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#1 Posted : 19 June 2012 12:31:21

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Dear Model-Space Members,

I have found a blog which covers the construction from August 2009 to September 2011 regarding the progress of our new Queen Elizabeth Class Carriers. This blog has had nothing else added to it however from September 2011. So I will add additional updates to keep the information current about the carriers and their progress.

From here we will be able to follow progress regarding their construction and other information which I will periodically update, just follow the links for updates to see how they are progressing.

Kind Regards
Glenn BigGrin


*****CARRIER LATEST INFORMATION*****



06 Nov 2012: The future of British sea power: 11,300-tonne section of new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth sets sail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news...Elizabeth-sets-sail.html


October 17th 2012: PM Cameron inspects air carrier construction: underlines “Made in UK badge”

http://en.mercopress.com/2012/1...erlines-made-in-uk-badge

17 Oct 2012: Carrier ready for off

http://www.clydewaterfront.com/...12/carrier-ready-for-off

02 OCTOBER 2012: Largest Navy warship HMS Queen Elizabeth recruits first crew members

http://www.independent.co.uk/ne...rew-members-8194209.html

25 September 2012: Carrier catch-up: Queen Elizabeth, Gerald Ford and the Varyag

http://www.naval-technology.com...abeth-gerald-ford-varyag


28 August 2012: Elizabeth, you're a big ship now

http://www.theengineer.co.uk/ho...ship-now/1013697.article







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12th JULY 2012 Aircraft carrier hull time-lapse video
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-18803711

4th JULY Aircraft carriers crucial, Royal Navy chief warns

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18706505

2 July 2012: Pace quickens on carrier assembly
http://www.theengineer.co.uk/ho...assembly/1013049.article

28th May 2012: HMS Elizabeth sets sail from Cammell Laird
http://www.itv.com/news/granada...sail-from-cammell-laird/

25th MAY 2012: Aircraft carrier section arrives in Rosyth in Fife

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-sc...burgh-east-fife-18189687

22ND MAY 2012: HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH SETS SAIL FOR ROSYTH
http://www.baesystems.com/artic...eth-sets-sail-for-rosyth

14TH MAY 2012: Aircraft carrier hull moved out of Portsmouth plant
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-18033655

10th MAY 2012: 'Chaotic' carrier programme - the 'biggest blow' to government credibility
http://www.defencemanagement.co...ature_story.asp?id=19742

10th MAY 2012: Government in £100m U-turn over F35-B fighter planes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18008171

10th MAY 2012: DEFENCE SECRETARY ANNOUNCES DECISION ON JETS FOR NAVY’S FUTURE CARRIERS
http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/New.../2012/May/10/120509-F35B

24th APRIL 2012: 'The QE class carrier debacle is clouding real maritime security issues'
http://www.defencemanagement.co...ature_story.asp?id=19646

19 April 2012: Turning steel into ships
http://www.theengineer.co.uk/ho...to-ships/1012383.article

10TH April 2012: New Royal Navy aircraft carrier hull put together
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-17603865

18 August 2011: Queen Elizabeth takes shape

http://www.theengineer.co.uk/ho...es-shape/1009703.article

7th APRIL 2011: Aircraft carrier: A mind-boggling building job
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12308437

3 MARCH 2012: F-35: BAE Systems faces turbulent times over carriers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17233867

1 March 2012: Assembly phase reveals Queen Elizabeth scale
http://www.theengineer.co.uk/ho...th-scale/1011893.article

12 January 2012: Flight deck
http://www.theengineer.co.uk/ho...ght-deck/1011396.article

27 October 2011: Of cranes and catapults
http://www.theengineer.co.uk/ho...atapults/1010711.article

JANUARY 14th 2010: Contracts worth £333m have been awarded by the Aircraft Carrier Alliance (ACA) to companies across the United Kingdom to help build the Royal Navy's new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers.[/size]
http://www.militaryphotos.net/f...ews-and-Discussion/page9


