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AAircraft carriers
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Chinese aircraft carrier Fujianlarger figure on 1 of 1
Italian aircraft carrier Cavourlarger figure on 0 of 1
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source316 m (1,036 ft 9 in)[source]
LOA
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Chinese aircraft carrier Fujian | Italian aircraft carrier Cavour |
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| Power | — | COGAG scheme 2 × shafts 4 × General Electric/Avio LM2500+ gas turbines providing 88,000 kW (118,000 bhp) 6 × diesel generators Wärtsila CW 12V200 13,200 kW (17,700 bhp)[source] |
| Name | Type 003[source] | Cavour[source] |
| Builders | Jiangnan Shipyard[source] | — |
| Operators | People's Liberation Army Navy[source] | — |
| Preceded by | Type 002 Shandong[source] |
244 m (800 ft 6 in) LOA[source]
(90 more on option) of which: 5 Flag Officers and VIPs 486 crew 211 embarked air wing 140 C 4 staff 360 troops (90 more on option)
Single source1,202 (90 more on option) of which: 5 Flag Officers and VIPs 486 crew 211 embarked air wing 140 C 4 staff 360 troops (90 more on option)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Succeeded by | Type 004[source] | — |
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| Completed | — |
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| Active | — |
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| Namesake | Fujian province[source] | Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour[source] |
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| Builder | Jiangnan Shipyard[source] | Fincantieri[source] |
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| Laid down | March 2015 – February 2016[source] | 17 July 2001[source] |
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| Launched | 17 June 2022[source] | 20 July 2004[source] |
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| Commissioned | 5 November 2025[source] | 27 March 2008[source] |
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| Motto | ( Simplified Chinese : 忠诚，精武，卓越，奋进)：Loyalty, Martial Proficiency, Excellence, Forging Ahead[source] | In arduis servare mentem Remain calm even in dire straits[source] |
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| Status | in active service[source] | Active[source] |
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| Class & type | Type 003 aircraft carrier[source] | — |
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| Propulsion | Steam turbines[source] | — |
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| Armament | Six-tube 324 mm anti-torpedo torpedo (ATT) Type 1130 gun-based CIWS HHQ-10 missile-based CIWS[source] | 4 × 8-cell A-43 Sylver launchers carrying the MBDA Aster 15 surface-to-air missile 2 × OTO Melara 76/62 mm Strales guns 3 × OTO Melara 25/80 gun with Oerlikon KBA 25mm 2 × ODLS-H/ODLS OTO Melara decoy launching systems[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | 50+ aircraft: Fixed-wing: Shenyang J-35 carrier-based stealth multirole fighter Shenyang J-15T/DT carrier-based multirole fighter Xi'an KJ-600 carrier-based airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) and cargo aircraft Helicopters: Harbin Z-20 family helicopters[source] | flight deck: 232.60 m (763 ft 1 in) × 34.5 m (113 ft 2 in) 20–30 hangar capacity: 134.2 m (440 ft 3 in) × 21.0 m (68 ft 11 in) 10 × F-35B Lightning II 12 × AgustaWestland AW101 LBA Systems Bayraktar TB3 (future)[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | Hangar deck Electromagnetic catapults[source] | — |
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| National origin | China[source] | Italy[source] |
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| Country of origin | China[source] | — |
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| Ordered | — | 22 November 2000[source] |
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| Cost | — | € 1.39 billion (2010)[source] |
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| In service | — | 10 June 2009[source] |
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| Home port | — | Taranto[source] |
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| Identification | — | Pennant number : 550[source] |
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| Type | — | Aircraft carrier[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | – Selex RAN-40L 3D L-band long-range radar Selex ES EMPAR (SPY-790) multifunction radar Selex ES RAN-30X/I RASS (SPS-791) surface radar 2 × SELEX ES RTN-25X Orion, fire direction radars PAR (Precision Approach Radar) Selex ES MM/SPN-720 PALS (Precision Approach and Landing System) Telephonics AN/SPN-41A 2 × GEM Elettronica MM/SPN-753(v)10 navigation radars Selex ES SIR-R/S IFF system TACAN SRN-15 A WASS SNA-2000 Mine Avoidance Sonar ( Leonardo Thesan ) 2 × Selex ES IRST SASS (Silent Acquisition and Surveillance System) GEM Elettronica IRST EOSS-100 underwater telephone[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | Elettronica Spa NETTUNO-4100 ECM System – EW System (RESM/CESM, RECM)[source] |
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| Notes | — | 4 LCVP[source] |
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