SPS Carlos III (R-21)
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The ESPS Carlos III (R-21) is an aircraft carrier designed by Naval Group and Navantia that has been in service in the Spanish Navy from 2016 onwards.
Specifications[edit | edit source]
- Type: Aircraft Carrier
- Service Period: 2016-
- Characteristics:
- Length: 858 feet (261.52 meters)
- Beam (Waterline): 104 feet (31.7 meters)
- Beam (Flight Deck): 212 feet (64.62 meters)
- Draft: 31 feet (9.45 meters)
- Displacement: 27,000 tons (Standard)
- Crew: 2000
- Propulsion: 4 x gas turbines, 4 x shafts, 164,000 shp
- Range: 8,000 nautical miles (14,816 kilometers) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
- Speed: 30+ knots (55.56 km/h)
- Sensor Suite:
- LANZA-N 3D Air Search Radar
- ARIES-Nav Surface Search Radar
- ARIES-SAAS Secondary Radar
- ARIES-PAR Aircraft Approach Radar
- Countermeasures:
- Rigel ECCM Suite
- Armament:
- 4 x Sylver A43 8-cell VLS
- 4 x Oerlikon Millennium 35mm/228-caliber CIWS
- Aircraft Carried: 40 fixed wing aircraft and helicopters
- Aviation Facilities: 2 x electromagnetic catapults