The BASC-220 or Spain’s CATOBAR Carrier
Yes this is a real unbuilt design by Spain in the 1990s who tried to sell it to China who at the time never bought it probably cause they couldn’t afford it or didn’t need it while Brazil could’ve bought it but didn’t probably as they were going to get the Clemenceau-class aircraft carrier from France in 2000 while Argentina was financially broke and hadn’t recovered after their disastrous defeat in the Falklands War against the UK.
The BASC-220’s total length was 241.8 metres with a beam of 29.5 meters, a depth to flight deck of 22.5 metres and had a displacement at full load was 27,000 tonnes.
The propulsion was apparently a Combined Diesel and Gas / Combined Gas And Gas system which gave 76,440/88,500 Horsepower for a max speed of 25.5 / 26.5 knots whose range at 15 knots was 7500 miles.
Her Anti-Air Defensive armament is unknown but she was capable of 24 aircraft probably helicopters too as it was designed for up to 20 F-18-like aircraft and 4 Anti-Submarine Warfare Helicopters.
Sadly Spain’s carrier export ambitions never really took off but what do we they’d have called this although my info is probably not the best as information about this ship is very hard to find.
I know you’re getting tired of the frequency of these posts and I’ll try to cut back on the number but when I find an unbuilt ship that never made it, I feel I have should share this with you lot.
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