Specifications - Cavour Aircraft Carrier, Italy

Key Data
Crew	486
Amphibious Command Troops	140
Aircrew	211
Troops	360 + 90
Total Accommodation	1,202 + 90
Dimensions
Length o.a.	244m
Length b.p.	215.6m
Breadth Moulded	39m
Draft	8.7m
Full Load Displacement	27,100t
Flight Deck	232.6m x 34.5m
Hangar	134.2m x 21.0m
Performance
Maximum Sustained Speed (85% MCR)	29kt
Range at 16kt	7,000nm
Weapon Systems
Aviation	Facilities for fixed-wing aircraft AV-8B Harrier and JSF and helicopters EH101, AB212, NH 90, SH-3D
Missile System	4 x 8-cell VLS for SAAM/IT firing Aster 15 surface-to-air missiles
Guns	2 x Oto Melara 76mm Super Rapid guns, 3 x 25mm anti-aircraft guns
Propulsion
GE/FIAT LM2500 Gas Turbines (COGAG)	4
Maximum Continuous Power	4 x 22MW
Auxiliaries	2 x Oto Melara 76mm Super Rapid guns, 3 x 25 mm anti-aircraft guns
Feathering Controllable Pitch Propellers	2
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