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Sunday, November 02, 2014

Navy’s pride HMS Queen Elizabeth ‘will depend on French’

HMS Queen ElizabethThe 65,000-tonne aircraft carrier, Britain’s largest ever warship, was described as a “source of inspiration” by the Queen when she christened the vessel at Rosyth, Scotland in July.

The ship is due to be launched in 2017, although delays are expected.

But for three years while her sister carrier the Prince of Wales is being completed in Rosyth, there will be no dry dock large enough for Queen Elizabeth if she needs underwater repairs.

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