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Kiev-class aircraft carrierlarger figure on 1 of 3
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Length
Single source273 m (895 ft 8 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Kiev-class aircraft carrier | Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier |
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| Name | Kiev class[source] | Queen Elizabeth class[source] |
| Builders | Chernomorsky Shipyard 444[source] | Aircraft Carrier Alliance[source] |
| Operators | Soviet Navy Russian Navy Indian Navy[source] | Royal Navy[source] |
| Preceded by | Moskva class[source] |
Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrierlarger figure on 2 of 3
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Queen Elizabeth class · Length
Single sourceoverall
Single sourcewaterline
Single source39 m (128 ft) waterline 73 m (240 ft) overall
Maximum; Speed
Single source32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)[source]
8 turbopressurized boilers, 4 steam turbines (200,000 shp (150,000 kW)), four shafts[source]
2 × Rolls-Royce Marine Trent MT30 gas turbine engine 2 × Wärtsilä 16V38 and 2 x 12V38 marine diesel engines
Single sourceInstalled power
Single sourceTotal
Single source2 × Rolls-Royce Marine Trent MT30 36 MW (48,000 hp) gas turbine engine 2 × Wärtsilä 16V38 and 2 x 12V38 marine diesel engines 40 MW (54,000 hp) Total: 118.4 MW (158,800 hp)[source]
Integrated electric propulsion 4 × GE Power Conversion 20 MW (27,000 hp) Advanced Induction Motors and VDM25000 drives 2 × shafts; fixed pitch propellers[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Invincible class[source] |
| Succeeded by | Kuznetsov class (Russian Navy) Vikrant class (Indian Navy)[source] | — |
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| Subclasses | Baku class[source] | — |
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| Built | 1970–1987[source] | 2009–2017[source] |
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| In service | 1975–1996 2013–present[source] | — |
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| Completed |
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| Active |
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| Preserved | — |
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| Type | Aircraft cruiser / Aircraft carrier[source] | Aircraft carrier[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | MR-600 'Voskhod' air-search radar MR-710 'Fregat' air/surface radar Privod-SV radiolocation system MG-342 Orion active bow sonar MGK-355 Platina passive sonar system[source] | S1850M long-range radar Type 997 Artisan 3D medium range radar Ultra Electronics Series 2500 Electro Optical System (EOS) Glide path camera (GPC)[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | MRP-150 Gurzuf A MRP-152 Gurzuf B[source] | — |
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| Armament | See article for variations 80 to 200 surface-to-air missiles 2 dual-purpose guns 8 close-in weapons systems 10 torpedo tubes[source] | 3 × Phalanx CIWS 4 × 30-mm DS30M Mk2 guns ( for but not with ) 6 × 7.62 mm Miniguns (retired in 2023 and replaced by 0.5 inch (12.7 mm) Browning heavy machine guns )[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | Up to 30, including: 12 × Yak-38 aircraft 16 × Ka-25 or Ka-27 helicopters[source] | 40 aircraft in peacetime 72 aircraft in wartime; typically, F-35B Lightning (Peacetime max of 36) Chinook Apache Merlin HM2, HC4 and Crowsnest AEW Wildcat AH1 and HMA2[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | Abbreviated angled aft flight deck[source] | Large flight deck with 12º ski jump Hangar deck - 155 m x 34 m x 7 m Two aircraft lifts - 27 m x 15 m - 54,500 kg max load[source] |
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| Country of origin | Soviet Union[source] Soviet Union[source] | United Kingdom[source] |
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| Cost | — | £ 7.6 billion (2019) (equivalent to £ 9.4 billion in 2024) for two units[source] |
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| In commission | — | 2017–present[source] |
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| Decks | — | 16,000 m 2 (170,000 ft 2 ) 9 decks beneath flightdeck with hangar covering the centrepiece of two decks (without islands)[source] |
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| Troops | — | 250 to 900[source] |
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| Troop capacity | — | 250 to 900[source]Source-stated capacity; all configurations and qualifiers retained |
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