just one thing about SPS Dedalo, she was a real light carrier with 5-6 AV8S Matador fighters, SH3 Sea Kings, AH1 Cobra, Hugues 500 and other Bell’s helos, and between 1976 and 1988…
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very interesting drawings, esp and shiplover!
What I wanted to say about the two cats, is :
Could a 717ft long carrier be fitted with two cats?
It seems that the lenght of the two cats are:
C.13.3 (or C11) 75 m long for the short one (French carrier CDG) and
C13 91 m long for the long one (US carriers)
this needs a lot of steam power…for instance, the french one (US licence made in the netherlands) is about 70000 shp, (50MW) so you have to fit your ship with a big steam power plant, and I believe that US ones are even more powerfull…, may be 100000 shp!
So the question is :
How can you fit two steam cats and a gas turbines powerplant in a 717 ft long carrier????
Your ship should also be quick enough to operate fighters, so she had to be fitted with at least two shafts (PdA only have one and 40000 shp)
so I think that the solution could be to fit only a steam powerplant and not a mixed steam/gas turbines, and may be only one cat….
regards
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very interesting design, shiplover!
how long is this ship? will she be able to have two cats?
what about power plant?
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Hello!

As this post talks about Colossus/Majestic Light carriers, I would have a few questions:

Was the HMS Warrior (next ARA Independencia) fitted with steam catapult (BS4) or not?
Was HMNLS Karel Doorman (next ARA 25 de Mayo) fitted with a Mitchell Brown BS4 199ft long or another type?
Was the Minas Gerais fitted with a BS4 Mitchell Brown cat, or as I read, a Mc Taggart C3 cat (I thought Mc Taggart was specialized in landing systems and not cat?)

Thanks for your answers
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French carrier CDG will enter 18 month refit.
May be French Rafale fighters will use US carriers for “touch and go”, but I don’t think that any deployment is scheduled. E2C should operate more easily.
SEM will probably not use MB Nae Sao Paulo’s deck, because this ship is always anchored in Rio de Janeiro Naval Base, and never put to sea, because a major problem with one of her catapult, still out of order.
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Argentina’s SUE Fighters and S2T Trackers are not able to be catapulted from US carriers because they still use a bridle, and A4F Brazilian figthers too.
French Navy E2C are able to land and be catapulted from US carriers and already did it. French SEM have the same problem as Argentinians, bridle! French Rafale fighter should be able to land and be catapulted from US carriers, because French Carrier CDG is fitted with US Catapults! US E2C, C2A, F18C have already landed and be catapulted from CDG. French CDG is able to use bridle or not (so Argentina’s aircraft and Brazilian’s should be able to operate from this carrier)
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http://www.meretmarine.com/article.cfm?id=104207

Posted by MN Kumar @ BR, CG of P17, P28 ASW corvette, Indias Aircraft Carrier from IDR magazine.

Indias Aircraft Carrier

P28 ASW corvette

P17 Shivalik Class Frigates

Thanks a lot for posting these drawings!:)
The ADS looks like Italian carrier Cavour, may be bigger.
The P28 drawing is amazing! very big ship for a corvette! Much bigger than T25/T25A class
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