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	Prince of Asturias - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The title Prince of Asturias is given to the heir apparent to the Spanish throne, and the earlier kingdom of León.
		The current Prince of Asturias is Prince Felipe, son of King Juan Carlos of Spain and Queen Sofia.
		Infanta Maria de las Mercedes of Spain, eldest daughter of Alfonso XII, was styled Princess of the Asturias during her childhood, particularly when her posthumous brother Alfonso XIII was not yet born.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prince_of_Asturias (276 words)

	Spanish aircraft carrier Principe de Asturias - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She is the second ever Spanish aircraft carrier after the Dédalo.
		The carrier air arm is made up of twelve AV-8B Harrier II Bravo and AV-8B Harrier II Plus and twelve helicopters, usually a mix of Sikorsky and Agusta models.
		Due to the STOL aircraft the off-axis flight deck is only 175.3 metres long and includes a characteristic "ski-jump" end section (12º and 46.5m in length.).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spanish_aircraft_carrier_Principe_de_Asturias (373 words)

	Encyclopedia article: Spanish aircraft carrier Principe de Asturias (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Principe de Asturias (R 11) is the only active aircraft carrier (A large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for take-offs and landings) of the Spanish (The Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain) navy (An organization of military naval forces).
		She is the flagship (The ship that carries the commander of a fleet and flies his flag) of the fleet and together with her escort frigates makes up Alpha group.
		The carrier was built by Empresa Nacional Bazán (now IZAR (A voluminous cotton outer garment (usually white) traditionally worn by Muslim women of northern Africa and the Middle East; covers the entire body)), the design was adapted from the US Sea Control Ship plan and finalized in 1977.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sp/spanish_aircraft_carrier_principe_de_asturias.htm (482 words)

	Principe de Asturias
		The aircraft carrier Príncipe de Asturias (R-11) is the flagship of the Spanish Navy and the core of the Combat Group.
		She was built in Banzan´s Shipyards and delivered to the Spanish Navy on May 30th 1988.
		The self-defense armament of the aircraft carrier includes four near defense Meroka systems and six throwers of decoys (chaff) to display false echoes to the radars of enemy missiles.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/europe/principe-de-asturias.htm (755 words)

	asturias
		The Principality of Asturias (Asturian: Asturies) is a province and an autonomous community of Spain on the north coast facing the Bay of Biscay (Spanish: Golfo de Vizcaya).
		At one point, Asturias was one of the last remnants of Christian Spain; for this reason, the heir to the Spanish throne automatically takes the title of Prince of Asturias, much as the heir to the British throne is the Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay.
		Asturias shares the Parque Nacional Picos de Europa (in the Picos de Europa mountain range) with Cantabria and with León province.
	www.fact-library.com /asturias.html (217 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| world news Trafalgar remembered 200 years on
		The thousands of British, French and Spanish sailors who died at Trafalgar on October 21, 1805, were honoured in this southern Spanish city on Friday as bicentenary commemorations opened with a moving homage to the fallen.
		In Cadiz, shortly after dawn, the Spanish aircraft carrier Principe de Asturias, the Spanish frigate Reina Sofia, British counterpart HMS Chatham and French frigate Montcalm could be seen in the early morning light preparing for the commemoration ceremonies.
		Organisers saluted the high-level participation of the Spanish, British and French navies in casting aside the enmity of two centuries ago to come together in an affirmation of the latter-day ties which bind three traditional seafaring powers as allies within the European Union.
	iafrica.com /news/worldnews/506692.htm (571 words)

	Spanish aircraft carrier Principe de Asturias (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The carrier air arm is made up twelve AV-8B Harrier II Bravo and AV-8B II Plus and twelve helicopters usually a mix of Sikorsky and models.
		Due to the STOL aircraft the off-axis flight deck is 175.3 metres long and includes a characteristic end section (12º and 46.5m in length.).
		The carrier defences are four FABA Meroka 2B close-in weapon systems CIWS with twelve-barrelled Oerlikon L120 20mm guns also an eight cell Harpoon missile system.
	www.freeglossary.com /Spanish_aircraft_carrier_Principe_de_Asturias (268 words)

