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西班牙國產最新型兩栖攻擊艦於10日下水

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　　據法國航宇防務網2008年3月11日報導 西班牙“胡安•卡洛斯一世”號兩栖攻擊艦於2008年3月10日在納凡提亞船廠下水。西班牙王后主持了下水儀式，這艘艦將于明年12月服役，屆時將成為西班牙海軍歷史上最大的艦艇。

　　“胡安•卡洛斯一世I”號兩栖攻擊艦在船臺上建造，通過下水滑道下水。該艦排水量18000噸，長230米，高32米，比現役“阿斯圖裏亞斯親王”號航母還大。“胡安•卡洛斯一世”號的設計和建造費用為3.6億歐元，為多用途艦艇，兼具兩栖攻擊艦和航母特徵，可進行兩栖登陸、制空、運輸部隊和人道主義援助。

　　“胡安•卡洛斯一世”號艦員243名，航程9000海裏。另外還可搭載902名海軍陸戰隊隊員、46輛“美洲豹”坦克，30架固定翼飛機和直升機，其中8架可同時在甲板上作業。該艦的井甲板可部署登陸艇和其他艇。

　　“胡安•卡洛斯一世”號將取代“赫南•柯帝士”號和“比紮羅”號登陸艦，提高西班牙海軍兩栖作戰能力，還可作為“阿斯圖裏亞斯親王”號航母的補充航空平臺使用，這在“阿斯圖裏亞斯親王”號進行幹船塢維修時保持海軍航空兵打擊能力，具有特別意義。(中國船舶資訊中心 文蓋雄)

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Launch of Juan Carlos I (edited)
 
(Source: Navantia; issued March 10, 2008)
 
Coinciding with the year's highest tide, the Juan Carlos I LHD ship was launched today, 10 March 2008, at 6:09 pm, from Navantia's Ferrol shipyard. At the ceremony, Her Majesty the Queen of Spain sponsored the launching of this vessel, which will become the biggest in the history of the Spanish Navy next December, when commissioning will take place. 
 
H.M. King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía, accompanied by the Prince and Princess of Asturias, arrived at the shipyard a few minutes prior to the ceremony. They were greeted at the slipway by Emilio Pérez Touriño, president of the Autonomous Region of Galicia; José Antonio Alonso, Ministry of Defense; Enrique Martínez Robles, chairman of the State Company for Industrial Participations (SEPI in Spanish), Navantia’s chairman, Juan Pedro Gómez Jaén, and the Chief of Staff of the Spanish Navy, Admiral Sebastián Zaragoza. 
 
The launching sequence was started at 6:02 pm, with the prescriptive instructions of "ship ready and clear for launching; handover of keys for removal of padlocks; delivery of removed padlocks and blessing of the ship". 
 
At precisely the scheduled time, Queen Sofía struck the mechanism that cut the ribbon of the Cava bottle, hurling it against the ship's hull. The huge, 230 meter-long ship began to slide along the slipway to the strains of the National Anthem played by a Marine Band. 
 
Displacing 18,000 tons and with a height equal to a 16-story building, the LHD Juan Carlos I entered the waters of El Ferrol estuary rising a spectacular wave, being stabilized moments afterwards by the tugboats. 

(EDITOR’S NOTE: Designed and built at a cost of 360 million euros under the Buque de Proyeccion Estrategica (strategic projection ship, BPE) project, the Juan Carlos I is a multipurpose ship capable of amphibious and air operations, as well as of transporting army units and humanitarian aid. With a length of over 230 meters and a height of 32 meters, it is larger than the aircraft carrier Principe de Asturias which, until now, was the largest ship in the Spanish Navy. 
 
With a crew of 243 officers and ratings, the Juan Carlos I has a range of 9,000 nautical miles. In addition to its crew, it can carry 902 troops and up to 46 Leopard tanks, as well as up to 30 fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, eight of which can operate on deck at the same time. Its well deck can deploy landing craft and other boats. 
 
Spanish Navy plans call for the Juan Carlos I to replace the landing ships Hernan Cortes and Pizarro, thus improving its amphibious capabilities while, at the same time, providing an alternative aerial platform to the carrier Principe de Asturias. This will be particularly useful as the naval air group will remain operational when the carrier goes into drydock shortly for a refit.) 
 
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