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Revision as of 01:25, 28 December 2019

Hibernia-class aircraft carrierWarning: Display title "<i>Hibernia</i>-class aircraft carrier" overrides earlier display title "Hibernia-class aircraft carrier".
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HMS Alba during sea trials (2018)
Class overview
Name: Hibernia-class aircraft carrier
Builders: Vesper Group Maritime Systems
Operators: Royal Emmerian Navy
Preceded by: Queen Catherine-class
Cost: $7.79 billion per unit (including R&D costs, in 2019 OFD)
Built: 2000-
In service: 2007-
Planned: 4
Completed: 4
Active: 4
General characteristics
Type: Aircraft carrier
Displacement: 89,400 tonnes (full)
Length:
  • Overall: 298.7 m (980 ft)
  • Waterline: 302 m (991 ft)
Beam:
  • Overall: 73.15 m (240 ft)
  • Waterline: 39.01 m (128 ft)
Draft: 10.97 m (36 ft)
Installed power: 2 x Horizon A5H nuclear reactors each producing 575 MW (1150 MW total)
Propulsion:
  • Steam turbines, four shafts
  • 290,000 shp (216 MW)
Speed: 35 knots (65 km/h)
Range: Unlimited
Complement: 2,100 sailors and 1,300 air crew
Crew: 3,400 total
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Vectris S1850M Long Range Radar
  • HAe Systems Type 997 Intermediate Naval Search Radar (INSR)
Armament:
  • 2 × 16-cell GWS.30 L-43 VLS with Aster 15 or quad-packed CAMM/CAMM-ER
  • 4 x 30mm DS30M Mk.2 autocannons
  • 3 x 20mm Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried:
  • 60~80 fixed, rotary wing and unmanned aircraft
    • 20~30 F-35C Lightnings (stealth multi-role fighter)
    • 12~24 Chimera FN.6 (multi-role strike fighter)
    • 4~6 Chimera ECR (electronic warfare)
    • 4 E-2D Hawkeye (AWACS)
    • 8 S-3K Vikings (fixed-wing ASW)
    • 6 AW101 Merlin (ASW/SAR)
    • 3 V-22 Ospreys or S-3K Vikings (COD)
Aviation facilities:
  • Angled arrested flight deck
  • 3 x steam catapults