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please, some data on this thing? displacement, length WL, beam WL and beam OA, depth and draft? I am not entirely certain this would be possible, but I just cannot grasp the scale of it right now without measurements.

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L373.8m WL, W90.6m OA / 60m WL, D15.7m excluding sonar dome. More than anything I'm going for a trip into crazy land. I've not been there for a while

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hmm. quite huge, but the length seems not that much of an stretch. the increased depth (estimated 45 meters) and beam (20 meters more then other carriers) are of course required for the increased length and the 2 hangar decks (the depth for strength, the beam for stability). it is an stretch, but not entirely impossible....... somewhat impractical, she is for certain though.
might it be an coincidence or is your ship almost the same size as an Maersk Tripple E?

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It might be a coincidence that it's bordering the T-E on sizes lines, I figure they're pretty much the largest vessels feasible before going into the realms of Seawise Giant and Habakkuk...

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Wow, that's one crazy aircraft carrier!
What's the size of her air group? 200?

Not quite 200, more like 101.

HMS Andarta Embarked Squadrons

• 1x Fighter Squadron (F/A-14D+) - 12 Aircraft - (Easier than the whole navalising the F-15 approach)
• 1x Strike Squadron (F/A-18F) - 12 Aircraft - (Replacing Ds)
• 1x Strike Squadron (F/A-18D) - 12 Aircraft
• 1x Strike Fighter Squadron (F/A-18E) - 12 Aircraft - (Replacing Cs)
• 2x Strike Fighter Squadrons (F/A-18C) - 12 Aircraft each (24)
• 1x EW Squadron (E/A-18G) - 4 Aircraft
• 1x RECCE Detachment (RF-18D) - 3 Aircraft
• 1x ASW Squadron (S-2) - 4 Aircraft
• 1x Cargo / Tanker Squadron (KC-1) - 4 Aircraft
• 1x AEW Squadron (E-1) - 6 Aircraft
• 1x ASW(H) Squadron (AW101) - 4 Helicopters
• 1x ASuW / CSAR Squadron (AW101) - 4 Helicopters
• 1x Marine Transport Squadron (WS70) - 8 Helicopters
• 1x Marine Attack Squadron (Tiger) - 4 Helicopters

Totals:
81 Fixed Wing
20 Rotary Wing

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Updated the first post once again with some revised fluff. More to come

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Hmm, why integrate BMD capability on an aircraft carrier? I can see the Aster Block 2 ABM and a radar system similar to the Raytheon Dual Band Radar on the Gerald R. Ford aircraft carriers. There is also the SCALP Naval cruise missile. Does this ship preform the same missions as Soviet/Russian "aircraft carrying cruisers"?

That seems a relatively modest air wing for such giant.
But that's probably most that could be effectively operated.

Indeed, Atlantian naval aviation has never really truly accepted the aircraft carrier as simply that, there have always been attempts to dual or multi-role them. Considering the size of it and the prevalence of things like the DF-21 make it prudent for her to be able to look after herself lest her escorts either be lacking or for some reason non existent. SCALP-N is there mainly to be volleyed against targets prior to a first strike by aircraft lessening the danger to the air wing in the opening stages of a conflict.
I recall reading somewhere that the maximum real effectively deployable air wing caps out at around 100 much more and you start to waste your assets.

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