KMP Kapena Aukai

KMP Kapena Aukai

KMP Kapena Aukai underway in the Cantalle Ocean, 2005
History
Kalea
Name:	Kapena Aukai
Laid down:	27 December 1964
Launched:	21 May 1967
Commissioned:	29 April 1967
General characteristics
Class and type:	Hamilton-class
Displacement:	61,351 long tons (62,335 t) standard 81,985 long tons (83,301 t) full load
Length:	1,068.9 ft (325.8 m) LOA
Beam:	282 ft (86 m) extreme 130 ft (40 m) waterline
Draft:	38 ft (12 m)
Propulsion:	Geared steam turbines, eight steam boilers, four shafts; 280,000 shp (210 MW)
Speed:	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Complement:	5,624 officers and men
Armament:	Surface-to-air missiles, 2 RAM, 2 CIWS Automated Anti-Missile/Aircraft Defenses
Aircraft carried:	85 Typical 2000 air wing (70 aircraft): 40 fighter-bombers, 4 combat EW, 4 AEW, 5 helicopters, 1 carrier on-board delivery

The KMP Kapena Aukai, formerly known as the ZMS Thiers, is a Hamilton-class aircraft carrier in service with the Kalean Maritime Patrol. Originally launched in 1967, the then-ZMS Thiers served in the Zamastanian Naval Forces until she was sold to the Kalean government in 1987 and was renamed Kapena Aukai, meaning "Captain of the Seas".

History

Service in Kalea

Kapena Aukai was deployed off the coast of Zalluabed during Operation Afton in December 2023.