RBNS Grizzly

RBNS Grizzly

RBNS Grizzly entering port at Zouterhem in 2009
History
Beatavic
Name:	Grizzly
Laid down:	27 December 1963
Launched:	21 May 1965
Commissioned:	29 April 1966
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 RBNS Grizzly, formerly known as the ZMS Passereau, is the flagship of the Beatavician Navy. She is a Hamilton-class aircraft carrier which was originally launched in 1965. The ship under the name of ZMS Passereau served in the Zamastanian Naval Forces from 1966-1988, and was sold to the Beatavician government in 1989 where it was renamed the RBNS Grizzly.