French Aircraft Carrier - Bearn

 

Date of Issue: Nov 07, 2022

The stamp depicts Hunter Dewoitine and Aircraft Carrier Bearn.

The image of the Dewoitine and Bearn were printed using intaglio, and the rest of the design by offset printing.

As a ship theme collector, the aircraft carrier caught my attention.

Béarn, named for the historic province of Béarn, was an aircraft carrier converted from an incomplete

Normandie-class battleship for the Marine nationale (French Navy) during the 1920s. The only aircraft carrier France produced until after World War II, the ship played a minor role in early stages of the war, training in home waters and conducting pilot training.

The ship's flight deck was 180 meters (590 ft 7 in) long and it had a maximum width of 27 meters (88 ft 7 in). The deck itself was composed of two overlapping 12-millimeter (0.47 in) plates covered by 50–70 millimeters (2.0–2.8 in) of African teak.

The ship was designed with two hangar decks, of which only the upper 124-meter-long (406 ft 10 in) hangar could be used for aircraft operations as the lower hangar was dedicated to workshops and aircraft assembly and storage facilities.

The above image matches the design on the stamp.

Click here to know more about the aircraft carrier Bearn.

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China 2024 Shipbuilding Industry in China

 Date of Issue: April 23, 2024

The above mini sheet comprises two sets of 4 stamps depicting various vessels, a testament to growing China's Shipbuilding Industry.

Chinese Aircraft Carrier - Shandong:

Shandong is a Chinese aircraft carrier that was launched on 26 April 2017 for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of the People's Republic of China. It is the country's first domestically built aircraft carrier.  

Shandong was constructed by the Dalian Shipbuilding Industry, part of the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, in Dalian, Liaoning province, China.

The carrier was commissioned on 17 December 2019 at Sanya, Hainan by Central Military Commission chairman Xi Jinping and was officially named Shandong.

It is capabe of carrying up to 30 aircrafts.

Click here to know more about Shandong.

Chinese Destroyer - Nanchang (101)

Nanchang (101) is a Type 055 destroyer of the People's Liberation Army Navy. She is the lead ship of the class and laid down in December 2014 at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai.  She was commissioned on 12 January 2020. When launched, Nanchang was among the largest post-Second World War warships launched in East Asia. She is equipped with wide range of armaments including short-range SAM 24-cell launcher, surface-to-air missiles, anti-ship cruise missiles, land-attach cruise missiles, anti-submarine torpedoes, anti-ship ballistic missiles and can carry 2 medium-lift helicopters.

Click here to know more about Nanchang (101)

Adora Magic City - China's first large-scale cruise ship

It was built by a joint venture between China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC) and Carnival, an American cruise operator. 

It has 15 decks and can accommodate up to 5,246 passengers and 1,292 crew members.  The ship has 2,125 cabins.The ship's launch is a milestone in China's shipbuilding industry.

CMA CGM Jacques Saade

The world's largest container vessel powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) as well as fuel oil.

It was named and handed over by its Chinese manufacturers to its French buyer in Changxing Island in Shanghai on Tuesday, proving that China's shipbuilding industry has moved from following others to "leading the pack" in terms of large container ship manufacturing.

With a deck as large as 23,978 square meters, roughly equivalent to the size of three and a half standard soccer fields, the world's largest and most advanced dual-fuel container ship can be loaded with 23,000 TEUs at a single time.

Text Source: Wikipedia, globaltimes.cn