Scanrúil-class aircraft carrier

Class overview
Name:	Scanrúil-class
Operators:	Royal Ossorian Navy
Preceded by:	Tiomanta-class
Built:	1980 - 2000
In commission:	1985 - Present
Planned:	7
Completed:	7
Active:	7
General characteristics
Type:	Aircraft carrier
Displacement:	84,500 t standard
Length:	317 meters (waterline) 333 meters (overall)
Beam:	41 meters (waterline) 77 meters (overall)
Draught:	11 meters
Propulsion:	2 × LFTRs 4 × steam turbines 4 × screws
Speed:	+30 kts
Range:	Unlimited
Complement:	5,700
Sensors and processing systems:	Type 30-CS air search radar Type 31-CF surface search radar Type 32-CA fire control search radar
Electronic warfare & decoys:	ECM suite
Armament:	8 × Tabhall CIWS 4 × DSD-4C 8-cell surface-to-air missile launchers 2 × DSD-6C 21-cell surface-to-air missile launchers
Armor:	70 mm Kevlar
Aircraft carried:	86

The Scanrúil-class is the currently-active class of seven aircraft carriers built for Royal Ossorian Navy starting in 1980. The class is comprised of the ships Scanrúil, Neamheaglach, Buacach, Dúshlánach, Cáiliúil, Treallúsach, Dochloíte, and Rathúil.

Design

General characteristics

The Scanrúil-class ships have an overall length of 333 m, a beam of 41 meters at the waterline and 77 meters at the extremities, and a draught of 11 m. The ships displace approximately 106,000 t at standard load. Each of the ships' four sets of geared steam turbines drive one 5-bladed propeller and are powered by a pair of liquid fluoride thorium reactors and are rated at 280,000 shaft horsepower. This gives the Scanrúil-class a speed of in excess of 30 knots.

Flight deck and hangar

The Scanrúil-class ships have an armored flight deck which is 333 m long. The class is fitted with an enclosed hangar, an angled flight deck, arrestor gear, and four compressed steam catapults. Four deck-edge elevators (three starbord and one portside) allow aircraft to be transferred between the hangar and the flight deck. The ships' aircraft capacity is rated at 90 aircraft, but the typical Carrier Air Wing consists of no more than 86 aircraft. The ships' crew totals 5,700 officers and ratings.

Carrier Air Wing

The standard Carrier Air Wing is comprised of the following:

• Four Strike Fighter Squadrons, comprised of twelve T-35 Séideán swingrole fighters each, typically two squadrons each of T-35Cs (single-seat) and T-35Ds (two-seat).
• One Electronic Attack Squadron, comprised of six TL-35D electronic warfare aircraft.
• One Airborne Early Warning Squadron, comprised of six airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft.
• One Maritime Support Squadron, comprised of twelve H-24 Ellyll tiltrotor aircraft.
• One Maritime Strike Squadron, comprised of twelve maritime helicopters.
• A Fleet Logistics Support Element, comprised of two carrier onboard delivery (COD) aircraft.

Ships

Ship	Translation	Hull Number	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
Scanrúil	"Formidable"	IAC 67	HRM Dockyard, Cléire	1980	1983	1985
Neamheaglach	"Dauntless"	IAC 68	HRM Dockyard, Cléire	1983	1986	1988
Buacach	"Victorious"	IAC 69	HRM Dockyard, Cléire	1986	1989	1991
Dúshlánach	"Defiant"	IAC 70	HRM Dockyard, Cléire	1986	1989	1991
Cáiliúil	"Illustrious"	IAC 71	HRM Dockyard, Cléire	1989	1992	1994
Treallúsach	"Irascible"	IAC 72	HRM Dockyard, Cléire	1992	1995	1997
Dochloíte	"Indefatigable"	IAC 73	HRM Dockyard, Cléire	1995	1998	2000
Rathúil	"Auspicious"	IAC 73	HRM Dockyard, Cléire	1998	2001	2003