HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH R08 LEAVES PORTSMOUTH FOR F-35B FIGHTER JET TRIALS IN THE USA - 18th August 2018
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- HMS Queen Elizabeth R08, the Royal Navy's new 'Queen Elizabeth' Class Aircraft Carriers leaves Portsmouth Naval Base at the Round Tower, Portsmouth to begin operational sea training and fighter jet trials with the new F-35B jets in the United States. 18th August 2018.
Absolutely stunning. What a fantastic advertisement for the RN she is.
Completely agree Phil!! - Glad you enjoyed it, Steve
I would say that heartiest congratulations should go to the British people who financed it all. In 1956 to 1970, I was at Chatham Dockyard and I worked on the O and S class submarines, both in the docks and at the drawing office during their design stage. I remember my leading draughtsman was a Mr. Skelton. I checked the insulation all the equipment before one submarine commenced its electrical operations. You know, back then, I did feel the run down of the Navy and Lord Louis Mountbatten did his best to keep Chatham Dockyard open as long as possible. I went down that Dockyard Hill for many years, that hill where the bus accident took place. I saw the rundown of Chatham Dockyard coming and so I left to go to the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and that move helped me a lot in overcoming the difficulties I met at the Dockyard and of the dockyard closing. I was going to ASWE, on research but, feeling that the RN was going to be trimmed substantially, I decided not to return to the Royal Navy. It is a pity really as I loved working on, Transmitters, AGE antennas, gunnery control, the analogue computer for the torpedoes and the 22 transducer on the sub's side to get and then process the required information to control homing torpedoes, their waveguides. I worked on coding machines, the American KDF 7 I think it was named, together with the many teleprinters associated with it. May I reluctantly make this public, I respected the Royal Navy so much, but they never respected me, nor even bothered to get to know me, even though my practical work and academic results were amongst the best, when considering that I competed with others at Chatham, Davenport and Portsmouth. Would anyone believe it, that after I was amongst the best students in all the Dockyards mentioned and obtaining a 1st class honours degree from Newcastle Upon Tyne University and a Doctorate, the Navy used me to change heating filaments in their tea boilers and to install incinerators in ladies' toilets at Chatham. I hate saying this, but that is the truth. Anyway, good luck Royal Navy, let us hope that its commanders treat their people better than they treated me. Anyone can look up the records, as at that time I was known by the same name, Carmel Pule' .
I remember standing on Sallyport beach in 1982 waving my dad off as he sailed out of Portsmouth on HMS Invincible to the Falklands. He was the Buffer. I was 11 and with the child naivety knew we would win because my dad was going.
He would have been very proud to see this beauty sailing from Portsmouth.
I was on holiday in Jersey that day (Easter). The patriotic feeling was intense on the island. Everyone knew Argentina had bitten off far more than they could possibly chew
I love aircraft carriers i still remember HMS hermes from the falklands especially that day she sailed out to war
La paso bastante mal el Hermes en la guerra de las Malvinas
2:20. They have a WIZARD on board as well? What do they need f35s for, then?
He's the Mark 1 Gandalf Anti Aircraft protection system. LOL.
For when the wizard is off duty, obviously! UK warships only have one wizard and an apprentice at most at any one time. Wizards need to sleep a minimum of 11 hours a day to maintain optimum equilibrium for battle.
Harry Potter is just a back up.
Too funny mate!! Way too funny. I think a comment below references the wizard technically being a "Merlin".
"YOU'LL...SHALL NOT...PASS!
I thought they had Mk4 AgustaWestland Merlins onboard, not Merlin in person lol.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
It’s the lord sea Marshall
Beautiful Ship! Good Luck!
I can't wait until this ship gets it's full complement of wizards
Superb. Just shows what we are capable of. Greetings from Japan.
Britishjournalistinjapan Maughan banzi
Yeah, building war machines and never pushing for peace. Why would they want peace with so many weapon makers making profit.
Great ship, and great mind`s people...... great country..... gooood!!!
Wow, great ship and engineering. Thank you from USA
Tex Mech why are you saying thank you they should be thanking the US
Sergio Vela because they built that ship and are helping us and other allies countries defend all the important freedoms around the world. Am I missing something?
