Types of aircraft carrier

Aircraft Carrier : is the ship hall air floating bearing dozens of aircraft designed to provide money prohibitive in the preparation of air bases and Altdhud fuel in the air in order to gain increased range all this period the aircraft carrier of money and time with the possibility of the arrival of aircraft to anywhere in the world by the aircraft carrier.


The types of aircraft carriers :

1 - aircraft carrier anti -submarine warfare .

2 - conventional aircraft carrier .

3 - Helicopters carrier .

4 - light aircraft carrier .

5 - amphibious assault aircraft carrier .

Aircraft carrier anti-submarine:

Type of small aircraft carriers fundamental role hunt and destroy submarines has been producing this type of carriers during the Cold War and carry helicopters, anti-submarine loaded with anti-submarine turbines as opposed to destroy the submarine and return to the aircraft carrier again.

States the owner of this type:
Brazilian Navy.
French Navy.
Italian navy.
Japanese Navy.
Spanish Navy.
the Royal Navy.
Australian Navy.
Dutch Navy.
Russian Navy.
U.S. Navy.


Conventional aircraft carrier:

Is the ship hall air floating bearing dozens of aircraft designed to provide money prohibitive in the preparation of air bases and Altdhud fuel in the air in order to gain increased range all this period the aircraft carrier of money and time with the possibility of the arrival of aircraft to anywhere in the world by the aircraft carrier.

States the owner of this type:
French Navy.
Italian navy.
Spanish Navy.
Royal Navy.
Russian Navy.
U.S. Navy.
Brazilian Navy.


Helicopter carrier:

Are the same specifications of the aircraft carrier traditional I differs in its small size and its cargo Home Come helicopters used in moles Abrar water where launched helicopters to the desired goal with destruction and then return to the carrier and the helicopters have missions many non-Malk like transport soldiers to a particular place and Hakma.

States the owner of this type:
British Royal Navy.
French Navy.
freely Japanese.



Light aircraft carrier:

Small-sized aircraft carrier bearing have the same Moasafat the traditional I differ in size and number of phones and the aircraft carrier What distinguishes this high speed due to the small size and cost of Statistics.

States the owner of this type:
Argentine Navy.
Brazilian Navy.
French Navy.
Indian Navy.
Italian Navy.
Japanese Navy.
Spanish Navy.
Royal Navy.
Royal Australian Navy.
Royal Canadian Navy.
Royal Netherlands Navy.
Royal Thai Navy.
U.S. Navy.





Amphibious assault aircraft carrier :

Amphibious assault ship which is kind of aircraft carriers used for landing and support ground forces on enemy territory amphibious attack her semi - large aircraft carriers , the traditional role of this type of carriers carrying helicopters to support the troops on land rather than to support the aircraft attacking her . And can carry aircraft Alharar and landing boats such as the decline in vehicle air Amoosdh LCUs.
And back using this type of carriers to the U.S. Navy in the seventies.

States the owner of this type:
1 - French Navy .
2 - Korean Navy .
3 - the Spanish Navy .
4 - Royal Navy ( UK ) .
5 - U.S. Navy .

Invincible-class aircraft carrier

Aircraft carrier class Invincible built the first of the carrier category Invincible in building Basin Vickers Shipbuilding. And entered service in July 1980. 

And carried the name HMS Invincible  And carried the second carrier HMS name Elistruiz, and the third name HMS Ark Royal; Benita in the basin Swan Hunter, in 1982, 1985. Cost carriers of this class command and control task for a group fighting sea. And offers listed for take-off and landing vertical take-off aircraft, and helicopters.

 Armed the three carriers, in the beginning, surface missile system / Joe, ever dual Pitcher. However, this system was removed later, to lengthen the flight deck, so the carrier can receive aircraft of the type Harrier GR 7.

 Category carriers equipped with three central defense systems, of the kind Phalanx MK - 15, in addition to the cannon GAM B01 caliber of 20 mm. The carrier can accommodate nine aircraft of the type Harrier GR - 7, or Sea Harrier F/A2; and nine helicopters type Sea King HAS - 6, equipped to fight submarines; and three aircraft Sea King AEW - 2, equipped with warning systems and early warning. It has been tested landing and takeoff vertical modern Merlin HM1 on this category of carriers, and will replace existing aircraft, since 2005. These carriers feature a surface fly, 170-meter-long, deflected the buttocks to the top at an angle of 12 degrees, to help take-off aircraft. Carriers used four engines produced by Rolls Royce-type turbine TM 3B, which works with gasoline fuel.

1. Country of Origin: United Kingdom.

2. Use: aircraft carrier, to serve as a command center for maritime groups fighting.

3. States used: the United Kingdom.

Ships in class:

:: HMS Invincible :: 

Builders: Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering in Barrow-in-Furness

Laid down: 20 July 1973

Launched: 8 May 1977 

Operator: Royal Navy

Commissioned: 11 July 1980 

Decommissioned: 3 August 2005 

Status: Scrapped 2011

Modifications: Lengthened flight deck, removal of Sea Dart SAM, addition of three Goalkeeper CIWS

Operations: Falklands War, Operation Deny Flight, Operation Deliberate Force, Operation Bolton, Operation Allied Force

Victories: 21 Argentine aircraft during Falklands War.

:: HMS Illustrious ::

Builders: Swan Hunter on the River Tyne

Laid down: 7 October 1976

Launched: 14 December 1978 

Operator: Royal Navy

Commissioned: 20 June 1982

Status: In active service, based at Portsmouth

Modifications: Lengthened flight deck, removal of Sea Dart SAM, addition of three Goalkeeper CIWS

Operations: Bosnia, Operation Palliser, Evacuation of British Citizens from Beirut (Israeli-Lebanon Conflict 2006)

:: HMS Ark Royal ::

Builders: Swan Hunter in Wallsend

Laid down: 14 December 1978

Launched: 2 June 1981

Operator: Royal Navy

Commissioned: 1 November 1985 

Status: Scrapped 2013

Modifications: Enlarged flight deck, removal of Sea Dart SAM, addition of three Phalanx CIWS

Operations: 1993-1994 Operation Deny Flight, 2003 invasion of Iraq - Operation Telic.