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The '''QWS Arsenio Fontes''' is the second ship of the Vasso-class of aircraft carriers in the [[Quetanan Navy]]. Capable of carrying 60 aircraft including fixed wing, rotary wing and autonomous vehicles, she is named in honor of [[Arsenio Fontes]], the 14th [[President of Quetana]] and an admiral of the Quetanan Navy. She was ordered in 2017, launched and commissioned in 2023. The development and construction of the ''Arsenio Fontes'' was delayed multiple times, as the [[National Assembly of Quetana]] frequently debated military spending and necessity for aircraft carriers when the navy had often been suplemented or supported by [[Zamastan]]ian [[Talon-class nuclear aircraft carrier]]. | The '''QWS Arsenio Fontes''' is the second ship of the Vasso-class of aircraft carriers in the [[Quetanan Navy]], joining the [[QWS Nicolau Silvestre]]. Capable of carrying 60 aircraft including fixed wing, rotary wing and autonomous vehicles, she is named in honor of [[Arsenio Fontes]], the 14th [[President of Quetana]] and an admiral of the Quetanan Navy. She was ordered in 2017, launched and commissioned in 2023. The development and construction of the ''Arsenio Fontes'' was delayed multiple times, as the [[National Assembly of Quetana]] frequently debated military spending and necessity for aircraft carriers when the navy had often been suplemented or supported by [[Zamastan]]ian [[Talon-class nuclear aircraft carrier]]. | ||
==Design and construction== | ==Design and construction== | ||
Latest revision as of 00:36, 15 October 2023
_during_their_airborne_change_of_command_ceremony.jpg) 2 Quetanan Navy Z-11 Eagles fly over QWS Arsenio Fontes, October 2023
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| Name: | QWS Arsenio Fontes |
| Namesake: | Arsenio Fontes |
| Operator: | Quetanan Navy |
| Ordered: | 10 April 2017 |
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| Commissioned: | 14 October 2023 |
| In service: | 2023 |
| Homeport: | QNB Ledua |
| Motto: | Semper Eadem ("Always the Same") |
| Status: | In active service |
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| Class and type: | Vasso-class aircraft carrier |
| Type: | Aircraft supercarrier |
| Displacement: | 65,000 tonnes (64,000 long tons; 72,000 short tons)< |
| Length: | 280 m (920 ft) |
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39 m (128 ft) (waterline) 73 m (240 ft) overall |
| Draught: | 11 m (36 ft) |
| Decks: | 9 decks below the flight deck |
| Propulsion: | Integrated electric propulsion powered by two Marine 36 MW MT30 gas turbine alternators and four 10 MW diesel engines |
| Speed: | 32 knots (59 km/h) |
| Range: | 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km) |
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| Capacity: | 1,600 |
| Troops: | 250 |
| Complement: | 679 |
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The QWS Arsenio Fontes is the second ship of the Vasso-class of aircraft carriers in the Quetanan Navy, joining the QWS Nicolau Silvestre. Capable of carrying 60 aircraft including fixed wing, rotary wing and autonomous vehicles, she is named in honor of Arsenio Fontes, the 14th President of Quetana and an admiral of the Quetanan Navy. She was ordered in 2017, launched and commissioned in 2023. The development and construction of the Arsenio Fontes was delayed multiple times, as the National Assembly of Quetana frequently debated military spending and necessity for aircraft carriers when the navy had often been suplemented or supported by Zamastanian Talon-class nuclear aircraft carrier.