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HTMS Chakri Naruebet (CVH-911) (Thai: เรือหลวงจักรีนฤเบศร, meaning 'Sovereign of the Chakri Dynasty', the Thai monarchy's ruling family) is the flagship of the Royal Thai Navy (RTN), and Thailand's first and only aircraft carrier, although the RTN refers to her as an "Offshore Patrol Helicopter Carrier". Based on the Spanish Navy's Príncipe de Asturias design and constructed by Spanish shipbuilder Bazán, Chakri Naruebet was commissioned into the RTN in 1997. Her intended duties include operational support of the RTN's amphibious warfare forces, patrols and force projection around Thailand's coastline. However, her reputation mainly came from disaster relief, humanitarian missions and search-and-rescue (SAR) operations from 1997 to 2010.
She is known as the smallest functioning aircraft carrier in the world.
Type: Light Aircraft Carrier (She could be referred to helicopter carrier type in the present day due to the retirement of RTN's AV-8S Matador Harrier)
Displacement: 11,486 long tons (11,670 t) full load
Length: ** 182.65 m (599 ft 3 in) (oa)
174.1 m (571 ft 2 in) (flight deck)
164.1 m (538 ft 5 in) (pp)
Beam: 22.5 m (73 ft 10 in) (waterline)
30.5 m (100 ft 1 in) maximum
Draught: 6.12 m (20 ft 1 in)
Propulsion: 2 × GE LM2500 gas turbines providing 22,125 shp (16,499 kW)
2 × Bazán-MTU 16V1163 TB83 diesel engines providing 5,600 bhp (4,200 kW)
2 × shafts with 5-bladed propellers
Speed: 25.5 Knots (Maximum) *** Although she can only reach 17.2 Knots with the diesel engines alone, These two option speeds can depend on the developer's discretion.*
Range: 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) with a constant speed of 12 knots, and 7,150 nautical miles (13,240 km; 8,230 mi) at 16.5 knots.
Aircraft carried: 6 Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk helicopters
2 (+4) MH-60S Knighthawk
6 AV-8S/TAV-8S Matador Harrier (retired in 2006)
Aviation facilities: 174.6-by-27.5-meter (573 by 90 ft) flight deck
12° ski-jump
Hangar space for 10 aircraft
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