Tex Mech they only care for themselves don’t you think if they had any type of power at all they would try to be in America’s place but they don’t have any type of power because there country is fucked due to migrants and money but at least there working on the migrant part. They’ll never help the US with anything probably from now on just look at Iran and how the US is helping Israel but they don’t want to and other problems that they don’t want to get involved in because the people of the Uk think they are better than Americans you could just ask them and most of them will say yeah.
@@sergio6469 Iraq, Afghanistan and the ongoing campaign against IS?
Gavin Wilkinson that’s against terrorism of course everyone’s going to join that effort but you still see way more Americans out there even if they started it
Nice looking ship that..
Queen Elizabeth with charles de gaules , européens warrior , vive l'angleterre et vive la france
That is a gorgeous carrier
Someone earlier suggested that Britain just purchase used carriers from USA!
why would Britain want buy clapped out used American kit when, as we so clearly see here, capable of building her own world class carriers custom built around state-of-the-art weapons systems that don't compete with USA and other allies but compliment them. example new British destroyers provide air defenses to American carriers. And the close relationship between Royal Navy and US Navy and Marines as hard-hitting expeditionary forces.
and being non-nuclear powered these new carriers can enter ports and waterways (Suez & Panama canals come to mind) that ban nuclear powered boats. so... if you need to move from the Red sea to the Med. it’s only a couple of days versus 2 to 3 weeks to sail around Africa... longer if you need to move from the Atlantic to the Pacific. As you are compelled to sail around South America instead of a couple of days going through the Panama Canal. saved time that can determine outcomes and project serious power quickly.
meanwhile what have Russia and China got?
True Russia has a 30-year-old rusty old bucket that requires an ocean going tug to accompany her.
while China also has a rusty old second-hand hulk acquired from some second rate naval power.
No.. the Queen Elizabeth and the soon to arrive Princo with their accompanying weapons capabilities are serious fighting kit as I am sure we will see soon enough
@Zfast4you you moron
@Zfast4you
It would have needed a tanker for aviation fuel and to refuel its escorts anyway, only a retard sails their fleet carrier without an escort, the only vessels which the nuclear reactor range factor actually matters for are submarines who dont need escorts trailing them like obedient puppies.
I watched this leaving from the by the base of the spinnaker tower. The video doesn't do justice to the size of her.
Maybe after doing the training in the States, she should cruise down to the Falkland Islands to show the flag.
@keirfree senior
Fuck the penguins it's to tease the Argentinians with.
Lotsa love from the US!
Great looking ship!
The two islands is going to be hard to get use to. But, awesome video of a great ship. Can’t wait to read her documented adventures.
Lindo demais.....Brazil.
87 Argentines disliked this.
@VIPICCB6 It should be called *"Thief Elizabeth"*
Its last secret mission was to transport the stolen gold from Venezuela.
@VIPICCB6 Are you going to deny that *the UK stole many tons of gold from* Venezuela? - Formerly UK stole with pirates, and _"tree that is born crooked, never its trunk straightens" ..._ *¡Thief Elizabeth II !* 😃😃
In addition to *pirates, thieves, liars,* ha ha ha. And UK _also wants to steal the gold from Mexico._
No, just self-loathing British socialists
@@panfiloalvaracouribemequet2521 No think you will fined the UK stole the gold off the thieves who stole it from south America. Robbie Hood .
Magnífico!
Amazing ship and even better city. Really enjoyed my time in Portsmouth as a yank. Long live the alliance. Semper Fi.
What is semper fi
@@gordonwade6154 search it
As someone who lives in Portsmouth you have to be a rare type of person to actually like it here 😂
As someone who lives in Portsmouth you have to be a rare type of person to actually like it here 😂
Love those air horns sounding off!
Strange how there was more presaentiond of the QU2 than this ship. GB should be prouder of this ship of the line.
Congratulations, Britain. You have 2 lovely ladies. The Queen & her namesake. God bless & God speed.
We may tease each other but when it comes down to it, we (the US) will always have the back of the UK.
Send it to russian territorial waters and start a war ,iam pretty sure this white elefant will be sunk before yo hail the QUEEN
Love all the people saying it's small it's the 3 largest class of carrier afloat behind only the USA nimitz and Gerald Ford class and can carry up to 50 aircraft in surge conditions and has a sortie rate almost as high as USA carriers
Good luck to buy the 50 F35.
