Shipbucket

Thanks!

I have done, and once again I'll say, this is an actual thing that an actual country in the actual word was seriously considering before they got the FFG-7s.

My Christmas present to myself. An updated and revised Deity with new underwater hull (derived from what imagery I can find of the T45) and some other detail changes...



Merry Christmas All!

Nice ship B.b.

Oh look, no funnels...

After deliberation between myself and the council of elders I've decided that a conventional power-installation is untenable for my CONOPS ergo behold a CVGN to replace the now obsolete CVG drawing!



Abstract:
The A class aircraft carriers are the largest surface combatants in use in with and indeed ever designed for the Royal Galenic navy. They are replacements for the preceding 'Z' Class of carriers (Improved Forrestal / JFK) built between 1960 and1965) - (TGL Zealous, Zephyr, Zodiac and Zulu).
Compared to their predecessors they have much reduced manning requirements but as would be expected from the disparity in size they also however embark fewer aircraft than them. They do however fulfil a wide gamut of roles other than the traditional carrier role. They have extensive command and medical facilities allowing them to as needed serve as amphibious flagships. They can if the need arises also be converted into commando carriers as the preceding 'Y' class indeed were.
They are expected to be in service until around 2050 if not longer.

Specifications:

'A' Class Guided Missile Aircraft Carrier

• Produced:2003-2009
• In Commission: 2008 Onwards
• Displacement: ~85,000 Tonnes Full Load
• Length: 290.5m WL
• Beam: 41.1m (WL) - 78.1m (FD)
• Draught: 9.6m nominal (Excluding sonar)
• Propulsion: (~150,000 Equivalent SHP to 28kts ~20,000 Equivalent SHP to 20kt Cruise ~7-12MW per EMCAT)
  • 2x K-15 (Or derivatives there of) PWRs operating at ~100MW Ea.
  • 4x MTU 20V4000 (4.3MW Ea.) distributed generator sets for emergency power and charging MAFC banks
• Speed: Cruise:20 knots Sustained: ±28 knots
• Complement and Accommodation: Crew: 700 + Aircrew Permanent Accommodation: 1800 Sealift 250 Troops + equipment
• Endurance: ~90 days before resupply
• Range: Unlimited between refuelling and overhaul cycles.
  
  
• Armament:[/u]
  • 2x 64 cell strike length Mk41 GMVLS [ESSM - ASSLM - Sea Lance - ERAM]
  • 4x Seastreak CIWS mounts
  • 4x Rheinmetall Millennium CIWS mounts
  • 6x Hitrole mounts for M3M (12.7mm) HMGs
  • 4x Centurion dispensers for soft and hard kill countermeasures
  Flight Deck Arrangement:
  Catapult Set-up: 2x 90m EMCATs (One in the waist position and one on the bow on the starboard side) (~12MW Requirements each at full power)
  Deck Parking: Parking spaces for 16x F/A-18E/F sized aircraft whilst allowing flight ops to continue
  Elevators: 2x lifts capable of elevating two F/A-18E/F sized aircraft at a time and 3x weapon / stores lifts
  Arresting gear: 3-wire arrangement with net barricade
  
  ~8,767m^2 Hangar & Maintenance Area

• Aviation:
• 12x F/A-18E <Fleet Defence, FAC + Strike>
• 16x F/A-18F <Stirke>
• 4x E/A-18G <Electronic Warfare>
• 6x Merlin <ASW, ASuW, OTH Targeting + VERTREP>
• 8x Lynx <Plane-Guard, ASW, ASuW + General Duties>
• 4x E-1T <AEW>
• 2x KC-2T <Tanking and COD>
• 4x P-1T <Patrol, ASuW + ASW>
• 2-4x EC-1T (Not usually embarked) - <Electronic Warfare>
  
• F-35C undergoing IFT&E prior to IOC
  
• UCAV testing under-way

Boats and Landing Craft:

• 4x 9m RHIBs for harbour launch duties, search and rescue as well as boarding work

Sensors

• SAMPSON MFR
• 2x APAR derived directors
• Thales UMS-4110 Passive/Active Sonar
• Thales Variant Dual-Role Radar
• Aries-SAAS helicopter approach and control radar
• Distributed EO/IR (Embedded Gatekeeper)
• Various antennae covering various required parts of the HF/VHF/UHF spectrum
• Various SATCOM domes for secure voice, LINK-16/22 etc in the UHF/SHF/EHF spectrum
• Selex ILS system
• Nettuno ECM (P,S,F + A)
• Thales UAT Mod 2 ESM

Regards, Mark.

Truly impressive!

Fantastic job! It sort of reminds me of a much larger and improved Charles de Gaul.

EXCELLENT work BB

Love it - Jolly well done old chap

Excellent work!

Cheers all. I'm quite happy with how it's finally turned out. Part British, part French which is just the combination I wanted.

Vice work with the aircraft carrier, perhaps however the E-1/KC-2/P-1 could be replaced with variants of E-3/C-2. This family could also have an MPA carrier, since E-3 has quite large range.