	Chakri Naruebet
		HTMS Chakri Naruebet is of a similar design to that of the Spanish carrier Principe de Asturias, it is fitted with a 12 degree ski jump to enable the use of Harrier-style aircraft.
		With a design similar to that of the Spanish carrier Principe de Asturias, it is to be fitted with a 12 degree ski jump to enable the use of Harrier-style aircraft.
		It is estimated that the carrier could carry a maximum of 18 helicopters and aircraft; and 100 tons of ammunition.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/thailand/chakri-naruebet.htm (1271 words)

	Naval Technology - Principe de Asturias - Aircraft Carrier
		The integration of a Tritan Digital Command and Control System and the installation of a Flag Bridge to meet the requirements of the Spanish Navy delayed the commissioning of the Principe de Asturias until 1988.
		The large distinctive round dome of the aircraft control radar, the ITT SPN-35A operating at J-band, is installed at the bow end of the island at roof level.
		The Principe de Asturias with the Chakri Naruebet helicopter carrier of the Royal Thai Navy, also built by Navantia.
	www.naval-technology.com /projects/asturias (789 words)

	Naval Officers Club Armada Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Naval Museum is inside the Spanish Navy Headquarters, so visitors must sign in and pass through armed uniformed sentries and metal detectors before entering the museum proper.
		The access door is via a street on the building’s north side, the Juan de Mena, and a passport, or at least a photo-ID drivers licence is required for identification.
		In the Geographical Discoveries salon (15th to 18th centuries) is a striking Juan de la Cosa chart, dated 1500 at Peurto de Santa María.
	www.navalofficer.com.au /armada.htm (908 words)

	Principe de Asturias English
		The concept of this Flagship belonging the Spanish Navy is born in the USA by the mid sixties, at the time of the Vietnam War, when the American admiral Elmo Zumwalt developed the so called SCS (Sea Control Ship).
		The abandonment of this project allowed the Spanish navy to acquire the SCS from Gibs and Cox in 1977, a dozen planes belonging to the basic project.
		It also carries four Meroka anti-missile mounts produced in the country (12 tubes each), which, together with the ones carried by the Balearea and Santa María escort ships, conform a very efficient anti-missile shield.
	www.modelersite.com /Feb2002/English/PdeAsturias_Eng.htm (389 words)

	Military Pictures
		Spanish Aircraft carrier "Principe de Asturias," inport Rota, Spain.
		This taken before I was flying in her as her tail numbers show GD 11 vice GD 12.
		This was the largest aircraft to successfully launch/land off aircraft carriers.
	www.angelfire.com /nc/labspa/milpage.html (203 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Diplomatic welcome from the Spaniards
		Gunfire broke the silence as it entered the water, from her and the Spanish and French warships present.
		Apprentice "Ringer" Bell, the youngest of Chatham's company, joined his commanding officer, Captain James Morse, in committing a wreath to the sea as the warship sailed past the Spanish aircraft carrier Principe de Asturias, the crew of which fired a rifle volley in salute.
		Drifting to starboard was the wreath from the French destroyer Montcalm.
	telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/10/22/nelson322.xml (391 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - News - Rockin' all over the Ark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Veteran musicians Status Quo were rockin’ all over the Ark when the band filmed their latest video on the aircraft carrier’s flight deck – and you could watch them in action at the BBC if you answer a simple question and the band’s new single makes it into the higher regions of the charts.
		The opposition forces were grouped around the Spanish aircraft carrier Principe de Asturias – known as PDA on the exercise.
		Sorties were conducted against a number of aircraft types, including Spanish F-18s, Mirages and AV8Bs, and American, Turkish and Greek F-16s – and the Sea Harrier is reported to have given a good account of itself in the proceedings.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2002/0207/0002072301.asp (801 words)

	NATO Media Library: - 11-14 May 2000
		Local firemen on the island of Porto Santo awaiting the landing of Sea King supply helicopters.
		Amphibious landing from Spanish LPD (Spanish Marine Battalion with several armoured vehicles).
		Spanish Harrier jet on board the Spanish Aircraft Carrier Principe de Asturias.
	www.nato.int /multi/photos/2000/m000517a.htm (196 words)

