KNS Günther Fischer
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 The KNS Günther Fischer sailing in the Kivu Ocean during training exercises.
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| History | |
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 Quebecshire
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| Cost: | QSC ¢285 million (1993) |
| Laid down: | 8 October 1979 |
| Launched: | 22 May 1982 |
| Commissioned: | 30 May 1988 |
| Decommissioned: | 6 February 2013 |
| Fate: | Sold to Kivu in 2009 |
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 Kivu
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| Name: | KNS Günther Fischer |
| Namesake: | Günther Fischer |
| Cost: | QSC ¢190 million (2009) |
| Acquired: | July 18th 2009 |
| Commissioned: | May 22nd 2010 |
| Identification: | C-202 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Light Aircraft Carrier |
| Displacement: | 15,912 tons (Standard) |
| Length: | 195.9 m (643 ft) |
| Beam: | 24.3 m (80 ft) |
| Draught: | 9.4 m (31 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Gas turbines in Combined gas and gas (COGAG) configuration, one shaft |
| Speed: | 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) |
| Range: | 6,500 nautical miles (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement: | 830 (total); 600 ship crew, 230 air crew |
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| Aircraft carried: | 29 fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft |
| Aviation facilities: | 12° Ski jump 46.5 m (153 ft) in length |
The KNS Günther Fischer is a light aircraft carrier, that is currently the flagship of the Kivuian Navy. The ship, bought from Quebecshire in 2009, is Kivu’s first true aircraft carrier. She is named after Kivuian explorer Günther Fischer.
