HMS Queen Elizabeth
Discussion
essayer said:
El stovey said:
I flew into Edinburgh yesterday and law what looked like the carrier in Rosyth, is that the Prince of wales? It looked fairly advanced in construction process if so.
Yup, floated out at Christmas, now in fit-out..She's been running round off Malta of late. Showing at times 'restricted manouvering' I take it she'll be working with her embarked Chinooks.
Showing destination as Rosyth. I guess it's about time they had her out of the water to check all is OK.
My only experience of carriers - quite extensive I guess as a non-technical civvie - is the three CVS.
I know the likes of Ark had a couple of dickings before she entered service. They are doing things differently with QE but I guess like most ships she'll need post trials rectification. Especially when you consider she is first of class.
Showing destination as Rosyth. I guess it's about time they had her out of the water to check all is OK.
My only experience of carriers - quite extensive I guess as a non-technical civvie - is the three CVS.
I know the likes of Ark had a couple of dickings before she entered service. They are doing things differently with QE but I guess like most ships she'll need post trials rectification. Especially when you consider she is first of class.
SystemParanoia said:
Will the P.O.W Enter active service ?
Yes, https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/hms-prince-of-wale..."The reason we need two ships is to make sure that one is always available at very high readiness to provide choice to the government. That choice ranges from hard military power, delivering carrier strike, right down to humanitarian aid or promoting UK trade and industry."
FourWheelDrift said:
SystemParanoia said:
Will the P.O.W Enter active service ?
Yes, https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/hms-prince-of-wale..."The reason we need two ships is to make sure that one is always available at very high readiness to provide choice to the government. That choice ranges from hard military power, delivering carrier strike, right down to humanitarian aid or promoting UK trade and industry."
FourWheelDrift said:
SystemParanoia said:
Will the P.O.W Enter active service ?
Yes, https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/hms-prince-of-wale..."The reason we need two ships is to make sure that one is always available at very high readiness to provide choice to the government. That choice ranges from hard military power, delivering carrier strike, right down to humanitarian aid or promoting UK trade and industry."
ks talk for we only have enough manpower/Aircraft etc for one!Nanook said:
mikal83 said:
Which is bks talk for we only have enough manpower/Aircraft etc for one!
And the fact that these ships require regular maintenance and dry docking. You can have all the man power you want, but when the ships in a 6 month overhaul, it's not going anywhere regardless of how many people or aircraft it has.ks talk for we only have enough manpower/Aircraft etc for one!Same as our projected reduced to fleet of 4 new Boomers.....at least one (poss 2) will only be at sea at any one time, while the others will be in refit etc.
Which is the problem many of the NATO countries that have been suckered into the F-35 fiasco are going to be finding out as they've had to massively drop the buy numbers to make it affordable, but the numbers are now so few that, there will in all likelihood never be more than a handful available to actually use at any one time!
The Dutch IIRC, have now reduced their buy to something like 37 or something like that to replace 70 odd F-16's which was what they reduced their original fleet of 200 odd F-16's that replaced their original fleet of 140 odd F-104's.
A new 3 part series is starting next weekend http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2018/16/...
ecsrobin said:
A new 3 part series is starting next weekend http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2018/16/...
It's a pity theres not a preprogramme showing the competing design issues and how they resolved them, including the minor issue of those things that are supposed to use the decklittlebasher said:
Its in Portsmouth at the moment, with both towers surrounded by Scaffolding
Presumably fixing issues that have been identified or a new coat of paint ?
Yep, been berthed since the end of February. Lots of things to attend to before she enters active service and mostly routine/expected tasks. Presumably fixing issues that have been identified or a new coat of paint ?
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