AUGUST 2009 - SEPTEMBER 2011: CARRIER CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS
http://http://qe-carrier.blogspot.co.uk/
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#2 Posted : 19 June 2012 23:31:23

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#3 Posted : 25 June 2012 22:23:29

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General Information:

1. UK Armed Forces Commentary: Carrier Vessel Future

http://ukarmedforcescommentary....rrier-vessel-future.html

2. Key facts about the Queen Elizabeth Class

http://www.aircraftcarrierallia...liance/PDF/key-facts.pdf

3. F-35 Lightning II Program : JSF (Joint Strike Fighter)

a. Introduction
http://www.jsf.mil/f35/index.htm

b. Background
http://www.jsf.mil/f35/f35_background.htm

c. Technology
http://www.jsf.mil/f35/f35_technology.htm

d. Variants
http://www.jsf.mil/f35/f35_variants.htm

e. Program Overview
http://www.jsf.mil/program/index.htm

f. Organisation

--- Air Vehicle
http://www.jsf.mil/program/prog_org_airvehicle.htm

--- Autonomic Logistics
http://www.jsf.mil/program/prog_org_autolog.htm

--- Propulsion
http://www.jsf.mil/program/prog_org_propulsion.htm

--- Air System Integration
http://www.jsf.mil/program/prog_org_asintegration.htm

--- Air System Engineering
http://www.jsf.mil/program/prog_org_asengineering.htm

--- Air System Requirements
http://www.jsf.mil/program/prog_org_asrequirements.htm

--- Air System Logistics
http://www.jsf.mil/program/prog_org_aslogistics.htm

--- Air System Production
http://www.jsf.mil/program/prog_org_asproduction.htm

--- Verification and test
http://www.jsf.mil/program/prog_org_verificationtest.htm

--- International
http://www.jsf.mil/program/prog_org_international.htm

--- Operations
http://www.jsf.mil/program/prog_org_operations.htm

--- Contracts
http://www.jsf.mil/program/prog_org_contracts.htm

--- Business and Financial Management
http://www.jsf.mil/program/prog_org_bfm.htm

--- Security
http://www.jsf.mil/program/prog_org_security.htm

--- Public Affairs
http://www.jsf.mil/program/prog_org_publicaffairs.htm

--- Legal
http://www.jsf.mil/program/prog_org_legal.htm


g. Leadership
http://www.jsf.mil/leadership/

h. F-35
http://www.jsf.mil/f35/

i. News
http://www.jsf.mil/news/

j. Gallery

--- Introduction
http://www.jsf.mil/gallery/index.htm

--- Photos
http://www.jsf.mil/gallery/gal_photo.htm

--- Video
http://www.jsf.mil/gallery/gal_video.htm

k. History
http://www.jsf.mil/history/

l. Downloads
http://www.jsf.mil/downloads/

m. Acronyms
http://www.jsf.mil/acronyms/index.htm

n. Contact
http://www.jsf.mil/contact/
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#4 Posted : 25 June 2012 22:25:28

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#6 Posted : 06 November 2012 17:43:34

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[quote=Tomick]Next step..

http://www.dailymail.co....lizabeth-sets-sail.html[/quote]


Thanks for the update Mr T, more have now been added.

Regards BigGrin
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#7 Posted : 06 November 2012 19:08:46

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Hi guys,

New updates have been added as well as some legacy pieces. There is also a major article by armed forces commentary in the general information page.

Enjoy!

