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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

UK's Biggest Jigsaw Finally Completed: Aircraft-Carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth

HMS Queen ElizabethOn Armistice Day the massive hull of the Royal Navy's newbuild 65,000 tonnes aircraft-carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, was finally completed with the 'ski-ramp' slotted into place at Rosyth Dockyard, writes Jehan Ashmore.

The facility on the Forth of Fife is one of three Scottish shipyards that despite job losses are to remain open in the UK and continue building warships for the Royal Navy, following recent plans to close the shipyard in Portsmouth in 2014.

The momentous occasion saw the installation of the 130-tonne section ski-ramp which is designed to assist the F35 Lightning IIs to get airborne off the expansive flight deck of the Royal Navy's future flagship.

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