Cavour (Italian: portaerei Cavour) is an Italian aircraft carrier launched in 2004. She is the flagship of the Italian Navy. The ship is designed to combine fixed-wing V/STOL and helicopter air operations, command and control operations, and the transport of …

El Cavour (C 550) 1 es un portaaviones V/STOL de la Marina Militare de Italia que entró en operaciones en junio de 2009. Construido en Génova, realizó su primera prueba de mar el 22 de diciembre de 2006 y fue asignado el 27 de marzo de 2008.

May 26, 2019 · Yesterday, Italy launched its new Trieste LHD. It is 245 metres in length, displaces 33,000 tonnes and costs €1.1 billion. It will serve alongside the Cavour which is a similar type of ship.

Dec 7, 2024 · The Italian Navy has officially commissioned its newest Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD), Trieste, the largest combat vessel constructed in Italy since World War II. The commissioning ceremony, held at the Port of Livorno, was attended by …

Oct 25, 2024 · The programme for the LHD Trieste modification and equipment as ‘an alternate carrier vessel in case of Cavour carrier unavailability,’ is under Parliament approval with contract expected to be award in 2025, Naval News understood, and activities which could be launched with LHD warranty dock activities. The DPP also confirms funding for a ...

Mar 27, 2020 · Camillo Paolo Filippo Giulio Benso, Count of Cavour, of Isolabella and of Leri (August 10, 1810 - June 6, 1861) was a leading figure in the movement toward Italian unification.

May 25, 2020 · The Fincantieri-designed and built aircraft carrier Cavour and the recently launched Trieste are designed to fulfill a hybrid LHD/aircraft carrier role enabling the Italian Navy to conduct independent sea control, maritime and amphibious power projection operations without direct US or UK support.

Feb 13, 2025 · Being able to embark fighter aircraft is deemed only a secondary function of the LHD, as the ship will be used primarily for amphibious operations (and because the purpose-built aircraft carrier Cavour already serves as the Italian Navy’s main means of deploying seaborne fixed-wing air power).

Dec 8, 2024 · The Italian Navy has commissioned its newest LHD ITS Trieste (L-9890) with the capability to operate helicopters and F-35B STOVL fighters.

Jan 28, 2001 · The Italian Navy's newest aircraft carrier, the Cavour (formerly known as the Andrea Doria), was launched in July 2004. The ship's strongest features are its high flexibility in operational terms - its capacity to carry out the functions of an aircraft carrier and the transport of wheeled and tracked vehicles.