Italian aircraft carrier Cavour
Cavour
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History | |
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Italy | |
Name | Cavour[1] |
Namesake | Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour |
Ordered | 22 November 2000 |
Builder | Fincantieri |
Cost | €1.39 billion (2010) |
Laid down | 17 July 2001 |
Launched | 20 July 2004 |
Commissioned | 27 March 2008 |
In service | 10 June 2009 |
Homeport | Taranto |
Identification | Pennant number: 550 |
Motto | In arduis servare mentem |
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Type | Aircraft carrier |
Displacement | 27,100 metric tons (26,700 long tons)[2] (30,000 MT full load)[3] |
Length | – 244 m (800 ft 6 in) LOA[4] |
Beam |
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Draught | 8.7 m (28 ft 7 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | +29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) (Max sustained speed, 85% MCR) |
Range | 7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Complement |
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Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried |
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Notes | 4 LCVP |
Cavour (Italian: portaerei Cavour) is an Italian aircraft carrier launched in 2004. She is the flagship of the Italian Navy.
Design
The ship is designed to combine fixed-wing V/STOL and helicopter air operations, command and control operations, and the transport of military or civil personnel and heavy vehicles. The 134 m (440 ft), 2,800 m2 (30,000 sq ft) hangar space can double as a vehicle hold capable of holding up to 24 main battle tanks (typically Ariete) or many more lighter vehicles (50 Dardo IFV, 100+ Iveco LMV), and is fitted aft with access ramps rated to 70 tons, as well as two elevators rated up to 30 tons for aircraft. Cavour can also operate as landing platform helicopter, accommodating heavy transport helicopters (AgustaWestland UH-101A ASH) and 325 marines (91 more, on option).[8] The Cavour has a displacement of 27,900 tons but can reach more than 30,000 tons at full military capacity.[2]
It complements the Italian Navy's other aircraft carrier, the Giuseppe Garibaldi.
The Italian Navy will replace its 16
Construction
Cavour was
Service history
On 19 January 2010, Cavour was dispatched to Haiti as part of
It was reported that modernization works on Cavour has been completed. In May 2020, it was announced the Italian aircraft carrier would undertake a preparatory training before sailing to the U.S. where the ship would conduct trials with the
In February 2022, she was part of interoperability training operations with the American carrier Harry S. Truman and the French carrier Charles de Gaulle in the lead up to the Russo-Ukrainian War.[20]
See also
- List of naval ship classes in service
- Italian landing helicopter dock Trieste
- Italian Naval Aviation
References
- ^ "Cavour – Marina Militare". Marina.difesa.it. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ a b "The world's largest and most powerful aircraft carriers, in pictures". 23 March 2015 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "The 10 biggest aircraft carriers – Naval Technology". 5 July 2017.
- ^ "Cavour Class". Fincantieri.com. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ "Cavour Aircraft Carrier, Italy". Naval-technology.com. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ a b c "Finmeccanica on board of Cavour – Detail – Finmeccanica Naval Capabilities". finmeccanica.com. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ^ "Griffon Subsidiary Announces $3.6 Million Contract Award from Italian Navy for Aircraft Carrier Landing System; Telephonics Continues Expansion into European Markets". Business Wire. 13 September 2004. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ Michele Cosentino (2010). "Dal Garibaldi al Cavour" [From Garibaldi to Cavour] (PDF). Rivista Marittima-Luglio (in Italian). pp. 43–56. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ^ a b Nativi, Andy; Menon, Jay; Sweetman, Bill (5 April 2012). "Navies Worldwide Invest In Sea-Based Airpower". Aviation Week.
- ^ "Italian Navy Launches Conte di Cavour-Class Carrier". Sea Power. 1 September 2004. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Photostory: Portaerei Cavour, gli aiuti per Haiti" (in Italian). ANSA. 4 February 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ "La portaerei Cavour pronta a partire per Haiti" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 16 January 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ "The aircraft carrier ITS Cavour started Sea Trials to achieve her "Ready For Operation" certification". Marina Militaire. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ "Italian Navy Capt. Giancarlo Ciappina, commanding officer, Italian aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (CVH 550)". DVIDS. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- ^ "USS Gerald R. Ford Completes another Independent Steaming Event – Shock Trials are Next". Naval News. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- ^ Reim, Garrett (26 March 2021). "F-35B completes sea trials on Italian aircraft carrier ITS Cavour". Flight Global. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ "Italian Navy Cavour aircraft carrier is back in Italy ready for operational deployment with F-35B". Navy recognition. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "F-35B lands on Italian carrier for the first time". UK Defence Journal. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ "NATO Allies Exercise Interoperability In The Mediterranean Sea". 6 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
Sources
- Cosentino, Michael (2014). "Cavour: A Multi-Role Aircraft Carrier for the Italian Navy". In Jordan, John (ed.). Warship 2014. London: Conway. pp. 93–111. ISBN 978-1-84486-236-8.
External links
- Aircraft Carrier Cavour Marina Militare website