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Saturday, May 03, 2014

UK aircraft carrier nears programme milestone

Queen Elizabeth class CVTwo months from now, the UK Royal Navy’s largest ever warship will be named, before being floated out of its dry dock in Rosyth, Scotland, as the HMS Queen Elizabeth.

The first of two 65,000t vessels to be delivered by the Aircraft Carrier Alliance, the lead ship is still more than four years away from receiving its first visit by the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and over six from reaching full operational status.

With Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to perform the naming act on 4 July, the ship that will bear her name is currently a hive of activity, with around 1,500 workers on board each day installing and testing the systems needed for it to operate with roughly the same complement as the RN’s previous, 22,000t Invincible-class carriers: the last of which, HMS Illustrious, will be retired later this year.

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