@@silverpleb2128 think we are committed to buying 138 of them as it happens
I tought the US marines would operate their own F35 on your Carriers cause you will not be able to purchasse every planes you need on them.
138 F35? Where will you find the money?
100-150millions per F35, good luck
@@silverpleb2128 we are buying 148 to be exact shame that delivery is way behind because your team are shit
She looks beautiful...
Step by planned step she becomes a fully capable carrier. Good to see she has now embarked all her 820 NAS Merlins and will have 3 Merlin Mk3s for more training with the RM company she now has on board.
Sounds like New York is looking forward to seeing her and even Mr Trump wants to pay a visit...
Great times for the Andrew ...
Not when they don't work, as in the case of EMALS
John Hall if ski jumps are a desperate solution, why do most of the worlds Navies use them, ( I will give you a clue if you can't work it out? A plane using a ski ramp can carry more munitions and more fuel than a plane using a catapult) and stop blaming the Royal Navy for the UK Government's stupidity and penny pinching!
@John Hall
Their is some compromises, but you get faster cycle time than a catapult. Before one plane is off ramp next plane is already turning and spooling up engines - this process is far faster than catapults. USA carriers only have faster launch cycles because of 4 launchers. Catapults do give more aircraft options, but cycle time is not one of the benefits. VSTOL has some limitations, but f35b is a game changer and has few compromises over traditional jets. I do think adding v22 refueling planes to HMS Q will make limitations even smaller of an issue. With 3 potential f35 squadrons on the HMS Q, I would concede the HMS Q is most powerful carrier outside of US carriers.
John Hall, The real sad part is that the way in which the RN plans to utilize these ships. Rather than a full compliment of F-35s, which would be very potent though still limited, they plan on these being some sort of hybrid platform, part helicopter assault ship and part aircraft carrier. In other words they'll be fair in both roles and good in neither. Not exactly what you want when you spend that much tax payers money.
Well, in "general" a full 3 squads of 35 will not always be required. (36), so I not really sure it a issue. If they can "when" required field that many fighters, then they can and will. Anything that can field 30+ fighters is certainly not "lame" by any standards - especially given the f35 abilities - even the B model is a rather potent fighter.
She's on her way, good let luck ti the crew and pilot's for what will hopefully be a successful trip.
Absolute unit
Just makes you so proud to be BRITISH. Dislikes are from non Brits
Beautiful ship I just hope it survive a life time
Planned lifespan of 50 years
@@WarshipTV
That's the planned lifespan I think what the op means is we hope to avoid another HMS Hood moment where the pride of the Royal navy gets sunk with almost all hands 3 minutes into a battle.
"...Fair winds and following seas..."
Great video.What camera are you using ?
Several but this was filmed on a HD Panasonic HC-V720 - 20.4 mega pixel with external mic, but I also use a Panasonic V550 for the going away shots too.
Warship TV Thanks for your reply. Great shots. Just a shame it wasn't a sunny day 👍
Portsmouth is still an awesome place to live
Magnificent.
Got any aircraft yet?
Awesome ship! Don't make it mad...
Britain, thanks for meeting your NATO commitments without us nagging you to. Good luck and fair seas.
Opening scene of Star wars
Can one explain to me what difference with this design vs the one from the USA ?
harshlens Watch US Carrier vs UK carrier
I see the high Priest of the Wizards was on board with his lucky heather !
For gods sake get some bloody aircraft on the damn thing it looks ridiculous with three helicopters.
Why do you think she is sailing to the US? It is to commission the first complement of F35s and to sea trial them.
John Hall - I know, it’s a bleed’in disgrace having only the second biggest class of carrier in the world. What were we thinking! It’s not like we’ve been training for this ship for the last five years in the US is it.
John Hall I actually think we should sell two of our oldest Nimitz carriers to Europe (maybe both to Britain) once the Ford-class is ready for service.
If nothing else, it will give them hope.
Vladpryde The US is a puppet state of Russia these days, even your president can’t decide what side he’s on.
you're a Russian bot.. so easy to see.. go away and frighten uninformed little boys
What is the official title of the guy in the robes out front?
