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Monday, October 29, 2012

Aircraft carrier's hull en route from Govan to Fife

Aircraft Carrier section |An 11,000-tonne section of aircraft carrier is starting a 600-mile journey around the north coast of Scotland to the Rosyth dockyard in Fife.

The largest hull section of HMS Queen Elizabeth left BAE's shipbuilding hall at Govan two weeks ago and was loaded on to a huge sea going barge.

Since then, preparatory work has been carried out such as sea fastening, which secures the hull during transit.

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