ENVS Qayyom

ENVS Qayyom

Qayyom
Class overview
Name:	Naheera class
Operators:	Emmiria
Built:	1987–2000
In commission:	2001–present
Planned:	2
Completed:	2
History
Emmiria
Name:	El-Zamani
Namesake:	Kayaad el-Zamani
Operator:	Emmirian Navy
Ordered:	3 February 1986
Builder:	Ayalhani Yards
Laid down:	14 April 1992
Launched:	7 May 1997
Maiden voyage:	11 March 2004
Homeport:	Tarijibar, Emmiria
Status:	In service
General characteristics
Type:	Aircraft carrier
Displacement:	42,500 tonnes (full load)
Length:	261.5 m (858 ft) overall
Beam:	Overall: 64.36 m (211.2 ft) Waterline: 31.5 m (103 ft)
Propulsion:	2 × K15 pressurised water reactors (PWR), 150 MWt each, low-enriched uranium < 20% 2 × steam turbines with a total 61 MW shaft power 4 × diesel-electric 2 × shafts
Speed:	27 knots (50 km/h)
Range:	Unlimited
Endurance:	45 days of food
Capacity:	800 commandos, 500 tonnes of ammunition
Complement:	Ship's company: 1,350 Air wing: 600
Sensors and processing systems:	DRBJ 11 B tridimensional air search radar Thales SMART-S MK2 (replacing DRBJ 11B)
Armament:	4 × 8 cell A-43 Sylver launchers carrying the Ostiff 15 surface-to-air missile. 8 × 20F2 20 mm cannons
Aircraft carried:	30–40 aircraft, including 30 Kowsir 2 (standard) 4 Z-11 Eagle

The ENVS Qayyom is the second of two Naheera-class nuclear aircraft carriers in the Emmirian Navy. The ship, commissioned in 2004, is the eleventh Emmirian aircraft carrier and second Emmirian nuclear-powered surface vessel. Her sister ship, the ENVS El-Zamani, was launched in 2001. She is named after Emmirian statesman and World War general Nasim Qayyom. The ship carries a complement of Kowsir 2 and Z-11 Eagle aircraft for combat search and rescue, as well as modern electronics and missiles. She is a CATOBAR-type carrier that uses two 75 m C13‑3 steam catapults of a shorter version of the catapult system installed on the Zamastanian Talon-class nuclear aircraft carrier, one catapult at the bow and one across the front of the landing area.