Padre or ship's Chaplain, failing that Father or Reverend.
Impressive.
Great ship
is that Gandalf on deck??
See the people at the pier wall a wave comes in off that ship sweep them all way
When I joined the navy we had 450 vessels, all we have got now is a coast guard and two fat targets. (retired in 99)
I try to look at the good these days not the bad when it comes to the Andrew. They look good, shame we didn't get the Alpha design, appear to be very well engineered (the USN are impressed with the build) and I can't wait to visit QE. But we would have been better off with 12 Astutes and 12 T45 with ASW capability as intended (it is hard to stomach that the junior RAN has better ships in the Hobart's). They keep us on the top table and the USN are happy to accommodate and support us with this capability. Even if F35b is a cul-de-sac and the USN seems to be moving on already past F35x.
There really is no need for a massive navy these days though is there. Air power always wins over sea power, which is why the battleship went out of service after world war 2.
iam not a naval expert, but i presume Aircraft Carriers are absolutly useless in a convetional war between "superpower´s", espeacialy in the northsea.
and those 2 carriers will probably have a hughe hit on the british defense budget, i ve heard that the british navy is already only partily combat ready.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/20/britain-has-no-warships-deployed-overseas-unprecedented-move/
Drink up Ivan! The Russian Navy still has Admiral Kuznetsov, or "Old Smokey" as it's called in NATO. Did you know they assign a frigate to escort it around the Med in case it sinks? They need to be able rescue the sailors. Maybe when Russia grows up, they can have a real aircraft carrier too.
a modern frigate or destroyer is literly a swimming "Patriot Battery" with CIWS... + your comment dosent take Submarines and modern ASM´s into account. Aircraft Carrier´s are more likely the Battleships of the 21 century. they are nice for power-projection(prestige-object) against mediocare militaries. but their effectivness in war between major powers is questionable.
UK spends 15x as much as this carrier cost on interest payments on national debt alone each year. If the UK was debt free, it could double its military budget. Why has the UK been allowed to accrue £1.75 trillion in national debt?
With such stunning advanced weaponry , only tactical nuclear weapons (torpedoes , cruise missiles and even ballistic missiles ) can neutralize it in a real naval war .....
I hope I am completely wrong ....
Providing they can get past it's 3 CIWs or aircraft.
e gli aerei dove sono ?
Looks like a big sea monster, going out of port behind that sea wall lol
Fucking stunning go on girl!
Muito show.
En fait c est juste un porte hélicoptère pas de catapulte
I was trying to figure out if the HMS QE was a "super-carrier." This vid convinced me that she is.
hopefully it will always be staffed and commanded by people with allegiance to this country
Once it’s sister carrier HMS prince of Wales and it’s frigates n destroyers join , it will be one powerfull strike group. To join our American allies , for to long the uk has not had a force in the seas
Wait till the RN gets a load of the 35, wow
Nice camera 🤟🏻
Beautiful ship. Going to get it's teeth...
Round Tower, Not Square.
Fuck i didn't know Harry potter was going to be on board HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH !!! Wingardium Leviosa !!!!!!!!!!!
A great carrier,, I had a we laugh to myself though, ship is going forward and rear Flag is pointing in same direction, I would have thought the flag would be turned around behind..
No angled deck, NO catapults, NO arrester wires. Cannot take the Rafael, F18 or other carrier aircraft................Only the VERY expensive American F35 or helicopters.........WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY!!!!
The topping on a free and outward-looking Britannia.
holy balls
Brits can defend Falkland islands again.
thieves !! they are Argentine
Thatcher killer,,,,
G I G I BOSTERO
youre an idiot
Garry Bragg haha easy to say but in conflict it would never sail alone it would sail with a strike group and plus it has F-35s on it so 😎
It's been escorted by 2 Russians subs to USA for F-35s trials :)
It's a weapon systems support by task force it's doesn't realise on just F35.
Lord Horatio Nelson
the best as blas de lezo
Just shows Britain can still do it.Pity she wasn't nuclear powered. Good luck to her crew.
Rolls Royce engined
Agree nuke power better
Is no one sitting there right now wondering 'What's really wrong with this picture'. ????
