Aircraft Carrier Principe De Asturias at Dublin

Photographs © Michael Bracken 2005

PRINCIPE DE ASTURIAS is the flagship of the Spanish Navy. She was laid down by Empresa Nacional Bazan, Ferrol of Spain in 1979, launched in 1982 and commissioned on May 30, 1988. She was photographed at Dublin on June 23, 2005

Displacement: 13,400 tons standard, 16,917 full load
Dimensions: 195.871 x 32.004 x 9.45 meters
Propulsion: 2 Bazan/General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 1 shaft, 46,400 shp
Max Speed: 27,2 knots
Crew: 764
Aviation: Full flight deck with a 12º ski jump, 2 elevators; 22 VSTOL and helicopters, usually 10 McDD AV-8B/B+ Harrier II/ II Plus, 6 Sikorsky SH-3H, 2 Sikorsky SH-3 AEW, 4 Augusta AB-212)
Air search radar: Hughes SPS-52C 3-D
Surface search radar: ISC Cardion SPS-55
Fire control: Selenia RAN-12L target designation
Electronic warfare: Nettunel intercept, SLQ-25 Nixie
Armament: 4 20 mm Bazan Meroka CIWS 12 cannons Oerlikon 20x120mm