Photos Aircraft Carriers

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Royal Army Auster on HMS Centaur :

 

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PLAN
The Fujian, the third Chinese aircraft carrier, undergoes outfitting and mooring trials in Shanghai in early 2023. It has since continued its fitting out and notably recently tested its electromegnatic catapults. (Twitter photo)
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Lots of problems with Fujian if reports are accurate. The hull leaks due to the use of low grade Chinese steel. The electromagnetic cats have a lot of problems, one being that they can't modulate their power, being only able to launch at full power, something that will quickly destroy aircraft air frames. The EM cats were a late added afterthought to the original design. Also it it is conventionally powered and adding EM cats eats huge amounts of electricity - no problem in a nuclear powered carrier.


I'm not sure these basic flaws can ever be corrected. This could be destined to become a pier queen.

 

[Redav]

The first MOD model of the Invincible class "through-deck cruiser" from 1972. Note the absence of the ski jump, which would be proposed by Lt. Cmdr Taylor in 1973.

Note also the Exocet box launchers which didn't make it to the final design and the Type 965 radar located on a mast further aft.

There is a slight angle to the runway and no blast deflector for the Seadart missile system.

 

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HMS Prince of Wales

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WELCOME TO FLORIDA!🇬🇧⚓️🌴 The Royal Navy’s newest and largest aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales (RO9), has arrived in Mayport for its inaugural visit to the USA!🇺🇸 #Mayport #HMSPrinceofWales...

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804 squadron Hellcat MkII's aboard Ruler class escort carrier HMS Ameer (D01), (ex USS Baffins (CVE-35)) with their engines running, await their turn to taxi to the ship’s catapult for take-off. Pacific Ocean

 

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Netherlands
Karel Doorman Carrier - R81

 

[BravoZulu]

Type 002 aircraft carrier Shandong (17) with Shenyang J-15's

 

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Majestic class light fleet carrier HMAS Melbourne (R21) on RAS approach whilst en route to Indian Ocean deployment. Photographed from Tide-class replenishment oiler HMAS Supply (AO195) September 8, 1980

 

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Aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi (C 551) with nine AV-8B Harrier II and one Sea King in the flight deck. Astern is San Giorgio-class LPD San Giusto (L 9894) and a Stromboli-class oiler on the starboard quarter, 2016

 

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Nimitz class carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) on builder's trials, James River, 30 July 1977

 

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Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) and HMS Prince of Wales (R09) together in The Channel, 19 May 2021

 

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Aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi (C 551) with nine AV-8B Harrier II and one Sea King in the flight deck. Astern is San Giorgio-class LPD San Giusto (L 9894) and a Stromboli-class oiler on the starboard quarter, 2016

I think the Garibaldi looks a bit Soviet, with its big island, its star at the front and its 551 in red !

 

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Italy

A nice photo of the Italian aircraft carrier Aquila in drydock at Genoa in 1942. She is in the process of having her screws installed.

Aquila's powerplant was taken from two unfinished Capitani Romani class cruisers (Paolo Emilio and Cornelio Silla). Interestingly, the powerplant was reduced in performance for installation board Aquila. Each Capitani Romani class cruiser could produce 110,000shp or 55,000shp per shaft (via one turbine and two boilers). However, Aquila was designed for a top speed of 30 knots. Calculations showed that 151,000shp was sufficient to achieve this goal. For this reason, the powerplant was derated slightly, reduced from 55,000shp per shaft to roughly 37,750shp.

Some early publications claimed that the screws of the Capitani Romani class were carried over to Aquila as well. However, more recent research shows that Italy did in fact develop specially designed screws better tailored for use by a larger ship. While the Capitani Romani class used 4.2m (14') screws with three blades, Aquila used slightly smaller 3.9m (13') screws of a new four-bladed design.

 

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RN
HMS Ark Royal R09

 

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Austrália
CVL HMAS Melbourne R21(1955-1982) Majestic Class JubileeReview Spithead England June 1977

 

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Türkiye
Anadolu

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USN
Constructing the massive USS Lexington in 1928

 

[F.L.]

Arts of planned sistership of Graf Zeppelin, the Peter Strasser :

 

[F.L.]

RAAF Meteors aboard HMS Unicorn in Singapore on the way to Korea in 1951

 

[BravoZulu]

North American FJ-1 Fury, early USN carrier capable jet fighters, line up for launching from the deck of USS Princeton (CV-37), 1949