This is a list of aircraft carriers in the world's navies. It includes present (as of 2004) vessels as well as former vessels and those planned or under construction. Dates given are launching dates.
BU means broken up, that is, that the ship was dismantled.
Retired:
Australia's last aircraft carrier was decommissioned in 1982. The current Sydney and Melbourne are guided missile frigates, and the current Albatross is a naval base on land near Nowra. Small carriers are occasionally proposed.
Retired:
Retired:
Canada's last aircraft carrier was decommissioned in 1970. Also, Canada's first two carriers were technically ships of the Royal Navy, and were thus "HMS" (His Majesty's Ships) instead of "HMCS". The UK technically owned the ships, and the RN's Fleet Air Arm provided the aircraft and aircrew, however the ship's crew were mostly from the Royal Canadian Navy.
Retired:
Planned:
Retired:
- Foch class
- Arromanches (1943, formerly HMS Colossus, acquired 1946 - BU 1978
- Dixmude (1940)
- Joffre class
- Joffre (-) (not completed)
- Painleve (-) (not completed)
- Commandante Teste (1929) (aviation transport) - Scuttled Toulon 1942, refloated 1946, BU 1950s?
- Bearn (1920) (begun as battleship, converted 1923-27) - Decommissioned 1945, BU 1967?
- Rouen (1912) (merchantman converted to seaplane carrier) captured by Germany 1940s
- Nord (1898) (merchantman converted to seaplane carrier) fate unknown
- Pas-de-Calais (1898) (merchantman converted to seaplane carrier) fate unknown
- Compinas (1896) (merchantman converted to seaplane carrier) fate unknown
- Foudre (1895) (seaplane carrier) stricken December 1 1921
Retired (World War II):
- Graf Zeppelin class
- Graf Zeppelin (1938) (not completed) captured by the USSR August, 1947 but not used as carrier, sank 1947
- Peter Strasser (planned launch in 1940, not completed) - BU 1940
There are plans for a total of three carriers.
Under construction:
- New carrier, unnamed, to be based on Italian MM Cavour, building at Kochi SY, for commissioning in 2011
Retired:
Under construction:
Retired:
- Vittorio Veneto (1967)
- Andrea Doria class
- Sparviero (1927) (converted liner Augustus, not completed as carrier) Sunk 5 October 1944
- Aquila (1926) (converted liner Roma) BU 1951-1952
- Giuseppe Miraglia (1923) (seaplane carrier) fate unknown after 1943
- Europa (1895) (merchantman converted to seaplane carrier) stricken 1920
(none; four Osumi class amphibious helicopter-capable ships are being built)
Retired (World War II era):
(Only Hosho, Junyo, Kumano Maru, and Ryuho survived the war and these were scrapped by 1948.)
(none; three amphibious helicopter-capable ships are being built)
Retired:
Retired (USSR):
- Ulyanovsk (-) (not completed) BU 1992. A sister ship was probably planned
- Admiral Kuznetsov class
- Kiev class
- Moskva class
- Graf Zeppelin (1938) (ex-German) Captured by Russia August, 1947 but not used as a carrier
Retired:
Under construction:
- USS George H. W. Bush (Nimitz class)
- CVN-21 (CVN-21 is the program name, actual hull numbers of the first two units will likely be CVN-78 and CVN-79)
Retired:
See list of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy for all US carriers past and present.
References
Last updated: 10-13-2005 22:20:39
