Juan Carlos I launch: once she had completed her unbelievably quiet and gentle slide down the Navantia shipyard slipway and entered the waters of Ria de Ferrol, near Coruna on the northwest coast of Spain on 10 March 2008, the Juan Carlos I effectively became the Spanish Armada's largest aircraft carrier.

Armada International › Vol. 32 Nbr. 3, June 2008

Author: Biass, Eric H.

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Juan Carlos I launch: once she had completed her unbelievably quiet and gentle slide down the Navantia shipyard slipway and entered the waters of Ria de Ferrol, near Coruna on the northwest coast of Spain on 10 March 2008, the Juan Carlos I effectively became the Spanish Armada's largest aircraft carrier.

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The new carrier, with a 27,563-tonne displacement, was launched a few minutes after 18:09 hours precisely (w...

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