HMS Queen Elizabeth

[Cold]

She left for her shakedown voyage this afternoon.

[saaby93]

Cold said:

She left for her shakedown voyage this afternoon.

Whats under that sloping bit at the left end?
Do they have to store something that was too tall for the original design

[hidetheelephants]

saaby93 said:

Whats under that sloping bit at the left end?
Do they have to store something that was too tall for the original design

It's the bandstand and rehearsal space for the Band of the Royal Marines; the big hats need extra headroom.

[citizensm1th]

hidetheelephants said:

saaby93 said:

Whats under that sloping bit at the left end?
Do they have to store something that was too tall for the original design

It's the bandstand and rehearsal space for the Band of the Royal Marines; the big hats need extra headroom.

Ahhh interesting, I had heard from a mate of a mate that they had put it on there as the ships officers had not had the chance to go to Switzerland this year

[bobthemonkey]

citizensm1th said:

Ahhh interesting, I had heard from a mate of a mate that they had put it on there as the ships officers had not had the chance to go to Switzerland this year

Don't be silly.

It's the updated Piano disposal system. Invented in the 70's the Prof. P.E. Cook and Lt. Cdr D.S.J. Moore, as featured in a BBC documentary at the time.

[Cold]

They store a lot of cheese under there too. It's a very popular treat for the crew.

[MarkwG]

Cold said:

They store a lot of cheese under there too. It's a very popular treat for the crew.

I'm learning new stuff - I thought it was the rear spoiler to add downforce for those high speed runs.

[normalbloke]

I thought the patchwork quilt paintwork was very fitting for our flagship.....

[saaby93]

Cold said:

They store a lot of cheese under there too. It's a very popular treat for the crew.

Ah that'll be it

There must be a reason too that cheese is wedge shaped

[junglie]

saaby93 said:

Cold said:

She left for her shakedown voyage this afternoon.

Whats under that sloping bit at the left end?
Do they have to store something that was too tall for the original design

Which bit under the left end?

[TTmonkey]

Cold said:

She left for her shakedown voyage this afternoon.

Ugly, ungraceful design.

[hidetheelephants]

TTmonkey said:

Cold said:

She left for her shakedown voyage this afternoon.

Ugly, ungraceful design.

I do wonder about the durability of the flat area at the bow; RN carriers always had rounded 'Hurricane' bows, presumably after experiences during WW2. Certainly the USN carriers with their more lightly built flight deck/hangar deck suffered far more damage due to bad weather than the RN carriers. It might be an expensive lesson to relearn.

HMS Bulwark



HMS Hermes with 'ski jump'.

[Cold]

TTmonkey said:

Cold said:

She left for her shakedown voyage this afternoon.

Ugly, ungraceful design.

True, but it will look better when the Emirates sponsorship deal runs out and they can repaint it back to white.

[RizzoTheRat]

saaby93 said:

Whats under that sloping bit at the left end?
Do they have to store something that was too tall for the original design

Its where they store the catapult and arrestor gear that they didn't get round to fitting

[phumy]

hidetheelephants said:

saaby93 said:

Whats under that sloping bit at the left end?
Do they have to store something that was too tall for the original design

It's the bandstand and rehearsal space for the Band of the Royal Marines; the big hats need extra headroom.

And for the storage of crayons for when Royal gets hungry

[thewarlock]

Talksteer said:

HMS Ocean famously was built this way and cost no more the buy than a Frigate despite being 20,000 tonnes. So lots of small aggressive platforms and lots of big dumb ships more like armed RFAs.

HMS Ocean, built to commercial standards, is often used as an example of how not to design and build a naval vessel though. It was a bad idea at the time, and it's still one now, which is why it doesn't happen any more.

[RizzoTheRat]

Meanwhile the Type 31 is based on the Iver Huidfeld, which is built to commercial standards. Is the Type 31 intended to be the same?

[thewarlock]

RizzoTheRat said:

Meanwhile the Type 31 is based on the Iver Huidfeld, which is built to commercial standards. Is the Type 31 intended to be the same?

No, the T31 is based on the Iver Huitfelt, but is being assessed to Lloyd's Naval Ship Rules, same as T26, T45, QEC, OPV, etc.

Also I'm pretty sure IH was designed to DNV Naval rules.

Edited by thewarlock on Tuesday 2nd March 11:40

[ktcanuck]

stevesingo said:

Because objects travelling at mach 8 tend to want to travel in straight lines. I can't imagine what the turn radius is.

So do 70,000 ton ships in case you hadn't noticed.

[98elise]

ktcanuck said:

stevesingo said:

Because objects travelling at mach 8 tend to want to travel in straight lines. I can't imagine what the turn radius is.

So do 70,000 ton ships in case you hadn't noticed.