HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08)

Draft of the Queen Elizabeth Class

  • 4 × Phalanx
  • 4 × 3.0 - mm guns
  • Max. 40 aircraft and helicopters

The handover for sea trials at the RN is scheduled for spring 2017, the test flight operations to begin in 2018 and initial operational capability ( "Initial Operating Capability " ) shall be available in 2020.

Construction

According to plans by May 2012, the Queen Elizabeth, as previously originally intended to be construed to operate the STOVL version of the F -35. In the meantime, there were plans by the autumn of 2010, prepare the carrier for the operation of helicopters and conventional fixed-wing aircraft, for details see the article about the class.

According to data published by the Ministry of Defence on 25 July 2007, the ship will have the following dimensions:

  • Length: 284 m
  • Width: 73 m
  • Displacement: 65,000 tons
  • Speed: 27 knots
  • Crew: 1,450 (including aircrew )
  • Aircraft: 46 ( max. )

The future two-island system at the Queen Elizabeth Class is unique in the world and should lead to better and smoother operations on the flight deck.

History

The construction of the future HMS Queen Elizabeth began in 2009; can be due to the section- construction not speak of a Kiellegeung in the classical sense, and her first captain, Commodore Jerry Kyd, was named in February 2014. On July 4, 2014, the ship of Queen Elizabeth II to be baptized.

Aircraft

As a replacement for the Hawker Siddeley Harrier UK will acquire new combat aircraft of the type F -35C Lightning II.

As a dedicated helicopter carrier, the Air Group will consist of a mix depending on the mission of transportation, marine and helicopter gunships of the types Chinook, Merlin and Apache of the three armed forces. In principle, STOVL aircraft the allies can be operated from U.S. production.

Keel laying Draft (hull) Rolls-Royce MT30 HMS Prince of Wales (R09) Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier Fighter aircraft Boeing CH-47 Chinook
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