The Royal Navy Is Back: Great Britain's New Aircraft Carrier Sets Sail

[rangerrebew]

The Royal Navy Is Back: Great Britain's New Aircraft Carrier Sets Sail


And it will carry the F-35B.
Dave Majumdar [2]

The British Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) put to sea for the first time earlier today from the Scottish town of Rosyth where she was built for sea trials.

The massive 65,000-tonne vessel—which features a four acre flight deck—and her yet to be completed sister ship Prince of Wales are the two largest warships ever built by Britain.

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[thackney]

HMS Queen Elizabeth will weight in at about 70,000 tons, cruise at about 25 knots (they say), carry a little shy of 2,000 sailors, flyers, and marines, and be able to field around 40 aircraft. Cost: $5b U.S.

USS Gerald R. Ford will weigh in at about 100,000 tons, cruise at about 30 knots (they say), carry a little shy of 4,700 sailors, flyers, and marines, and be able to field around 75 aircraft. Cost $12.8b U.S.

https://www.quora.com/Which-is-better-the-HMS-Queen-Elizabeth-or-the-new-Ford-class-Aircraft-Carrier

[EC]

HMS Queen Elizabeth will weight in at about 70,000 tons, cruise at about 25 knots (they say), carry a little shy of 2,000 sailors, flyers, and marines, and be able to field around 40 aircraft. Cost: $5b U.S.

USS Gerald R. Ford will weigh in at about 100,000 tons, cruise at about 30 knots (they say), carry a little shy of 4,700 sailors, flyers, and marines, and be able to field around 75 aircraft. Cost $12.8b U.S.

https://www.quora.com/Which-is-better-the-HMS-Queen-Elizabeth-or-the-new-Ford-class-Aircraft-Carrier

So - the Lizzie is obviously far better.

[thackney]

So - the Lizzie is obviously far better.

Better depends on the measuring unit.

Would you rather have 5 Lizzie's or 2 Fords?  Same cost.

[EC]

5 Lizzies, without question. More aircraft, more global coverage, more redundancy for the same price and almost the same crewing levels.

[thackney]

5 Lizzies, without question. More aircraft, more global coverage, more redundancy for the same price and almost the same crewing levels.

My thoughts as well.  Aside from top speed, not much lost.

[EC]

My thoughts as well.  Aside from top speed, not much lost.

Even that's a wash - you don't need the ability to go faster if you're already closer to where you need to be when the ball drops.

[Restored]

Aircraft
3 AEW
5 ASW
up to 32 Fast Movers but probably more like 20

[thackney]

I greatly suspect the 30 knots isn't close to the actual top speed.

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-true-top-speed-of-a-USN-nuclear-aircraft-carrier#!n=12