HMS Queen Elizabeth
Discussion
Thread resurrection.
Anyone else seen this video...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_HgiTmLsMI
...it's a bit upbeat and positive, but it is a ForcesTV piece, so it ought to be. A few good views of the 'under the skin' fixtures and fittings, and some explanation of just how they are going to manage with such a small (relatively speaking) crew.
Let's hope that all the magazine automation machinery works properly from the outset, or those 600 or so crew members will be awful busy carrying high tech munitions up and down ladders!
Anyone else seen this video...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_HgiTmLsMI
...it's a bit upbeat and positive, but it is a ForcesTV piece, so it ought to be. A few good views of the 'under the skin' fixtures and fittings, and some explanation of just how they are going to manage with such a small (relatively speaking) crew.
Let's hope that all the magazine automation machinery works properly from the outset, or those 600 or so crew members will be awful busy carrying high tech munitions up and down ladders!
yellowjack said:
Let's hope that all the magazine automation machinery works properly from the outset, or those 600 or so crew members will be awful busy carrying high tech munitions up and down ladders!
Automation is fine until it goes wrong, which it is apt to do very quickly if the ship suffers damage from an attack. There is a reason navy ships have large crews - many of them are sparesAll stop.
I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it:
Portsmouth evacuations prompted by WW2 bomb find - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-379...
I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it:
Portsmouth evacuations prompted by WW2 bomb find - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-379...
yellowjack said:
Thread resurrection.
Anyone else seen this video...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_HgiTmLsMI
...it's a bit upbeat and positive, but it is a ForcesTV piece, so it ought to be. A few good views of the 'under the skin' fixtures and fittings, and some explanation of just how they are going to manage with such a small (relatively speaking) crew.
Let's hope that all the magazine automation machinery works properly from the outset, or those 600 or so crew members will be awful busy carrying high tech munitions up and down ladders!
Wow, 650 crew vs 2500 on the slightly larger USN carriersAnyone else seen this video...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_HgiTmLsMI
...it's a bit upbeat and positive, but it is a ForcesTV piece, so it ought to be. A few good views of the 'under the skin' fixtures and fittings, and some explanation of just how they are going to manage with such a small (relatively speaking) crew.
Let's hope that all the magazine automation machinery works properly from the outset, or those 600 or so crew members will be awful busy carrying high tech munitions up and down ladders!
El stovey said:
Wow, 650 crew vs 2500 on the slightly larger USN carriers
The 600 does not include the airwing, which will be a another 600 or so, plus the USN always overman everything compared to the RN.The QEC ships crew is similar in size to the Invincible's, which were a 1/3 of the size.
Catweazle said:
All stop.
I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it:
Portsmouth evacuations prompted by WW2 bomb find - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-379...
That's the third found so far during the current dredging of the area. Definitely won't be the last! Gives the local paper something to write about. I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it:
Portsmouth evacuations prompted by WW2 bomb find - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-379...
MBBlat said:
El stovey said:
Wow, 650 crew vs 2500 on the slightly larger USN carriers
The 600 does not include the airwing, which will be a another 600 or so, plus the USN always overman everything compared to the RN.The QEC ships crew is similar in size to the Invincible's, which were a 1/3 of the size.
Thing is, these systems tend to fall apart at the merest touch when desperately needed.....
And the RN is desperately short of serving personnel at the moment. No one wants to be a sailor any more.
I think it's a bit early for precise dates. Has the infrastructure being built at Pompey finished? I assume the WW2 bomb found today was discovered by dredging for the QEC.
I'm wondering if she'll have sets of contractors trials like other warships. Put her to sea, wind her up, find out what's broken/doesn't work and bring her back to the yard for fettling.
I'm asking partly on behalf of my 87 year old friend Gordon. He was part of the team that built Lusty and ARKR as well as the carrier Albion back in the 1940s when he was an apprentice.
He so wishes he was young enough to be part of the QE and PoW build.
I'm wondering if she'll have sets of contractors trials like other warships. Put her to sea, wind her up, find out what's broken/doesn't work and bring her back to the yard for fettling.
I'm asking partly on behalf of my 87 year old friend Gordon. He was part of the team that built Lusty and ARKR as well as the carrier Albion back in the 1940s when he was an apprentice.
He so wishes he was young enough to be part of the QE and PoW build.
wildcat45 said:
I think it's a bit early for precise dates. Has the infrastructure being built at Pompey finished? I assume the WW2 bomb found today was discovered by dredging for the QEC.
The news did say it was dredging for the new facility that unearthed the bomb so will be for the flattops.Previous 1SL went public with 29 May - how realistic this is, who knows. I suspect they'll time it for a weekend/bank holiday/school hols to encourage local attendees for her arrival. She's already been slotted in to the US Carrier Strike deployment model cycle, so things can't slip too much.
donutsina911 said:
Previous 1SL went public with 29 May - how realistic this is, who knows. I suspect they'll time it for a weekend/bank holiday/school hols to encourage local attendees for her arrival. She's already been slotted in to the US Carrier Strike deployment model cycle, so things can't slip too much.
Was the 29th May, this date has since slipped with no new date identified, I know the rough timescales but probably shouldn't disclose it yet as it's not public, expect her to be in Pompey by the end of summer though.316Mining said:
It's highly automated. All the ordinance is moved around on a computerised automated system.
Thing is, these systems tend to fall apart at the merest touch when desperately needed.....
Which would be a fair shout if it was cutting edge technologies, but you see this sort of thing in car factories around the world now so the bugs are pretty well ironed out.Thing is, these systems tend to fall apart at the merest touch when desperately needed.....
And it'll run on Windows XP of course
Evanivitch said:
316Mining said:
It's highly automated. All the ordinance is moved around on a computerised automated system.
Thing is, these systems tend to fall apart at the merest touch when desperately needed.....
Which would be a fair shout if it was cutting edge technologies, but you see this sort of thing in car factories around the world now so the bugs are pretty well ironed out.Thing is, these systems tend to fall apart at the merest touch when desperately needed.....
And it'll run on Windows XP of course
AshVX220 said:
donutsina911 said:
Previous 1SL went public with 29 May - how realistic this is, who knows. I suspect they'll time it for a weekend/bank holiday/school hols to encourage local attendees for her arrival. She's already been slotted in to the US Carrier Strike deployment model cycle, so things can't slip too much.
Was the 29th May, this date has since slipped with no new date identified, I know the rough timescales but probably shouldn't disclose it yet as it's not public, expect her to be in Pompey by the end of summer though.TTmonkey said:
Evanivitch said:
316Mining said:
It's highly automated. All the ordinance is moved around on a computerised automated system.
Thing is, these systems tend to fall apart at the merest touch when desperately needed.....
Which would be a fair shout if it was cutting edge technologies, but you see this sort of thing in car factories around the world now so the bugs are pretty well ironed out.Thing is, these systems tend to fall apart at the merest touch when desperately needed.....
And it'll run on Windows XP of course
Stormy seas aren't really problem provided you're protected from the corrosion. Electrical/electronics are far more vulnerable to high vibration environments like tracked vehicles or prop aircraft.
HarryW said:
Are you sure about that, not heard or seen a dicky about any date bar speculation...out of interest is that the end of metrological summer or BST....either way I'll have a gander when it comes up the harbour, should be a brilliant sight.
Not entirely sure no, but just from what I've heard from guys on the job (I used to be on the job myself, gutted about the delay as I was hoping to be in the UK when she first came in).Gassing Station | Boats, Planes & Trains | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff