RGJ/H. Alan Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 The Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers (formerly the CV Future[nb 1] or CVF project) are a two-ship class of aircraft carrier being built for the Royal Navy. HMS Queen Elizabeth is expected to enter service in May 2016;[5] HMS Prince of Wales in 2018. The vessels will displace about 65,000 tonnes (full load), be 280 metres (920 ft) long and capable of carrying up to 50 aircraft. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6d7_1270729514 Eddie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trustmeimamechanic Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 By 2015-2018 we won't have enough aircraft too fill one of them , even if we put all the cabs from the RAF and the navy on them :cry: , not to mention new destroyers that won't be armed for several years ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Somebody told me that the French Navy would be escorting the new Royal Navy Carriers as we will not have enough Destroyers for the job ! Is that the sound of Lord Horatio Nelson turning in his grave ? :cool2: :cry::cry::cry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berna2vm Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 It will be great to have a nice new capital ship to show off, though. I don't mind paying tax for this kind of thing:-). I am not going to go into things that I don't want to contribute to though:-(... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REME 245 Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Quite if they will survive the potential 25% cut in the defence budget after the next election is questionable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 Quite if they will survive the potential 25% cut in the defence budget after the next election is questionable. It's not the cost of the carriers themselves that's the problem, more the aircraft to put on them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteor mark 4B Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 I understand a bit of thought went into the choice of names for the two carriers. Who in government will be man or woman enough to scrap a ship called The Queen Elizabeth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 I understand a bit of thought went into the choice of names for the two carriers. Who in government will be man or woman enough to scrap a ship called The Queen Elizabeth? It didn't stop them killing off the last attempt back in 1966. CVA-01 and CVA-02 were to be called Queen Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin craig Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 Can anyone say TSR 2? R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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