Royal Edmund class aircraft carrier

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Royal Edmund-class
Design details
Type Fleet carrier (CV)
Hull type Monohull
Manufacturer Royal Shipyards
Design No. Type 1R
Unit cost $4 billion
Service dates 2003-2004
General characteristics
Crew
Ship:
Air Group:
Marines:
Staff:

700
786
432
60
Length
Waterline:
Overall:

287.3 m
300 m
Beam
Waterline
Overall:

36 m
77 m
Draught 10.8 m
Displacement
Full:

62000 t
Propulsion
Powerplant 6 × IMW MTG-6F
Drive 2/3-shaft
Bow thrusters 1
Speed 29+ knots
Range
Platform
Flight deck 10°
Elevators 3 rated at 70 t
Catapults 3 EMALS
Arrestor wires 4 EARS
Protection
Main belt cm
Flight deck cm
Bulkheads
Tranverse:
Longitudinal:


Armament
AAW GWLS.33M, GWC.68M, L41A3 30mm
ASW GWLS.60M
Operators
Afsania, Jimnam, UKIN, Sarzonia, The Atheists Reality


The Royal Edmund-class fleet carrier was the first aircraft carrier wholly designed and constructed by the Royal Shipyards of Isselmere-Nieland as well as the first carriers used by the Royal Isselmere-Nieland Navy since two escort carriers that served during World War II.

Batch 1

Type: Fleet carrier
Displacement: 46,200 tons (light), 59,900 tons (full)
Dimensions

  • Length: 287.3 m (waterline), 296 m (overall)
  • Beam: 36 m (waterline), 72 m (flight deck), 77 m (overall)
  • Draught: 10.5 m (overall)
  • Block coefficient: 0.560

Propulsion: Combined operation gas turbine and gas turbine - integrated full electric propulsion (COGAG-IFEP); 6 Isselmere Motor Works MTG-103; two-shaft five-blade controllable pitch propellers, bow thruster
Crew: 1486 (700 ship's complement + 786 air wing)
Flight deck: Angled at 10°
Elevators: 3; 1 port, 2 starboard, rated at 45.36 tonnes
Catapults: 3 electromagnetic aircraft launching system (EMALS); 2 fore, 1 port
Arrestor wires: 4 electromagnetic aircraft recovery system (EARS)
Aircraft: 50; 20 Rafale-M, 20 Rafale-N, 6 Merlin HM.1, 4 E-2D Hawkeye
Weapons: 2 × 8-cell Mark 41 Tactical VLS for RIM-162 ESSM, 2 × Mark 49 for RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile, 3 Goalkeeper CIWS
Electronics suite

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  • Sonar: MF/LF keel-mounted

Countermeasures: Chaff/flare launcher, anti-torpedo decoys
Cost: £4 billion INP – $2.5 billion USD
Production time: 6 years

Batch 2

Type: Fleet carrier
Displacement: 46,200 tons (light), 59,900 tons (full)
Dimensions

  • Length: 287.3 m (waterline), 296 m (overall)
  • Beam: 36 m (waterline), 72 m (flight deck), 77 m (overall)
  • Draught: 10.5 m (overall)

Propulsion: COGAG-IFEP; 6 IMW MTG-103; two-shaft five-blade controllable pitch propellers, bow thruster
Crew: 1486 (700 ship's complement + 786 air wing)
Flight deck: Angled at 10°
Elevators: 3; 1 port, 2 starboard, rated at 45.36 tonnes
Catapults: 3 EMALS; 2 fore, 1 port
Arrestor wires: 4 EARS
Aircraft: 50; 20 Rafale-M, 20 Rafale-N, 6 Merlin HM.1, 4 E-2D Hawkeye
Weapons: 2 × 16-cell SYLVER 43 VLS for Aster 15, 2 × Mark 49 for RIM-116 RAM, 4 × Goalkeeper CIWS
Electronics suite

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  • Sonar: MF/LF keel-mounted

Countermeasures: Chaff/flare launcher, anti-torpedo decoys
Cost: £4.55 billion INP – $2.62 billion USD
Production time: 6 years

Batch 3

Type: Fleet carrier
Displacement: 49,200 tons (light), 62,600 tons (deep)
Dimensions

  • Length: 285.9 m (wl), 300 m (oa)
  • Beam: 77 m
  • Draught: 10.8 m

Propulsion: 3-shaft COGAG-IFEP with bow thruster; 6 gas turbines (Isselmere Motor Works MTG-6); 192,000 bhp = 28+ kts.
Crew: 700 (+786 aircrew in standard configuration listed below, for a total of 1,486); capable of accommodating 2,000.
Flight deck: Angled at 10°
Elevators: 3 deck edge (1 port, 2 starboard) rated at 45.36 metric tonnes
Catapults: 3 EMALS; 1 on port-side sponson, 2 fore
Arrestor wires: 4 EARS
Aircraft: 50 standard, capable of handling 70 for short durations.
Weapons: 4 × 16-cell SYLVER 43 VLS, 2 × Mk.49 launchers (port aft of sponson, starboard fore of island), 4 × Goalkeeper CIWS (port and starboard fore of sponson, starboard aft of sponson and right of island)
Electronics suite

  • Radars: Type 2010M Raven (multifunction search and tracking), Type 2011A Jackdaw (volume air search), Type 2204C Wednesday (air traffic control), Type 31L Friday (automatic carrier landing system), Type 1064S Dromond (surface search)
  • Sonar: Type 934K Fenris (keel-mounted, MF/LF)
  • ECM: Type 3077J (jammer), Type 3065D (emissions receiver and direction finder)
  • Datalinks: Link 17 (secure)

