HMS Queen Elizabeth
Discussion
doogz said:
Sounds like a pain in the ass.
They can RAS at sea, obviously, so transferring food, supplies, men, etc is do-able, but for the purposes of filling the magazine, I'd have assumed they'd want her tied up alongside to crane pallets onto the flight deck, as opposed to having to ship them there, or worse, fly them on.
Hence my Glenmallon query. What we need is a modern day Regent and Resource. Fort George could have been easily converted into a similar role as Lyness had there been a bit of forethought. (I know George had corrosion problems)They can RAS at sea, obviously, so transferring food, supplies, men, etc is do-able, but for the purposes of filling the magazine, I'd have assumed they'd want her tied up alongside to crane pallets onto the flight deck, as opposed to having to ship them there, or worse, fly them on.
AshVX220 said:
As Phud says, QEC will probably anchor and run boats to and from shore.
That was one of the design intents - hence the large platform & stairs at the stern plus the provision for largish fast ships boats to be used as passenger ferries. I wouldn't be surprised to see her frequently anchored out in the Solent like the yank carriers for short visits home either.wildcat45 said:
doogz said:
Sounds like a pain in the ass.
They can RAS at sea, obviously, so transferring food, supplies, men, etc is do-able, but for the purposes of filling the magazine, I'd have assumed they'd want her tied up alongside to crane pallets onto the flight deck, as opposed to having to ship them there, or worse, fly them on.
Hence my Glenmallon query. What we need is a modern day Regent and Resource. Fort George could have been easily converted into a similar role as Lyness had there been a bit of forethought. (I know George had corrosion problems)They can RAS at sea, obviously, so transferring food, supplies, men, etc is do-able, but for the purposes of filling the magazine, I'd have assumed they'd want her tied up alongside to crane pallets onto the flight deck, as opposed to having to ship them there, or worse, fly them on.
I was thinking more about the jetty at Glenmallon. I think it was built to take a CVS as its biggest customer, but I could be wrong.
The new RFAs are tankers. Someone told me they are going to be decent ships, but not quite as good as the Waves. We've not had a dedicated armament stores support ship role since we cut up Regent and Resource.
Back when we had ArkR 4, the one tat carried Phantoms and Buccs, there was a dedicated RFA the Lyness for her. It carried a lot of carrier specific sparesjet engines etc, and I think ordnance for the jets.
The new RFAs are tankers. Someone told me they are going to be decent ships, but not quite as good as the Waves. We've not had a dedicated armament stores support ship role since we cut up Regent and Resource.
Back when we had ArkR 4, the one tat carried Phantoms and Buccs, there was a dedicated RFA the Lyness for her. It carried a lot of carrier specific sparesjet engines etc, and I think ordnance for the jets.
Well it's been a while since this thread had an update!
Some new pics recently went up.
And much more on the ACA Flicker.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/qeclasscarriers/
Not long until 'launch' now.
Some new pics recently went up.
And much more on the ACA Flicker.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/qeclasscarriers/
Not long until 'launch' now.
doogz said:
PugwasHDJ80 said:
That last picture really make it looks like the boat won't actually float when the dock is flooded
Has anyone checked because otherwise that's going to be a touch embarrassing!
It'll float.Has anyone checked because otherwise that's going to be a touch embarrassing!
How high it'll float is another matter.
doogz said:
Normal procedure is to fit the propellers when the ship is in dry dock before it's floated out.
Normal certainly, it seems that she will be fitted with brake propellers for testing purposes and there will be swapped to the propulsion ones later when she's afloat... Should be fun for the divers!Kenty said:
Wasn't there something on the news recently that the channel has to be dredged for her to leave, at a cost of around £40M?
The CVF is the biggest we have had and the water ways in many places have been long neglected anyway, the dredging was well overdue and as well as accommodating the CVF it will also allow other opportunities for larger foreign ships to dock here.Seight_Returns said:
What's a brake propeller ?
I'd guess it's something that allows the shafts to be driven under power without generating any propulsion - but that's purely a guess.
Pretty much, will allow for testing up to 50% load, more then enough to ensure that everything has been put in the right way up and there will be (should be?) no nasty surprises during the first sea trials.I'd guess it's something that allows the shafts to be driven under power without generating any propulsion - but that's purely a guess.
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