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Brazilian navy announced on November 22 " holy Paul " date aircraft carrier retires formally.
"Holy Paul " date aircraft carrier is Brazil also be South America exclusive an aircraft carrier, also be the 8th large aircraft carrier.
"Holy Paul " predecessor is France " Fu Xi " date, built 1957, at beginning to be in 1963 French navy enlists in army formally, it is the class of Ke Laimeng shuttle that the France after World War II grinds oneself 2 naval vessel of aircraft carrier, head naval vessel " Kelaimengsuo " date retired 1997. (class of Ke Laimeng shuttle developed these two only)
"Holy Paul " number length is 266 meters, crossbeam 51.2 meters, eat depth of water to spend 8.6 meters, be fully loaded with displacement to be 33673 tons, the oldest speek of a ship or plane can amount to 30kt, can hold 1920 people.
Garage covers an area of an area about 3300 smooth rice, can embark amount to plane of 37 fixed alas and 2 helicopter, include attack plane of A-4 day eagle, AS-532 puma helicopter, a variety of type such as helicopter of SH-3 sea king.
Deploy two vapour ejector, ejector can shoot 15 tons of planes to 20 tons, two among them elevator can finish what weigh a plane to 15 tons to put forward inside 9 seconds.
Brazil purchased this ship from French hand with 30 million dollar 2000, replaced old aircraft carrier of World War II " Minasijilasi " date aircraft carrier, formal and incognito for " holy Paul " date.
And Brazil bought 23 with the price of 70 million secondhand attack plane of A-4 Tian Ying, comprised with inventory plane of Brazil " holy Paul " battleplan group.
Presidential Feiernaduo ever still said when have sex at that time: "Strengthen naval force greatly... very rare country has run effectively in high seas, brazil is among them one of. Brazil is among them one of..
Is there aircraft carrier marvelous? Although buy, although battleplan also is used, but having aircraft carrier is marvelous, regrettablly " holy Paul " date suffer many a setback during one's life, "Repeatedly bad repair repeatedly " .
Original plan is passed its let enlist in army after improving 2020, but via living the again and again is bad, engine room produced explosion to cause 2004 die 10 injuries, brazil is decision overhaul, big transform.
Check steam turbine, modification dynamo, install water-cooling, upgrade optics lands system, repair ejector... repair from 2005 threw operation next 2010, encountered great fire is repaired then again 2012, small bad small repairing that is common occurrence more.
According to " weekly of matters pertaining to defense of brief family name " report: "Holy Paul " in 18 years when date enlists in army in Brazil, encountered too maintain a problem for many times, never can run more than 3 months below the case that did not defend, add up to of maritime sailing time does not exceed 206 days, total range just is controlled in 53000 seas.
Originally Brazilian navy managed Dehuaduo ever expressed the your daughter 2016, the plan is right its radar, advance, the system such as eject undertakes transforming, let it enlist in army then.
But cannot sustain too burn money, built this aircraft carrier to spend 200 million dollar originally, long spent 190 million dollar, announced to abandon this plan in January 2017 then.
Should abandon that is to say " holy Paul " date, but Brazil can be the state that there can be position on high seas, how don't have aircraft carrier to go?
France has said with Brazil: Do not renovate you that " holy Paul " date, the PA2 large aircraft carrier that comes to 60 thousand tons of new design buy me, double vapour eject, can carry flatus battleplan, all sorts of type such as plane of early-warning of E-2 eagle eye, you cannot be bought absolutely be in an unfavorable situation, do you forget me once " holy Paul " did date assist your mutual affection?
But Brazil does not have money, do not have money to cannot do not have aircraft carrier, in January 2018 then the portion spent 115 million dollar to buy England " marine date " helicopter aircraft carrier.
"Marine date " enlisted in army 1994, displacement 21500 tons, can carry 18 helicopter, before it letting successive after Brazilian navy is received " Minasijilasi " naval vessel name, from now on Brazil had aircraft carrier again.