Unfortunately its not Nuclear powered, she runs on Fuel Oil, the budget did not extend to make her Nuclear. She has to call into port to refuel and on long deployments is refuelled by Tanker at sea. A significant weakness in time of war because if you sink the Tankers and hit the Ports she needs to refuel at with air launched or submarine launched missiles, she's just a drifting coffin. Other than that she looks good.
Anthony Papagallo 😭😭
Anthony - You seem to be unfamiliar with reality. A nuclear carrier needs RAS because a) it has aircraft that burn fuel which has a 'shelf life', b) its has a crew that needs feeding and c) it uses weapons that need replacing. And given every one of its support carrier group are not nuclear powered they will need refuelling.
And by the way the US Navy nuclear carriers have very few ports they can visit in emergency. the QE's can go anywhere and will. Oh and we visit ports to 'show the flag' or embark equipment not to refuel (although of course they can).
Now your point was exactly?
good luck guy's😉💪✌
Preparing for the last war, not the next
No escort ?
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LOL- They don't trust the vaunted F-35 to fly to the UK. So HMS QE has to sail all the way to the USA. 😅
British got magicians talent.😛
Why not buy an American aircraft carrier directly?
The UK have the capability to build carriers and want to keep it is probably the main thing. If they were willing to spend the money they could have built a carrier pretty much equivalent to USS Ford, but it's just not viable for the Royal Navy. Instead they've built two QE class for less than the price of USS Ford.
The QE class are tailored a bit more to the Royal Navy's needs, particularly in terms of crew requirements, they have much more automation on board so that the crew is kept to a minimum.
Garry Bragg - well bad or not at least it has passed all its sea trials and will be flying hundreds of aircraft sorties off its decks very soon. And the USS Gerald R Ford? .. sits in port 'unfit for service' - US Navy report - and It cost 3 times what the QE cost and needs 4,500 crew while the QE needs 1,600. Nothing bad about this beauty ...
It will be embarrassing for the US Navy when the QE sails into Newport, passing the tied up and useless Ford, having achieved full fixed wing certification.
g mack - Look if you are trying to make a prick of yourself do it with someone who gives a flying one. GRF is NOT operational and is NOT sailing anywhere. She has been Commissioned but that means Diddley Squat and her status is "Special, in service". Right now she is laid up back in the builder's yard being 'fixed'. Maybe you will believe the clearly unbiased 'Navy Times'?
July 16 2018:
"The nation’s newest aircraft carrier returned to a Virginia shipyard Sunday for a year of planned upgrades and fixes, marking the next phase in the development of the Navy’s most advanced and scrutinized warship."
"Ford's stay at Newport News Shipbuilding will address some well-publicized problems, many of which have involved its cutting-edge systems."
"In January, the Navy's Operational Test and Evaluation Force highlighted "poor or unknown reliability" issues involving the Ford's new launch and land systems as well as its new radar and weapons elevators. The report said the ship "is unlikely to be able to conduct the type of high-intensity flight operations expected during wartime."
"The Ford’s stay at the shipyard is a normal step toward combat readiness, which is expected in 2022"
www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2018/07/16/aircraft-carrier-gerald-r-ford-enters-next-development-phase-at-shipyard/
So it will NOT be operational until 2022 and is sat in a fucking builders yard. NOW who is the 'fuckboy'? Useless prick ...
A lot of data on how to run such a big ship came from their neighbors. The US.
buddacafe hahaha wow you really embarrass your country with statements like that, your main part of a working US carrier and design are both British, you just made them bigger!
@@whiterosetrials5700 you need to do your research now. Oh and by the way, the ship is on it's way to United States for F-35 trials and firmware installs. The logistics inside that ship from wiring, to how to coordinate all came from US Naval advisors
VonPottypoop FTC-1 basically everything on that ship technology advanced type software came from Americans
British service men and women trained on US carriers past few years on operations to get used to it. Fact not nonsense.
Britain invented aircraft carriers and most of carrier innovations ever.
Anglo-saxon power!
It is kinda very small ,but It is good for a miniature war!
About the size and more tonnage of The Titanic so not so small
Kinda very small? It's almost the same size as a Nimitz.
2 brand new aircraft carriers at a cost of only £6 billion not bad
Beautiful ship but would have been great with better plane than F-35B !
