Spanish amphibious assault ship Juan Carlos I

	Juan Carlos I in February 2023
History
Spain
Name	Juan Carlos I
Namesake	King Juan Carlos I of Spain
Ordered	5 September 2003
Builder	Navantia
Cost	€462 million
Laid down	May 2005
Launched	22 September 2009
Commissioned	30 September 2010
Homeport	Naval Station Rota, Rota
Identification	Pennant number: L61
Status	Active
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General characteristics
Class and type	Juan Carlos I class
Displacement	26,000 tonnes
Length	230.82 m (757 ft 3 in)
Beam	32 m (105 ft)
Draught	6.9 m (23 ft)
Propulsion	2 × 11 MW POD, GE ITP LM2500 + Navantia MAN 16V32/40
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range	9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Boats & landing ; craft carried	Four LCM-1E
Capacity	913 soldiers + up to 46 Leopard 2E tanks
Complement	Ship's company: 261; Air wing: 172;
Sensors and ; processing systems	LANZA-N air search, ARIES surface search, PAR aircraft landing; EID ICCS integrated communications control system;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	REGULUS and RIGEL
Armament	4 × RWS Sentinel 2.0; 4 × 12.7 mm machine guns; 2 x BPDMS (FBNW); 1 x VLS (FBNW);
Aircraft carried	AV-8B Harrier II, Chinook, Sea King, NH90
Notes	Aircraft composition: Pure combat: 25 AV-8B/F-35B + 6 flight deck parking spots Mix: 11 AV-8B + 12 NH90 + 6 flight deck parking spots Pure transport: 25 NH90 + 6 flight deck parking spots

Juan Carlos I is a multi-purpose amphibious assault ship-aircraft carrier in the Spanish Navy (Armada Española). Similar in role to many aircraft carriers, the amphibious landing ship has a ski jump for STOVL operations, and is equipped with the McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft. The vessel is named in honour of Juan Carlos I, the former King of Spain.

The new vessel plays an important role in the fleet, as a platform that replaces the Newport-class LSTs Hernán Cortés and Pizarro for supporting the mobility of the Marines and the strategic transport of other ground forces, and acts as a platform for carrier-based aviation replacing the now withdrawn aircraft carrier Príncipe de Asturias.

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