviously) Etendards and Crusaders. Aquilons and Corsairs by 1963 were near the end of their useful lives, but still there if the need arose.
Even more interesting: Skyraiders ! France had a number of them, but NOT for naval strike: rather, for COIN in Algeria... with the Armée de l'Air.
No idea if the tailhook had been removed, but otherwise it would be fun to have Skyraiders on Arromanches, with Aquilons and Corsairs and Alizés. Talk about a diverse air group !
By March 1963 the Aéronavale was near the end of a major transition between obsolete aircraft on obsolete ships (Lafayette, Arromanches, Aquilons, Corsairs) and brand new carriers and aircraft: Foch, Clemenceau, Etendards, Crusaders.
IF somebody is interested, I could throw an ODB of carriers and aircrafts by February 1, 1963. Not sure where was Lafayette and its Corsairs, nor the Aquilons: I'll check.