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Post subject: A Class CVGN

Posted: January 3rd, 2015, 4:45 pm

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Joined: July 27th, 2010, 9:15 am
Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom

Oh look, no funnels...

After deliberation between myself and the council of elders I've decided that a conventional power-installation is untenable for my CONOPS ergo behold a CVGN to replace the now obsolete CVG drawing!

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Abstract:
The A class aircraft carriers are the largest surface combatants in use in with and indeed ever designed for the Royal Galenic navy. They are replacements for the preceding 'Z' Class of carriers (Improved Forrestal / JFK) built between 1960 and1965) - (TGL Zealous, Zephyr, Zodiac and Zulu).
Compared to their predecessors they have much reduced manning requirements but as would be expected from the disparity in size they also however embark fewer aircraft than them. They do however fulfil a wide gamut of roles other than the traditional carrier role. They have extensive command and medical facilities allowing them to as needed serve as amphibious flagships. They can if the need arises also be converted into commando carriers as the preceding 'Y' class indeed were.
They are expected to be in service until around 2050 if not longer.

Specifications:

'A' Class Guided Missile Aircraft Carrier

Produced:2003-2009
In Commission: 2008 Onwards
Displacement: ~85,000 Tonnes Full Load
Length: 290.5m WL
Beam: 41.1m (WL) - 78.1m (FD)
Draught: 9.6m nominal (Excluding sonar)
Propulsion: (~150,000 Equivalent SHP to 28kts ~20,000 Equivalent SHP to 20kt Cruise ~7-12MW per EMCAT)
- 2x K-15 (Or derivatives there of) PWRs operating at ~100MW Ea.
- 4x MTU 20V4000 (4.3MW Ea.) distributed generator sets for emergency power and charging MAFC banks
Speed: Cruise:20 knots Sustained: ±28 knots
Complement and Accommodation: Crew: 700 + Aircrew Permanent Accommodation: 1800 Sealift 250 Troops + equipment
Endurance: ~90 days before resupply
Range: Unlimited between refuelling and overhaul cycles.
Armament:[/u]
- 2x 64 cell strike length Mk41 GMVLS [ESSM - ASSLM - Sea Lance - ERAM]
- 4x Seastreak CIWS mounts
- 4x Rheinmetall Millennium CIWS mounts
- 6x Hitrole mounts for M3M (12.7mm) HMGs
- 4x Centurion dispensers for soft and hard kill countermeasures
Flight Deck Arrangement:
Catapult Set-up: 2x 90m EMCATs (One in the waist position and one on the bow on the starboard side) (~12MW Requirements each at full power)
Deck Parking: Parking spaces for 16x F/A-18E/F sized aircraft whilst allowing flight ops to continue
Elevators: 2x lifts capable of elevating two F/A-18E/F sized aircraft at a time and 3x weapon / stores lifts
Arresting gear: 3-wire arrangement with net barricade

~8,767m^2 Hangar & Maintenance Area

Aviation:
12x F/A-18E <Fleet Defence, FAC + Strike>
16x F/A-18F <Stirke>
4x E/A-18G <Electronic Warfare>
6x Merlin <ASW, ASuW, OTH Targeting + VERTREP>
8x Lynx <Plane-Guard, ASW, ASuW + General Duties>
4x E-1T <AEW>
2x KC-2T <Tanking and COD>
4x P-1T <Patrol, ASuW + ASW>
2-4x EC-1T (Not usually embarked) - <Electronic Warfare>
F-35C undergoing IFT&E prior to IOC
UCAV testing under-way

Boats and Landing Craft:

4x 9m RHIBs for harbour launch duties, search and rescue as well as boarding work

Sensors

SAMPSON MFR
2x APAR derived directors
Thales UMS-4110 Passive/Active Sonar
Thales Variant Dual-Role Radar
Aries-SAAS helicopter approach and control radar
Distributed EO/IR (Embedded Gatekeeper)
Various antennae covering various required parts of the HF/VHF/UHF spectrum
Various SATCOM domes for secure voice, LINK-16/22 etc in the UHF/SHF/EHF spectrum
Selex ILS system
Nettuno ECM (P,S,F + A)
Thales UAT Mod 2 ESM

Regards, Mark.

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