Wow Impressive Or What Great Engineering skill

The Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier is due to set sail for the first time later from the Rosyth dockyard in Fife.
HMS Queen Elizabeth - one of two new carriers being built in the yard at a cost of more than £6bn - is to begin sea trials.
She is the largest warship ever built for the Royal Navy. Her flightdeck alone is the size of three football pitches.
Once in service she can operate with a crew of 1,000 and 40 aircraft.
The 65,000 tonne warship is the Royal Navy's first aircraft carrier since HMS Ark Royal was scrapped in 2010.
Image copyrightEPAImage captionThe flightdeck is the size of three football pitches
Eleven tugs will be needed to manoeuvre her out of the dock at Rosyth.
The ship will just about squeeze through the narrow entrance into the estuary.
Once there she will start her engines and wait for low tide to go under the Forth bridges.
She will have to lower a mast to make it through with just a few metres to spare.

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The numbers behind HMS Queen Elizabeth

• The project to build HMS Queen Elizabeth and sister ship HMS Prince of Wales cost more than £6bn
  
  
• The aircraft carrier weighs 65,000 tonnes and has a top speed of 25 knots
  
  
• Its flight deck is 280m long and 70m wide - enough space for three football pitches
  
  
• The ship is the second in the Royal Navy to be named Queen Elizabeth
  
  
• It will have a crew of around 700, increasing to 1,600 when a full complement of F-35B jets and Crowsnest helicopters are embarked
  
  
• There are 364,000m of pipes inside the ship
  
  
• Both HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales will keep 45 days worth of food in its stores
  
  
• The entire ship's company of 700 can be served a meal within 90 minutes - or 45 minutes when at action station
  
  
• Leaving the Rosyth dock will be among the most difficult manoeuvres in the sea trials with just 50cm between the bottom of the ship and the seabed in the port
  
  

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Commanding officer Captain Jerry Kydd said the ship was important for Britain's reputation as a naval power.
"I think there are very few capabilities, by any country, that are as symbolic as a carrier strike capability," he added.
"Submarines you can't see, but these are very visible symbols of power and power projection." the l

I'm a bit worried about this part of the exercise!


The ship will just about squeeze through the narrow entrance into the estuary.
Once there she will start her engines and wait for low tide to go under the Forth bridges.
She will have to lower a mast to make it through with just a few metres to spare.

The trouble with any kind of weaponry is that it takes so long from drawing board to actual build and test that by the time it is completely serviceable all the guns and systems are way out of date.

I have been trying to find out what time the launch will take place without any luck, presumably at high tide.
ETA
It has sailed apparently, I used the wrong word there it was actually launched some time back.

Some time ago, our son was involved as a representative of the Company who manufactured the ships gear for Type 23 destroyers.  He also was on-board when they went out on sea trials from Scotland.

...an appropriate career for an individual with family boating interests.

Irene wrote:

Some time ago, our son was involved as a representative of the Company who manufactured the ships gear for Type 23 destroyers.  He also was on-board when they went out on sea trials from Scotland.

...an appropriate career for an individual with family boating interests.

 Irene how fantastic. An impressive feat of engineering.

My only experience of such things was whilst in Germany staying on a military base back in the 70s

My ex brother in law took me to see  a Harrier jump jet take off. I was standing feet away. It was amazing just went straight up in the air came back down and gave a salute.

I was gob smacked as Cilla   would say:;smile: x

Commanding officer Captain Jerry Kydd said the ship was important for Britain's reputation as a naval power.


I wonder if he is any relation to Captain Kydd, the Pirate. 

Gandalph wrote:

Commanding officer Captain Jerry Kydd said the ship was important for Britain's reputation as a naval power.


I wonder if he is any relation to Captain Kydd, the Pirate. 

 Or Jack Sparrow  :;smile: