Cavour
R.550
2008
(1250 Models TF5)
- Class: Cavour - 1 light aircraft carrier of 2000
- Displacement: 22,290 tons standard; 27,500 tons full load
- Dimensions: 800 x 128 x 28.5 ft
- Machinery: 4 LM 2500 gas turbines; 88,000 hp; 2 shaft
- Speed: 28+ knots
- Missiles: 4 x A43 Sylver VLS for 32 Aster-15 SAM
- Guns: 2 x Oto Melara 76mm/62; 3 Oerlikon Contraves 25mm/80
- Aircraft: 8 AV-8B Harrier VTOL aircraft; 12 Merlin EH-101 helicopters
- Vehicles: 24 MBT or equivalent
- Complement: 1210 (451 crew, 203 air group, 140 command complex, and 325 marines)
- Builder: Fincantieri SpA at Riva Trigoso and Muggiano shipyards
- Keel Laid: 17 Jul 2001
- Launched: 20 Jul 2004
- Commissioned: 27 Mar 2008
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