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The '''QWS Nicholau Silvestre''' is the lead ship of the Vasso-class of aircraft carriers and the Fleet Flagship of the [[Quetanan Navy]]. Capable of carrying 60 aircraft including fixed wing, rotary wing and autonomous vehicles, she is named in honor of [[Nicholau Silvestre]], the second [[President of Quetana]] and an admiral of the Quetanan Navy who served in the [[1910 Quetana Revolution]]. She was ordered in 2007, launched in 2010, and commissioned in 2013. She was initially launched as the first of two Vasso-class carriers, but the [[National Assembly of Quetana|National Assembly]] cut military budget to ensure only one would be built. She replaced the only other aircraft carrier in the Navy, the QWS Gieu Arnauda, which was decommissioned and scrapped in 2014. | The '''QWS Nicholau Silvestre''' is the lead ship of the Vasso-class of aircraft carriers and the Fleet Flagship of the [[Quetanan Navy]]. Capable of carrying 60 aircraft including fixed wing, rotary wing and autonomous vehicles, she is named in honor of [[Nicholau Silvestre]], the second [[President of Quetana]] and an admiral of the Quetanan Navy who served in the [[1910 Quetana Revolution]]. She was ordered in 2007, launched in 2010, and commissioned in 2013. She was initially launched as the first of two Vasso-class carriers, but the [[National Assembly of Quetana|National Assembly]] cut military budget to ensure only one would be built. She replaced the only other aircraft carrier in the Navy, the QWS Gieu Arnauda, which was decommissioned and scrapped in 2014. A sister ship, the [[QWS Arsenio Fontes]], was launched on October 14th, 2023. | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:25, 15 October 2023
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| Name: | QWS Nicolau Silvestre |
| Namesake: | Nicolau Silvestre |
| Operator: | Quetanan Navy |
| Ordered: | 10 April 2007 |
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| Laid down: | 7 July 2008 |
| Launched: | 17 July 2010 |
| Christened: | 4 July 2012 |
| Commissioned: | 7 December 2013 |
| In service: | 2013 |
| Homeport: | QNB Vongane |
| 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 Nicholau Silvestre is the lead ship of the Vasso-class of aircraft carriers and the Fleet Flagship of the Quetanan Navy. Capable of carrying 60 aircraft including fixed wing, rotary wing and autonomous vehicles, she is named in honor of Nicholau Silvestre, the second President of Quetana and an admiral of the Quetanan Navy who served in the 1910 Quetana Revolution. She was ordered in 2007, launched in 2010, and commissioned in 2013. She was initially launched as the first of two Vasso-class carriers, but the National Assembly cut military budget to ensure only one would be built. She replaced the only other aircraft carrier in the Navy, the QWS Gieu Arnauda, which was decommissioned and scrapped in 2014. A sister ship, the QWS Arsenio Fontes, was launched on October 14th, 2023.