UK Will be better prepared on sea for coming Clash of civilizations (before end of this decade) than France with their new aircraft-carrier around 2030-2035.
Looks like she's listing to port to me.
And bow up...
Haydon Ditchburn all experts here I see, how about running low ballast in shallow water and turning! Just a thought!
Which reminds me of a story on a Nimitz class aircraft carrier back during the 1970s. The air commander called down to the chief engineer to steady the ship. The chief engineer replied stop moving the aircraft around the flight deck, all of the pumps are pumping as much as possible...
So w're both right then, and you had an explanation and chose to use it to show your an arsehole instead of just explaining what it was.. Well done we learned two things today.. Many thanks
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Why is this vessel not flying the proper Union Jack 🇬🇧
It's the White Ensign, the flag the RN use on all their ships
Bradley Baisden normally yes but the flagship of the fleet used to carry the Union Jack, hence the term transferring the flag on the event of disaster
i dont believe the HMS QE has taken on the role of flagship yet, best i can make HMS albion is currently the flagship? i imagine theyre gonna wait til shes ready for operational duty
Jail
What's Gandalf doing there? I see he shaved his beard and got a haircut.
With no organic AEW capability on board it is a sitting duck.
Don't try & tell me that some sort of rotary winged cuff job will fulfill the role .... any large carrier needs a twin engined fixed wing pressurised AEW aircraft capable of cruising at altitude in excess of 35000 feet.
Why does it have to sail to the USA to conduct trials with the F35B when we have just had such a huge fanfare about their arrival in the UK?
I suspect now the RAF have their hands on them at Marham they will hardly ever be allowed to go to sea.
The test F35B are in the US, that's why.
John Hall: The amount of BS & rhetoric surrounding these ships & the F35B is absolutely astounding. The RN & RM have sold their soul to have them. An entire RM Cdo Unit has been sacrificed to enable the so called 'capability'.
The result is that the UK no longer possesses a viable amphibious component be it shipping or a viable independent amphibious military formation.
The actual F35B is a grossly inferior aircraft, whilst the USMC may claim that it is now 'in service' this comes with some massive capability gaps.
The cannon fitted to the aircraft is not cleared to engage ground targets in support of friendly troops.
The aircraft is not cleared or even capable of delivering current in service guided bombs.
The aircraft cannot fire the AMRAAM or any of the other current in service air to air guided weaponry.
All of these capabilities were available with the Sea Harrier & with the Harrier GR9.
None of the F35 Maritime variants will be capable of 'buddy buddy' in flight refuelling. This is crucial when conducting Maritime Fixed Wing Aviation operations - should an aircraft require extra fuel when returning from a sortie then it is the ONLY option when out in the open ocean. This capability was discarded with the Sea Harrier in 2003. The other option is to ditch the aircraft.
But apparently the F35B is a giant leap forward.
As a further example .... a single Harrier Main Landing Gear Tyre used to last approximately 100 sorties before it became worn out by the stresses & abrasiveness of the carrier deck.
The USMC have discovered an equivalent F35B tyre is only lasting less than 10 sorties ... welcome to the rip off world of Lockheed Martin ... imagine the cost of tyres along over the lifespan of a single aircraft!
Oh .... BTW ... WTF would I know ... 24 years in a Lovat Green Suit ... thats all!
dingerbell100 I’m sure the MOD and the officers serving on board know a great deal more than you when it comes to AEW capability. If you watch the video you’ll learn that QE is sailing to America as the jets over there are the correct test versions. You have no evidence to suggest that the RAF will not release the F35B’s at Marham.
Trisram Randall: I served in the MoD for 24 years fella In Lovat Green ... so I do know what I am talking about. The truth of the matter IS that this ship has ABSOLUTELY NO airborne early warning cover at all. It has to rely on whatever radar is fitted to that large mast & whatever cover the Type 45 destroyer which sails with it can provide - making the Type 45 the primary target. The point of AEW is that it provides EARLY WARNING - it is a moot point brought out by the loss of the Sheffield during the Falklands where the RN had to deploy destroyers in a radar picket screen in a very non tactical way to protect the carriers & large passenger ships from anti shipping missiles. I bet you are not old enough to remember how that & San Carlos ended out for the RN?
