Bearn Country: France Type: Aircraft carrier Service: 1927 - 1967 Laid down: 10 January 1914 Launched: April 1920 Commissioned: May 1927 Struck: 21 March 1967 Fate: scrapped

The Bearn was the only aircraft carrier of the class. She was named after the historic French province of Bearn. The Bearn was commissioned in 1927 and was the only aircraft carrier produced by France until after World War II. She was generally comparable to other early carriers developed by the major navies of the world. However, France did not produce a further replacement and as naval aviation lagged in France, Bearn continued to serve past her time of obsolescence.

In 1939, she ended her career as an experimental ship and saw limited service during the early war as an aircraft transport. After the German occupation of Vichy France, Bearn was one of several French ships that re-joined the Allies. She was, however, too obsolete to participate in the naval operations of the French fleet. Instead, she resumed her previous role as an aircraft transport. This role was continued after the war, as part of the French attempt to recover their possessions in Indochina. From 1948, she served as a training ship and then as a submarine depot ship. Bearn was scrapped in Italy in 1967.