The Sun Yat-sen-class supercarriers are a pair of nuclear powered supercarriers in service in the Republic of China Navy from 1997 onwards. They were built with extensive help from the British.
Specifications[]
- Type: Supercarrier
- Service Period: 1997-
- Characteristics:
- Length: 1,067 feet (325.22 meters)
- Beam: 252 feet (76.81 meters)
- Draft: 37 feet (11.28 meters)
- Displacement: 92,800 tons
- Crew: 5500
- Propulsion: 2 x Nuclear Reactors, 4 x shafts, 280,000 shp (210 MW)
- Range: Unlimited
- Speed: 32.7 knots (60.56 km/h)
- Sensor Suite:
- Countermeasures:
- Armament:
- 3 x Sea Oryx AAM Launchers
- 4 x Goalkeeper 30mm CIWS
- Aircraft Carried: 96 fixed wing aircraft and helicopters
- Aviation Facilities: 4 x steam catapults
Unit Run[]
- ROCS Sun Yat-Sen (R03)
- ROCS Lin Sian-Kwan (R04)