BigGrin
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#8 Posted : 03 September 2013 12:26:34

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Damning report finds that HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales risk entering service without systems that will warn of enemy planes an missiles..

http://www.dailymail.co....als-damning-report.html
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02 OCTOBER 2012: Largest Navy warship HMS Queen Elizabeth recruits first crew members

That'll be the ones with 20-20 vision and the big binoculars who have to stand around the edges of the flight deck then? LOL

You couldn't make it up could you! Crying

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so long as the MP's still get their free bar and food in the commons at ur expense, who cares about the lives of our military, business as usual from the government.Cursing
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#11 Posted : 03 September 2013 18:48:25

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If the politicians (if you can call them that) let them get on build the things instead of changing their minds and bickering about the bill etc, they will be finnished and in service a lot sooner.
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#12 Posted : 04 November 2013 23:03:49

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The cost of two new aircraft carriers being built for the Royal Navy is expected to be almost twice the original estimate, the government is expected to confirm this week. Blink

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24801942

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You mean to say that the US Navy isn't the only navy that experiences huge cost overruns, and then expects the taxpayers to foot the bill without complaint? Shocked I am, shocked!
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The big difference being that the USA numerous carriers.

The UK currently has one, which no longer has jet aircraft on board and is being decomissioned in 2014, where we won't then have a carrier on the high seas until the first of the new Elizabeth class carriers are ready for service in 2020.

We might have to 'borrow' one from the USA LOL
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Wouldn't be the first time we had to lend your navy toys for the tub...Flapper Flapper Flapper
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F35 Lightning trials lay vital groundwork for HMS Queen Elizabeth

Engineers say important lessons have been learned from 18 days of trials at sea involving Britain’s next-generation jump jet.

The F35 Lightning II will provide the punch of the Royal Navy’s two new carriers Queen Elizabeth and Prince of Wales – and will operate from land from RAF Marham.

The Anglo-American stealth strike fighter – two generations more advanced than the legendary Harrier it replaces – was put through its paces during its second concerted spell of sea trials recently during 18 days aboard the assault ship USS Wasp off the Eastern Seaboard of the USA.

A combined Royal Navy-Royal Air Force team supported the trials – including pilot RAF Sqn Ldr Jim Schofield, who performed Britain’s first day and night take-offs and landings at sea in the F35.

While most of the media focus was on what was happening in the skies, equally-important lessons were being learned in the hangar courtesy of a maintenance team headed by Lt Cdr Robin ‘RTB’ Trewinnard-Boyle.

“To get up close and personal with the jet operating on board the Wasp was the highlight of my Royal Navy career,”

said avionics expert POAET(AV) Paul Cummings.

“This aircraft is awe inspiring and will definitely impress when it eventually operates from the UK, being a real asset for our defence for a great many years to come.”

He was one of two RN senior ratings – the other was POAET(M) ‘Ronnie’ Corbett – and an RAF armourer, Sergeant Paul Parkinson, who joined Lt Cdr Trewinnard-Boyle on the Wasp.

They not only carried out maintenance work on the two F35Bs embarked, but tested loading and unloading dummy weapons in its internal bomb bays (for stealth reasons unlike the Harrier, all the weapons are carried inside the aircraft, rather than slung on pylons beneath the wings).

"From a maintainer’s viewpoint, some things we learnt directly were how easy it is to manoeuvre the F35B around a relatively small flight deck, and how we can best do our job of launching, recovering and maintaining the F35B at sea,”

explained Lt Cdr Trewinnard-Boyle.

The officer says 'exciting times lie ahead' with further testing – including launching the jet from a ski ramp erected at the airbase.

He was involved in the final days of the Harrier as the senior air engineer aboard HMS Ark Royal in 2010, so he’s delighted to be at the heart of the rebirth of fast jet carrier operations.

“I loved the Sea Harrier and Harrier dearly, and they hold a very special place in my heart,”

he says.

“It was a great feeling to be at the beginning of seeing F35B operating at day and night from one of her natural environments – a flight deck.

“And it was another milestone on the way to making F-35B and HMS Queen Elizabeth a war-winning combination.”




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Here is the latest part to be fitted and some very interesting facts.

http://www.royalnavy.mod...8-Queen-Elizabeth-Radar

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Currently, the new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers are running at £754m over budget Blink

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First captain of the Queen Elizabeth announced.

https://navynews.co.uk/archive/news/item/9965
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