Conte di Cavour 550

Cavour class - CVS - Aircraft Carrier V STOL

Events

History of Conte di Cavour 550

2001-jul-17	Laid down	Laid down
2004-jul-20	Launched	Launched
2008-mar-27	Commissioned	Commissioned
2009-jun	Homeport	Homeport La Spezia
2010-jan	Deployment	Deployment Port au Prince Operation White Crane Operation Panlake despatched to Haiti as part of Operation White Crane, the clean up operation following the Jan 2010 Haiti earthquake
2015-jun-26	Deployment	Deployment 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-03	Deployment	Deployment ERMO 16 Exercise Emerald Move 2016 Participated in Tyrrhenian Sea exercise
2021-feb-15	Trials	Trials NS Norfolk F35-B trials
2021-mar-20	Trials	Trials F-35B qualifications off US east coast with USS Gerald R Ford until 27 Mar.