LG Éire

LG Éire

Éire sailing outside Nomakoa in 2017
History
Gjorka
Name:	HTMS Éire
Namesake:	Éire, Gjorka
Ordered:	01 October 2006
Builder:	Éire Shipyard
Launched:	20 January 2012
Homeport:	Gjorka City Naval Command
Status:	In active service
General characteristics
Type:	Éire-Class light aircraft carrier
Displacement:	11,486 tons full load
Length:	182.65 m (599.2 ft) (overall) 174.1 m (571 ft) (flight deck) 164.1 metres (538 ft) (between perpendiculars)
Beam:	22.5 m (74 ft) (waterline) 30.5 m (100 ft) maximum
Draught:	6.12 m (20.1 ft)
Propulsion:	2 × gas turbines providing 22,125 shp (16,499 kW) 2 × diesel engines providing 5,600 bhp (4,200 kW) 2 × shafts with 5-bladed propellers
Speed:	25.5 knots (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph) (maximum) 17.2 knots (31.9 km/h; 19.8 mph) (cruising)
Range:	10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) 7,150 nautical miles (13,240 km; 8,230 mi) at 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Troops:	Up to 675
Complement:	62 officers 393 sailors 146 aircrew
Sensors and processing systems:	Air search radar, E/F band 2 × 1007 navigational radars
Electronic warfare & decoys:	Decoys: 4 × SRBOC decoy launchers SLQ-32 towed decoy
Armament:	2 × 0.5-inch machine guns 3 × sextuple launchers for surface-to-air missiles
Aircraft carried:	12 helicopters Up to 14 additional helicopters when required
Aviation facilities:	174.6-by-27.5-metre (573 by 90 ft) flight deck 12° ski-jump Hangar space for 10 aircraft

The LG Éire' is the flagship of the Gjorkan Naval Forces and Gjorka's first and only aircraft carrier. The carrier was ordered in 2006 as part of President Joseph Marnell's military buildup policy along with two other nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. The other two carriers were scrapped in 2011 by newly elected president Roman Vanderburg, and the leftover scrap from both used to complete the Éire. While the Éire is a aircraft carrier and capable of launching aircraft it is more traditionally used as a helicopter carrier by the Gjorkan Navy.