![]() Cavour
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History | |
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Name | Cavour[1] |
Namesake | Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour |
Ordered | 22 November 2000 |
Builder | Fincantieri |
Cost | €1.39 billion (2010) |
Laid down | 17 July 2001 |
Launched | 20 July 2004 |
Commissioned | 27 March 2008 |
In service | 10 June 2009 |
Homeport | Taranto |
Identification | Pennant number: 550 |
Motto | In arduis servare mentem |
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Type | Aircraft carrier |
Displacement | 27,100 metric tons (26,700 long tons)[2] (30,000 MT full load)[3] |
Length | – 244 m (800 ft 6 in) LOA[4] |
Beam |
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Draught | 8.7 m (28 ft 7 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | +29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) (Max sustained speed, 85% MCR) |
Range | 7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Complement |
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Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried |
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Notes | 4 LCVP |
Cavour (Italian: portaerei Cavour) is an Italian aircraft carrier launched in 2004. She is the flagship of the Italian Navy.