Tito Tauro-class aircraft carrier

ENS Tito Tauro
Class overview
Name:	Tito Tauro class aircraft carrier
Builders:	Vasari Solutions
Operators:	United Etrurian Navy
Preceded by:	Aurelio Adriano-class
Completed:	2
Active:	2
General characteristics
Type:	fleet carrier
Displacement:	76,000 tonnes
Length:	309m
Beam:	60m
Draught:	11m
Propulsion:	Integrated electric propulsion: 4x Vasari Solutions DE850 gas turbines (50,000 shp each), 4x Farelli Tridenta diesel engines (15,600 shp each), 4x Vasari Solutions Stallione 20MW electric motors, 4 shafts
Speed:	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range:	13,500 nautical miles (25,000 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Endurance:	45 days
Complement:	1,980 crew 646 air group 40 flag staff 3,857 rooms
Sensors and processing systems:	Type 101 3D radar, V26R volume search radar, IRST
Armament:	3 × Type 1130 CIWS 3 × HQ-10 (18 Cell Missile system)
Armour:	steel shrapnel sheets, kevlar spall liners
Aircraft carried:	60-80, 4 x EMALS catapults, 4 x elevators

The Tito Tauro-class is the newest fleet carrier design of the United Etrurian navy. It replaced the older and smaller Aurelio Adriano class, which has served since the mid-70s. They are some of the largest and most powerful conventional-powered aircraft carriers in the world, utilising an innovative Integrated electric propulsion system, providing excellent cruise range and fuel economy while avoiding the high costs involved with the use of nuclear propulsion. Vessels of the class are projected to have service lives of up to 50 years and were engineered to be capable of integrating new upgrades in a straightforward fashion throughout the period. Displacing at more than 90,000 tonnes loaded, the Tito Tauro is a substantially larger vessel, capable of deploying between 38-50 fast jets. It carries four electro-magnetic catapults and four aircraft elevators.

The class is named after the legendary ancient Vespasian admiral, Titus Taurus.

Typical carrier air group load

• 38-50 x V-M3, RE-H2 or V-M4
• 8 x Faverra D-20
• 2 x Faverra D-19

Ships in class

Navy	Name	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Status
United Etrurian Navy	Tito Tauro	2006	2009	2011	Active
United Etrurian Navy	Atilio Quinzio Flaminino	2008	2011	2013	Active