Countermeasures: Mark 36 SRBOC with Siren (decoy), flares, SLQ-35 Nixie+ anti-torpedo decoys.
Cost: $2.62 billion USD
Production time: 6 years
Served with: Isselmere-Nieland (15), Afsania (1), The Atheists Reality (2)

Batch 4

Type: Fleet carrier
Displacement: 52,167 t (light), 65,762 t (deep)
Dimensions

  • Length: 285.9 m (wl), 300 m (oa)
  • Beam: 36 m (wl), 72 m (fd), 77 m (oa)
  • Draught: 10.8 m (oa)

Propulsion: 3-shaft COGAG-IFEP with bow thruster; 6 gas turbines (IMW MTG-6); 257.4 MW = 34 kts.
Crew: 700 (+786 aircrew (62 aircraft warload configuration) + 432 marines + 60 flag staff = 1,978); accommodation for 2,000, capable of accommodating 2,800 for short durations
Flight deck: Angled at 10°
Elevators: 3 deck edge (1-p, 2-s) rated at 70 t
Catapults: 3 EMALS; 1 on port sponson, 2 fore
Arrestor wires: 4 EARS
Protection

  • Main belt: 15.5 cm
  • Magazines: 7.62 cm
  • Flight deck: 40.65 cm
  • Engineering, additional: 7.62 cm

Weapons

  • AAW: 4 × 16-cell GWLS.33M (port and starboard fore and aft), 6 × GWC.68M (port and starboard fore and aft, port and starboard amidships), 12 × MLG-27 (port and starboard)
  • ASW: 4 × 6-cell GWLS.60M (p/s)

Aircraft (not included in price)

  • Can operate and deploy between 50-70 aircraft
  • RINN practice: 24 Spectre FA.1, 24 Spectre FA.2, 8 Banshee ADS.1, 4 Wraith EF.1, 4 Heimdall AEW.1, 2 Gannet C.1, 6 Cormorant HM.1

Other vehicles (not included in price): 12 Cuttlefish DSR.1A, 12 Dodo DMU.1
Electronics suite

  • Computer complex: MEI.5 Muninn/MEI.4 Mimir (ISOMS)
  • Threat management systems: MEQ.181 NAIADS (air threats), MEQ.185 SELKIE (anti-torpedo), MSX.193 MITRE (target recognition), MDQ.261 (signature self-detection)
  • Radars: MRU.113 Huginn/MRU.110c Raven (multifunction search and tracking), MRS.118 Kafka/MRS.111c Jackdaw (volume search), MRN.116 Beluga (navigation), MRS.164 Hofvarpnir (surface search), MRP.204 Wednesday (air traffic control)
  • Optronics: MPU.124 Adder (long range search and tracking), MPS.127 Owl (surface surveillance)
  • Combination radar/optronics: MSP.131 Friday (automatic carrier landing system), 6 × MSG.183 Gjallar (close-range fire direction)
  • Sonar: MQU.134 Fenris (keel-mounted, MF/LF)
  • ECM/ESM: MLR.165 (radar/signals emissions receiver and direction finder), MLQ.177 (jammer), MPR.184 Nott (laser warning receiver and direction finder), MRD.199 (signals receiver and direction finder)
  • Communications: JSQ.117(V)2 Godi (Link 17.2; secure command datalink protocol), MSC.121 Alvis (secure satellite communications system), 4 × MSP.123(V)2 Gna (Link 17.2D; secure drone control datalink), 4 × NQC.128(V)2 Dvalin (Link 17.2U; encrypted acoustic modem), MRC.178 (secure communications system), MPC.190 (laser communications transceiver), GSZ.196M (encrypted burst communications transceiver).

Countermeasures: 4 × MLQ.135 Mackerel (anti-torpedo), 6 × 16-cell MLE.140 MUSE (anti-missile)
Cost: $4,000 million USD
Production time: 5 years


Isselmere-Nieland Defence Industries
DAS | IMW | LMI | RINO | RSIN

Aircraft:
Angrboda | Cormorant | Gargantua | Garuda | Pantagruel | Scimitar | Sea Fury | Sparrow | Spectre | Swordfish | Tiger
Countermeasures and Decoys:
Flamingo
Ground Vehicles:
L15 LAV series | L21 HAV series | L25 Boar SPH | Lion | Mammoth OCV
Launchers:
GWLS.35 | GWLS.58 | GWLS.60
Missiles and Torpedoes:
Ahab | Barracuda | Erne | Hurricane | Loon | Mako | Pelican | Sailfish | Triton | Vidofnir
Small Arms and Crew-Served Weapons:
L117 | L118 | L119 | L120
Uncrewed Vehicles:
Albatross | Auk/Puffin | Canary | Clownfish | Cuttlefish | Dodo | Dolphin | Ferret | Horus | Hyena | Iguana | Jackal
Marmot | Mule | Parrot | Penguin | Pike | Porpoise | Rook | Seahorse | Squid | Tern | Thrush | Wyvern | Urchin
Vessels:
Bullfinch | City (2003) | City (2007) | County (2003) | Crocodile | Europa | Flower (2005) | Furtive | Grand Duchy | King Henry V | King Robert VI
Kingdom (2005) | Lethe | Lord | Marquess | Province (2003) | River (2003) | Royal Edmund | Síanach | Town (2007) | Union | Wallace
Other Equipment:
AOSAM | ISOMS | KERI foam | MITRE | MUSE | NAIADS | ODIN | SELKIE | SPINTOP


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