The ship is also fitted with diesel engines which mean that not only is it restricted in speed it is also hugely restricted in range & it will require constant attendance by a fleet tanker. Ships like this also require a huge amount of electricity power supply.
Why in heavens name did they not opt for a nuclear power plant? The UK already has the technology for nuclear power supply for its attack submarines. As the project was initially given the go ahead under the labour Govt it was clearly just a vote winning ploy by Gordon Brown since most of the work was carried out in Labour constituencies. A nuclear power plant was written out of the budget at the outset since it would be too costly.
With a nuclear power plant the endurance of this ship would have only been restricted by the supplies of food for the crew & aviation fuel for the aircraft.
As John Hall has clearly stated above:
"As it stands now, you are a nation that wants to be playing with the big boys but can’t afford the toys. So you come to a half way house, which will need lots of support from friends if a bully shows up for a fight. If a real war breaks out, you don’t have the critical mass to be minimally effective."
The RN has reduced its manpower down to sub critical numbers & sold its soul to have two of these vessels.
The RN is not even the major stakeholder in the aircraft that will fly from this ship - the RAF is. The UK has actually ordered only one version the F35 - the B variant when in actual fact to properly exploit the carrier strike concept it also requires the F35C.
But without a nuclear power plant a steam catapult was out of the question, this would be needed for the F35C - an EMALS or electromagnetic arrester & launch system was designed by BaE & but not considered due to cost by the Labour Govt so the F35C was scratched from the programme - much to the joy of the RAF who could not bear to see the Fleet Air Ar EVER take ownership of a new fixed wing fighter aircraft again.
The F35B is in actual fact a bespoke version which essentially replaces the AV8 Harrier used by the USMC.
The whole project may look nice but in reality the ship wil never be able to operate without support from coalition partners - either the USA or perhaps the French.
Final point.
Since the end of the Second World War which service has the most Air to Air kills is it:
A - The Royal Air Force
B - The Fleet Air Arm
Answer - ?
Any links to back up all that shite you wrote?
A fine looking boat . We will need that boat after brexit to blockade the channel 😂
don't forget...most of this ship was made in Germany...since the bastards in parliament closed all our shipyards
And? At least your Royal Navy has got real warships, our “Bundeswehr“ got nothing like this in the video(well, we have shipyards, but they mostly produce for other nations like Saudi-Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, Egypt... not good), our OWN military is literally dying out...
Where do you get that information from? She is UK built with parts fabricated in Devon, Portsmouth, Rosyth to name but a few. Massive sections of her hull and towers were shipped from Portsmouth for a start and towed to Rosyth.
@@WarshipTV
Interesting, I didn't know that
congrats! but not liking the ski jump. shouldve ask fellow Americans to help buidling one for ya. :-/
Calvin Do No! We have our reasons and that is so US F35 can also board and work with the US navy as extra platforms. Don’t think of it as the Royal Navy but what it can do with its greatest ally.
I read she can get the most air craft in the air the quickest due to NOT having cats as the system doesn't need to reset and generate steam making her a more potent warship. Also another system to man manage means she can operate on 700 crew which is a 3rd less that a US equivalent
vive le charles de gaules FRANCE , 15 ans plus tard l'angleterre revient , mdr
Who's escorting her to the U.S? Don't want my precious bby getting hurt
A mere amphibious assault ship, not a proper fixed-wing aircraft carrier.
It's only America currently operating a proper aircraft carrier. At max we could add to that the French CdG ship.
So what is a real carrier then? The QE class can up to 50 fixed wing F-35's, will embark newly upgraded Merlin helicopters with early warning and control domes, Apache gunships, Wildcat anti ship/sub helicopters and Chinook's. They could even very well deploy drones in the near future. They also have the second highest sortie rate of any world carrier only behind the US.
The QE class is designed so it can accommodate electromagnetic catapults and arrestor recovery systems for future refitting. EMALS is now what the US uses in its latest carriers. So does that mean it becomes a real aircraft carrier if fitted? Also I take it the WW2 weren't real aircraft carriers either?
Russian, at all? :D
So sad its a step back in naval engineering
The modern twenty century WW3 "yamato battlecruiser ship" on display