Icarus-class fleet carrier

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HHS Illustrious (CVA-02)
Class overview
Name: Icarus Class Fleet Carrier
Builders: Arthuristan Dynamics
Operators: Commonwealth Navy, Afalian Royal Navy
Preceded by: Venerable class
Succeeded by: Vengeance-class fleet carrier
Completed: 2
Active: 1
Retired: 1
General characteristics
Type: Fleet Carrier
Displacement: 54,000-65,000 tonnes
Length: 282m
Beam: 56m
Draught: 10m
Propulsion: 6 × boilers, 3 shafts, 135,000 hp shp
Speed: In excess of 30kn
Complement: 3,250
Sensors and
processing systems:
As of 1990: Type 1022 3D Air Search radar, Type 996 medium-range radar, navigation radar
Armament: Present configuration: 4 × Phalanx CIWS, 4x 12.7mm twin mounts
Armour: armoured flight deck, aluminium shrapnel sheets, kevlar spall liners
Aircraft carried: 60-90

The Icarus Class is a class of fleet carriers of the Commonwealth Navy. They were built in early- to mid-70's as a replacement for the Audacious-class aircraft carriers of late-40s vintage. The designers originally planned for a 70,000 tonnes nuclear-powered medium carrier, although cost considerations forced them to scale back. The Icarus formed the backbone of Arthuristan ocean-going naval power for the more than forty years until they were, in turn, gradually replaced from the late-2010s by the Vengeance-class fleet carrier.

Vessels of the class were continuously upgraded during their service life. Their self-defence armament included four Sea Cat launchers for point defence. The ineffectual Sea Cat was replaced by the Phalanx CIWS in the 1980s. Their original Type-965P and Type-992 radar sets were exchanged for Type-1022 and Type-996 respectively in the 1980's.

The Icarus Class is being replaced by the Vengeance-class fleet carrier. Of the ships of the class.

Typical air groups

1960s

1980s

2010s

Vessels list

  • Icarus (retired)
  • Illustrious