HMS Queen Elizabeth

[Rugbyman]

GreatGranny said:

I've only just looked at this thread BECAUSE I WANTED TO FIND OUT ABOUT A BLOODY AIRCRAFT CARRIER!!!

Not look at some petty will waving contest taking up far too much space.

Will the 2 responsible fk off!

I think you will find its 'willy' waving ..... or are they coffin dodgers ?

[T66ORA]

Oh FFS

[Z06George]

Godalmighty83 said:

Z06George said:

I'm sure it's in here somewhere but I can't find it with all this speed BS. What did they do wrong with the paint to mean it needs redoing?

Apparently some of the paint was contaminated with 'construction debris', possibly greases or swarf from all the grinding and welding. I have also heard anecdotally that some bits were painted before the welding had been finished on the other side so that the heat transferred through and spoiled a bit.

Ultimately rushing to get it out of the dock and make room for the big bits of PoW that were piling up.

Whilst I know my knowledge of ships and general navy things isn't even that of armchair level, I would have thought painting a carrier would be one of the easier tasks.

[Godalmighty83]

Z06George said:

Whilst I know my knowledge of ships and general navy things isn't even that of armchair level, I would have thought painting a carrier would be one of the easier tasks.

Just wait until you realise that they have put the propellers on backwards.

[Impasse]

Godalmighty83 said:

Just wait until you realise that they have put the propellers on backwards.

Anyone care to speculate what that might do for the ship's top speed?

[yellowjack]

Impasse said:

Anyone care to speculate what that might do for the ship's top speed?



Arrrgh!

[Gazzas86]

Served on Lusty for 3 years in 2006, max speed we got out of her was 32 knots, we were burning some fuel that day! Might have a video lying around somewhere..

[V8 Fettler]

SWTH said:

Only if you know exactly where it is.

Since the likelihood of that is virtually zero, the answer is for the carrier to be quiet and make itself difficult to find.

Risk and the likely location of a submarine was covered earlier in this thread.

[SWTH]

Indeed. Shame you don't seem to have understood it.

I give up.

This brick wall is hurting my head.

[Evanivitch]

Gazzas86 said:

Served on Lusty for 3 years in 2006, max speed we got out of her was ** knots, we were burning some fuel that day! Might have a video lying around somewhere..

Well there goes your security clearance. ..

[T66ORA]

V8 Fettler said:

SWTH said:

Only if you know exactly where it is.

Since the likelihood of that is virtually zero, the answer is for the carrier to be quiet and make itself difficult to find.

Risk and the likely location of a submarine was covered earlier in this thread.

Lost the will to live since then.

[FourWheelDrift]

2nd island fitted to Prince of Wales, sorry if it's been posted already but I don't care anymore, it's to get the thread back on topic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2FMLZlR6LY

[glasgowrob]

Can all the none sense about speed be moved to another thread ?


The vast majority of readers and contributers to the thread don't care


Now. How is QE coming on any updates?

[FourWheelDrift]

glasgowrob said:

Can all the none sense about speed be moved to another thread ?

No, individual posts can't be pulled out and moved but they could start a new thread if they want to continue going on about it.

Any further continuation of the discussion will be deleted.

[Mojocvh]

Awesome F-35 reverse parking picture with the deck handler giving the clearance signal there.

[yellowjack]

FourWheelDrift said:

No, individual posts can't be pulled out and moved but they could start a new thread if they want to continue going on about it.

Any further continuation of the discussion will be deleted.

[paulrussell]

I presume both carriers will have radar absorbing paint? And the issue with Queen Elizabeth is the debris in the paint make the radar absorbing part of the paint useless?

[V8 Fettler]

SWTH said:

Indeed. Shame you don't seem to have understood it.

I give up.

This brick wall is hurting my head.

There are no absolute certainties bar the usual, but you don't have to know precisely where a submarine is to avoid it, however you do need to know where it is likely to be.

[V8 Fettler]

FourWheelDrift said:

glasgowrob said:

Can all the none sense about speed be moved to another thread ?

No, individual posts can't be pulled out and moved but they could start a new thread if they want to continue going on about it.

Any further continuation of the discussion will be deleted.

Fair enough, the circles are going round in circles.

[Godalmighty83]

Evanivitch said:

Well there goes your security clearance. ..

As 2/3 of the class are Turkish scrap metal and the last is laid up somewhere never to be sailed again I doubt anyone would really care too much at this point. Plus I believe the speed record for them belongs to an earlier config which had a much smaller ski-jump.

paulrussell said:

I presume both carriers will have radar absorbing paint? And the issue with Queen Elizabeth is the debris in the paint make the radar absorbing part of the paint useless?

I don't know if the paint is radar absorbing although there was PR of the ship having the radar signature of a fishing trawler back in the early days. Either way the contaminated paint isn't an issue there as it has long since fallen off! Between the hungry horse look of the panels, the lines of rust already forming and chunks of paint missing she is looking very sorry for herself!