KNS Günther Fischer

Boaty McBoatface

History
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
Identification:	Pennant number: R-11
Fate:	Scrapped Aliaga 29 August 2017
Name:	KNS Günther Fischer
Namesake:	Günther Fischer
Cost:	QSC ¢285 million (1993)
Laid down:	8 October 1979
Launched:	22 May 1982
Commissioned:	30 May 1988
Decommissioned:	6 February 2013
General characteristics
Class and 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
Sensors and processing systems:	Air search radar, Surface search radar, Aircraft control radar, Fire control radar, Missile approach warning radar, Target designation radar
Armament:	4 × Close-in weapon systems 12 × 20mm guns
Aircraft carried:	29 fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft
Aviation facilities:	12° ski jump 46.5 m (153 ft) in length