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 2864 TREATY-NAVAL ARMAMENT LIMITATION. APRIL 22,1.930. "01. 43, p. 1672. bA~ts constituant Ie tonnage vessel may be retained until de /I'emplacement, et I'ancien replacec. even though due for bAtiment peut ~tre conserve scrapping under Chapter II, Part jusqu'A remplacement, m~me si, 3, Section II, of the Washington aux termes du Chapitre II, Treaty. Partie 3, Section II, du Traite de Washington, ce bAtiment devait ~tre detruit. ARTICLE 3. Aircraft carriers. 1. Pour l'appIication du Traite de Washington, la definition du porte-aeronefs, donnee au Chapi- p. 1680, tre II, Partie 4 dudit Traite, est Vol. 43, amended. remplacee par la definition suivante: L'expression "porte - aero - nefs" comprend tout bAtiment de guerre de surface, quel qu'en soit Ie deplacement, specifique- ment et exclusivement conc;u pour porter des aeronefs et construit de telle fac;on que des aeronefs puissent y prendre leur vol et s'y poser. Launching or. flying, 2. Le fait d'equiper d'une plate- off decks on ships not f d' d'I exclusively designed as orme ou un pont envo ou aircrsft carriers, not so d'atterrissage un bAtiment de regarded. Ii . d gne, un crolseur ou un estroyer, n'impIique pas qu'un bAtiment ainsi equipe doive ~tre compris ou classe dans la classe des {>orte- aeronefs, Amoins que ce bAtunent ne soit conc;u ou amenage exclu- sivement pour servir de porte- aeronefs. Ships built prior to 3. Aucun bAtiment de ligne April 1, 1930. existant au 1er avril 1930 ne sera equipe d'une plateforme ou d'un pont d'atterrissage. ARTICLE 4. Aircraft carriers of fd' 10,000 tons, or less, dis, 1. Aucun porte-aerone s un PlTarmstroBot (talk) 17:50, 18 January 2013 (UTC)i~ion, etc., of, deplacement type de ~O.OOO l'eSotricted l " b tonnes (10.160 tonnes metnques) un ca Ire. • ou moms, et portant un canon d'un calibre superieur a 155 milljmetres (6,1 pouce~.J ne sera acquie par l'une des Hautes Parties Contractantes ou con- F . struit par elle ou ~our elle. uture constructIOn ., forbidden. 2. A partIr e 1 entree en vigueur du. present Traite pour toutes les Hautes Parties Con- tractantes, aucun porte-aeronefs d'un deplacement type de 10.000 tonnes (10.160 tonnes metri- ARTICLE 3. 1. For the purposes of the Washiugton Treaty, the definition of an aircraft carrier given in Chapter II, Part 4 of the said Treaty is hereby replaced by the following definition: The expression "aircraft carrier" includes any surface vessel of war, whatever its displacement, designed for the specific and exclusive purpose of carrying aircraft and so con- structed that aircraft can be launched therefrom and landed thereon. 2. The fitting of a landing-on or flying-off platfonn or deck on a capital ship, cruiser or destroyer, provided such vessel was not de- signed or adapted exclusively 88 an aircraft carrier, shall not cause any vessel so fitted to be charged against or classified in the cate- gory of aircraft carriers. 3. No capital ship in existence on the 1st April, 1930, shall he fitted with a landing-on platfonn or deck. ARTICLE 4. 1. No aircraft carrier of 10,000 tons (10,160 metric tons) or less standard displacement mounting a gun above 6.1 -inch (155 mm.) calibre shall be acquired by or constructed by or for any of the High Contractin~ Parties. 2. As from the coming into force of the present Treaty in respect of all the High Contract- ing Parties, no aircraft carner of 10,000 tons (10,160 metric tons) or less standard displacement