	Spain
		Based on "Principe de Asturias" Bazan also build a small aircraft carrier for the Thai navy.
		It will be a combination of an amphibious assault ship and a VSTOL aircraft carrier.
		In the aircraft carrier role it will operate up to 18 fixed wing aircrafts.
	members.aol.com /mircogr/spain.html (164 words)

	Queen leads commemoration of 200th anniversary of Trafalgar naval battle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Spanish naval crew members stand to attention onboard the Spanish aircraft carrier Principe de Asturias as the French frigate Montcalm, right, passes by followed by the British frigate HMS Chatham, left and the Spanish frigate Reina Sofia, center, during a homage which was paid to the more than 7,000 dead during the Battle of Trafalgar.
		Spanish Defence Minister Jose Bono led a religious service at a naval base in Cadiz, and descendants of the fleet commanders laid wreaths as choral music was played.
		"It was very moving," said Count Andre de Villeneuve, a fifth generation descendant of the French admiral who commanded the Franco-Spanish fleet that sailed from Cadiz into Cape Trafalgar on that fateful day.
	www.canada.com /travel/story.html?id=bb8b8a75-33a7-406a-a213-937d72e9a1bd (577 words)

	Navy News - Ships of the Royal Navy - HMS Portland - Portland defends the Spanish at Trafalgar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The objective was to sail the Spanish Amphibious Task Group, including the Aircraft Carrier SPS Principe De Asturias, safely to their objective, land the troops ashore and return.
		Undoubtedly the highlight of the weeklong exercise was being tasked to ‘goal-keep’ for the Spanish carrier during several ‘attacks’ by Spanish Air Force F-18 jets.
		Adding further to the historical overtones, a Spanish Man of War bearing the same name as the SPS Principe De Asturias was the largest ship to escape the British Fleet off the Cape in 1805.
	www.navynews.co.uk /ships/portland/port03110301.asp (887 words)

	Royal Navy: News & Events
		Together with Spanish and French warships, she remembered the sacrifice and courage of all those who lost their lives during the battle.
		Devonport-based HMS Chatham was in Cadiz, today, the port from which the combined Spanish and French Fleet sailed, to take part in the wider commemorations both ashore and at sea.
		Following the battle, British survivors were cared for by the people of Cadiz, as the Spanish and French survivors were cared for by the British.
	www.royal-navy.mod.uk /rn/content.php3?page=1&article=966 (438 words)

	How Many Men Are In The French Navy? (About Half): Nuclear aircraft carrier a floating French joke [Free Republic]
		France's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle, is to be visited by the President, Mr Jacques Chirac, the Defence Minister, Mr Alain Richard and a gaggle of high-ranking naval officers tomorrow, at the very moment when it has again become a laughing stock.
		Anyone who has watched the Battle of Midway knows that an aircraft carrier is a floating runway that must be long enough for aircraft to take off and land, and wide enough for them to clear the deck quickly for other aircraft.
		The Charles de Gaulle won't be officially operational until next year, but already the paint on the bridge is peeling - burned off by the exhaust of the Super Etendard fighter.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a37c7200d3417.htm (3009 words)

	Australia bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The land was not discovered by Europeans until the 17th century, when it was sighted and visited by several expeditions: the Spanish Luis Vaez de Torres (1606) and the Dutch explorers Willem Jaszoom (1606), Jan Carstensz (1623), Dirck Hartog and Abel Tasman.
		The first English explorers were Willem Dampier in 1688 and James Cook, who claimed eastern two-thirds of the continent for Britain in 1770 despite orders from King George III to first conclude a treaty with the indigenous population.
		The Spruce Goose is a nickname commonly given to the Hughes H-4 Hercules, an aircraft designed and built by the Hughes Aircraft company.
	www.elexi.de /en/a/au/australia.html (1848 words)

