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Thursday, February 13, 2014

Queen to launch HMS Queen Elizabeth II carrier in July

HMS Queen Elizabeth IIQueen Elizabeth will launch the Royal Navy's super-carrier named for her in Scotland in the summer.

The 65,000-ton HMS Queen Elizabeth is scheduled for launch at the Rosyth dockyard in Fife in July.

HMS Queen Elizabeth, being built by a consortium of BAE Systems Surface Ships, Thales Group and Babcock Marine, will be the lead ship of the Queen Elizabeth-class of aircraft carrier, the largest warships ever built for the Royal Navy and capable of carrying up to forty aircraft.

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