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The Queen Elizabeth class is a class of two aircraft carriers of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. The lead ship, HMS Queen Elizabeth, was named on 4 July 2014, in honour of Queen Elizabeth, a renowned World War I era super-dreadnought, which in turn was named for Elizabeth I. She was commissioned on 7 December 2017, with an initial operating capability expected in 2018. The second, HMS Prince of Wales, was launched on 21 December 2017, and is planned to be commissioned in 2020.At the NATO 2014 Wales summit, the Prime Minister David Cameron announced that the second carrier would be brought into service, ending years of uncertainty surrounding its future. This was confirmed by the November 2015 Government Strategic Defence Review, with both carriers entering service, one being available at any time.
General characteristics
Beam:
Installed power:
Propulsion:
Sensors and processing systems:
Carrier Air Wing of up to 40 aircraft (50 full load)
Aviation facilities:
THE QUEEN ELIZABETH AIRCRAFT CARRIER
The Queen Elizabeth class is a class of two aircraft carriers of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. The lead ship, HMS Queen Elizabeth, was named on 4 July 2014, in honour of Queen Elizabeth, a renowned World War I era super-dreadnought, which in turn was named for Elizabeth I. She was commissioned on 7 December 2017, with an initial operating capability expected in 2018. The second, HMS Prince of Wales, was launched on 21 December 2017, and is planned to be commissioned in 2020.At the NATO 2014 Wales summit, the Prime Minister David Cameron announced that the second carrier would be brought into service, ending years of uncertainty surrounding its future. This was confirmed by the November 2015 Government Strategic Defence Review, with both carriers entering service, one being available at any time.
General characteristics
- Type: Aircraft carrier
- Displacement: 65,000 tonnes (64,000 long tons; 72,000 short tons)
- Length: 280 m (920 ft)
Beam:
- 39 m (128 ft) waterline
- 73 m (240 ft) overall
- Draught: 11 m (36 ft)
- Decks: 16,000 m2 (170,000 sq ft) 9 decks beneath flightdeck with hangar covering the centrepiece of two decks (without islands)
Installed power:
- 2 × Rolls-Royce Marine Trent MT30 36 MW (48,000 hp) gas turbine engine
- 4 × Wärtsilä 38 marine diesel engines (4 × 16V38 11.6 MW or 15,600 hp)
Propulsion:
- Full integrated electric propulsion
- 4 × Converteam 20 MW (27,000 hp) Advanced Induction Motors
- 2 × shafts; fixed pitch propellers
- Speed: In excess of 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
- Range: 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km; 12,000 mi)
- Troops: 250 to 900
- Complement: 679 crew, not including air element; total berths for up to 1,600
Sensors and processing systems:
- S1850M long range radar
- Type 997 Artisan 3D medium range radar
- Ultra Electronics Series 2500 Electro Optical System (EOS)
- Glide Path Camera (GPC)
- Armament:
- At least 3 × Phalanx CIWS
- 30-mm DS30M Mk2 guns
- Miniguns
Carrier Air Wing of up to 40 aircraft (50 full load)
- F-35B Lightning II
- Chinook
- Apache AH64
- Merlin HM2 and HC4
- Wildcat AH1 and HMA2
- Merlin Crowsnest AEW
Aviation facilities:
- Large flight deck with ski jump
- Hangar deck
- Two aircraft lifts
- Notes: Capable of carrying more than 70 aircraft
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