Nelson-class Helicopter Carrier

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FN Nelson
Class overview
Name: Nelson class
Builders: TNC, Bradford Shipyard, AMDC
Operators:  Thalassic Federation
Built: 2012-2017
In commission: 2015-present
Planned: 4
Building: 1
Completed: 2
Active: 2
General characteristics
Type: Helicopter carrier
Displacement:
  • 19,500 tonnes empty
  • 27,000 tons full load
Length: 248 m (813 ft 8 in)
Beam: 38 m (124 ft 8 in)
Draft: 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Depth: 33.5 m (109 ft 11 in)
Installed power: 134,100 hp (100,000 kW)
Propulsion:
  • Combined gas turbine and gas turbine, two shafts
  • 4 × gas turbine
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement: 970 including crew and air wing
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • ATECS (advanced technology command system)
  • TBA combat direction system
  • TBA AESA radar
  • TBA surface-search radar
  • TBA bow sonar
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
  • EW suite
  • Wirraw missile decoy
  • Rapid Bloom Chaff
  • Anti-torpedo mobile decoy (MOD)
  • Floating acoustic jammer (FAJ)
Armament:
  • 2 × 20mm CIWS
  • 2 × SeaRAM CIWS
Aircraft carried:
  • 7 ASW helicopters and 2 SAR helicopters
  • 12 or more Sparrowhawk
  • 28 aircraft V/STOL maximum

The Nelson-class Helicopter Carrier or 2015DLFC are helicopter and VTOL carriers in service with the Thalassic Federation Navy (TFN).