Yonne-class carrier

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Class overview
Operators:  Sieuxerr
Preceded by:
Succeeded by: Painlevé-class
Built: 1942-1952
In service: 1946-1999
Planned: 2
Completed: 2
Retired: 2
General characteristics
Type: Fleet carrier
Displacement: 26,000 t
Length: 240 m
Beam: 37 m
Draught: 8.7 m
Propulsion:
  • 100,000 kW
  • 8 × boilers
  • 4 × propellers
  • 2 × rudders
Speed: 31 knots (57 km/h)
Range: 13,000 nm (24,000 km)
Complement: 2,000
Armament:
  • Yonne as commissioned:
  • 4 × twin 130 mm dual-purpose guns
  • 8 × twin 37 mm ACAD AA gun
  • 16 × twin 25 mm AA guns
  • Savoie as commissioned:
  • 4 × twin 130 mm dual-purpose guns
  • 4 × single 100 mm dual-purpose guns
  • 8 × twin 57mm AA gun
Armor:
  • Belt: 100 mm (3.9 in)
  • Deck: 60 mm (2.4 in)
  • Gun turrets: 20 mm (0.79 in)
Aircraft carried:
Aviation facilities: 2 catapults, 2 lifts

The Yonne-class carriers were a series of aircraft carriers used by the Sieuxerrian Navy. They were built in the later years of the Pan-Septentrion War and commissioned in the years after. They were the first purpose-designed carriers used by the Sieuxerrian Navy, with the previous carriers having been converted from battleships and battlecruisers. Both ships would undergo a number of refits and modernizations over their period of service and while in the same class with a number of similiarities, experiences from one ship influenced the other during such modernizations and refits.