ANS Cnemsis and Tomyris Class Aircraft carriers

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The Sisterhood Naval Contingent started discussing replacements for the two Toxophone and two Themiscyra class aircraft carriers in the 1960's. It took nearly ten years to agree to what was essentially going to be a 'like for like' replacement deal. Two new large carriers and two light carriers. One of the sticking points was whether the large carriers should be nuclear powered. The sheer cost of going nuclear put the Sisterhood off. They had perfectly good building yards and machinery manufacturing plants that could produce large 'super' carrier sized ships without having to spend the billions that would be required for two nuclear powered ships. An order for two 60,000 ton aircraft carriers was placed in 1975 with the expectation both ships would complete in the early 1980's. Successive factions in the Sisterhood derailed the program and the two ships continued to be built in fits and starts as the money for them was appropriated. What was supposed to take 6-7 years ended up taking 12 and 14 years each. The lead ship - Tomyris - completed in 1988 its sister in 1991.

With the drawing below, all I have done is to change the header and naming of the ship to reflect its Murovian Empire acquisition. BB1987's drawing itself is untouched, but exactly what the Sisterhood wanted.



The two light carriers of the Cnemsis class were not laid down till 1982 and were a design purchased of Vickers UK for a 'through deck cruiser' similar to the Illustrious class built for the Royal Navy. The same ship did well for the Royal Navy at the Falkland Islands conflict. Both ships ran into some of the same appropriation problems the two Tomyris class ships had but both ended up being completed in 1988.

Another drawing I have left untouched except for the naming of the ship into the Murovian Empire.



These four ships would take the Amazonian Navy into the 21st century, when replacements would be required to be thought about. What would be next.

 

Cnemsis took the wheeled chariot to a new level in the Amazonian Armed Forces. With two people aboard, driver and archer, they made a lethal combination.

 

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