	Spanish aircraft carrier Principe de Asturias
		She was built to replace the ageing Dédalo.
		Propulsion is from two General Electric gas turbines, each generating 34.6 MW (around 46,000 shp together).
		Driving a single propellor the ship is capable of a maximum 27 knots and can cruise at 20 knots with a range of around 6,500 nm.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/spanish_aircraft_carrier_principe_de_asturias (370 words)

	EiTB24.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Spanish aircraft carrier Principe de Asturias was accompanied by British and French frigates.
		British forces, under the command of Admiral Nelson who was killed, defeated the Franco-Spanish fleet in the battle off the port of Cadiz that spelt the beginning of the end for Napoleon Bonaparte's French Empire.
		The Spanish tribute followed a string of events to commemorate the bicentenary.
	www.eitb24.com /noticia_en.php?id=98981 (288 words)

	Navy League of the United States - Citizens in Support of the Sea Services
		It also is looking to expand its overall fleet of long-range maritime patrol aircraft, requiring around six total aircraft from the United States to supplement the two already in service, for a total fleet of eight.
		The Principe de Asturias aircraft carrier, commissioned in 1988, will probably receive its mid-life refit from 2006 through 2008 and the Patino, commissioned in 1995, will probably follow by around 2009.
		Details of the Asturias’ refit are not yet defined, but most major weapons and sensor systems are expected to receive, at a minimum, the latest software upgrades, communications upgrades for better interoperability with allied forces, as well as a major hull and power plant maintenance package.
	www.navyleague.org /sea_power/oct_04_46.php (1125 words)

	Panorama, Gibraltar's Online Daily, Gibraltar news
		Spanish national Jose David Sierra Ruiz of Algeciras, was charged with the offence of obstructing police.
		The Spanish aircraft carrier 'Principe de Asturias' and the frigate 'Reina Sofia' are in Algeciras up to Saturday, with the ships being opened to the public.
		The Spanish foreign ministry acted 'promptly' to demand the release of Spanish journalists arrested by Gibraltar police at the time of the Greenpeace incident, said Spanish minister Ana Palacio.
	www.panorama.gi /archive/030310/updates.htm (9708 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| 'Both sides fought bravely'
		HMS Chatham accompanied the Spanish aircraft carrier Principe de Asturias, which bears the name of one of the vessels on the losing side, and the French frigate Montcalm to the site where 3,300 Frenchmen and 1,020 Spaniards died.
		Descendants of those who fought for France, Spain and Britain were due to cast wreaths on the waters.
		"It was a battle in which everybody fought bravely," said Helion de Villeneuve, a descendant of the French admiral.
	www.guardian.co.uk /uk_news/story/0,3604,1598057,00.html (312 words)

	News from the Costa del Sol, Andalucia, Southern Spain
		Shouting slogans and carrying anti-war banners, the protesters made their way to the Paseo del Parque to hear a number of anti-war speeches from a variety of speakers.
		According to the Junta de Andalucía's Department of the Environment, more birds are expected to arrive between now and April, when the colony will reach its peak population.
		The Fuente de Piedra lagoon, a protected bird habitat, is an important mating ground for one of the most important colonies of pink, or common, flamingos in the western Mediterranean area.
	www.andalucia.com /news/cdsn/2003-03-26.htm (2227 words)

	news.mod.uk - News Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		In Cadiz, Spain, frigate HMS Chatham is representing the Royal Navy, invited by the Spanish to provide a guard escort and take part in commemorative religious services and military parade, with wreath laying at the Spanish Naval Mausoleum and in central Cadiz.
		The ship will then sail in company with Spanish aircraft carrier Principe De Asturias, her frigate escort Reina Sofia together with French frigate Montcalm towards Cape Trafalgar where they will honour all those who lost their lives in the Battle of Trafalgar in a service at sea.
		As the sun sets over Portsmouth harbour, Her Majesty The Queen, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh will light the Trafalgar Weekend National Beacon, beside HMS VICTORY, witness a special Beat Retreat by the Band of HM Royal Marines and the firing of an authentic 52-gun ripple "broadside" from HMS VICTORY.
	news.mod.uk /news_press_notice.asp?newsItem_id=3673 (1562 words)

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