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  • 2008    


    Aircraft Carrier V STOL Cavour class

    Specifications

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    30000full load (tn)
    244length (m)
    39beam (m)
    8.70draught (m)
    7000range (nm)
    29max speed (knots)
    4Naval Engine gas turbine - General Electric LM2500
    2Naval Gun Oto Melara 76 mm
    2Naval Radar fire direction radar Selenia Orion RTN-25X

    Aircraft

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        Typical Max
    IT Italian Navy AW EH101 120
    IT Italian Navy NHI NH90 NFH 00
    IT Italian Navy Agusta AB212 00

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    Shipyards

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    IT Fincantieri Riva Trigoso - Sestri Levante1


    List of Ships

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    ITItalian Navy550Conte di CavourIASM2008--





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    Events

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    2001-jul-17Laid downIT 550 Conte di Cavour
    2004-jul-20LaunchedIT 550 Conte di Cavour
    2008-mar-27CommissionedIT 550 Conte di Cavour
    2009-junHomeportIT 550 Conte di Cavour La Spezia
    2010-janDeploymentIT 550 Conte di Cavour Operation Panlake despatched to Haiti as part of Operation White Crane, the clean up operation following the Jan 2010 Haiti earthquake
    2015-jun-26DeploymentIT 550 Conte di Cavour Operation Sophia First flagship ov the operation with 2 EH 101 helicopters for one year till june 2016 relieved by the other italian Aircraft Carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi
    2016-oct-3DeploymentIT 550 Conte di Cavour Exercise Emerald Move 2016 Participated in Tyrrhenian Sea exercise
    2021-feb-15TrialsIT 550 Conte di Cavour F35-B trials
    2021-mar-20TrialsIT 550 Conte di Cavour F-35B qualifications off US east coast with USS Gerald R Ford until 27 Mar.






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