Spanish landing helicopter dock Juan Carlos I

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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[4]
Laid down	May 2005
Launched	22 September 2009[1]
Commissioned	30 September 2010[2]
Homeport	Naval Station Rota, Rota[3]
Identification	Pennant number: L61
Status	Active
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General characteristics
Class and type	Juan Carlos I class
Displacement	26,000 tonnes[6]
Length	230.82 m (757 ft 3 in)[5]
Beam	32 m (105 ft)[6]
Draught	6.9 m (23 ft)[5]
Propulsion	2 × 11 MW POD,[6] GE ITP LM2500 + Navantia MAN 16V32/40
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)[6]
Range	9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)[6]
Boats & landing craft carried	Four LCM-1E
Capacity	913 soldiers + up to 46 Leopard 2E tanks
Complement	Ship's company: 261[6] Air wing: 172
Sensors and processing systems	LANZA-N air search, ARIES surface search, PAR aircraft landing[6] EID ICCS integrated communications control system
Electronic warfare & decoys	REGULUS and RIGEL[6]
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 aircraft carrier-landing helicopter dock (LHD)^[7] 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.^[8]

The vessel plays an important role in the fleet, as a platform that replaces the Newport-class tank landing ships 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and the strategic transport of other ground forces, and acts as a platform for carrier-based aviation replacing the withdrawn aircraft carrier Príncipe de Asturias.