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*'''HMS ''Audacious'''''
*'''HMS ''Audacious'''''
*'''HMS ''Queen Elizabeth'''''
*'''HMS ''Queen Elizabeth'''''
*'''Charles de Gaulle (R91)'''
*''''Charles de Gaulle (R91)''''
== Carriers in [[Science Fiction]] ==
== Carriers in [[Science Fiction]] ==
Alongside traditional aircraft carriers, in science fiction it is quite common to have spacecraft filling a similar role, mainly carrying [[starfighter]]s limited to STL speeds.
Alongside traditional aircraft carriers, in science fiction it is quite common to have spacecraft filling a similar role, mainly carrying [[starfighter]]s limited to STL speeds.

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An aircraft carrier (often called simply a carrier) is a type of warship used as a mobile airbase for military aircraft. Aircraft carriers can project military force over very large areas and have become elements of modern US military warfare since the second world war.

Real World Carriers

  • USS Enterprise (CV-06)
  • USS Forrestal (CV-59)
  • USS Enterprise (CVN-65)
  • USS Nimitz (CVN-68)
  • USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)
  • IJN Akagi
  • Admiral Kuznetsov
  • HMCS Warrior
  • HMCS Magnificent
  • HMCS Bonaventure
  • HMS Eagle
  • HMS Audacious
  • HMS Queen Elizabeth
  • 'Charles de Gaulle (R91)'

Carriers in Science Fiction

Alongside traditional aircraft carriers, in science fiction it is quite common to have spacecraft filling a similar role, mainly carrying starfighters limited to STL speeds.

Examples

Gallery