Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

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500 pages landmark ! :clap:

It took 5 years, 5 months, 9 days to reach 500 pages, since HappySlapper restarted his original MP.net QEC forum here. :thumbup: :clap:

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bobp wrote:Man overboard......
Very impressive. Hope they gave the poor chap a decent burial.

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SKB wrote:500 pages landmark ! :clap:

It took 5 years, 5 months, 9 days to reach 500 pages, since HappySlapper restarted his original MP.net QEC forum here. :thumbup: :clap:
And what was ArmChairCivvy's response?

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Ron5 wrote:Hope they gave the poor chap a decent burial.
More than likely an inflatable dummy.

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Ron5 wrote:Very impressive. Hope they gave the poor chap a decent burial.
Yup - they buried him at sea ;)
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Shame that it is in 1/1250 scale! Not much more than 1/4 size of the rest of the CSG!

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HMS QE starting last week of exercise


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Ron5 wrote:
SKB wrote:500 pages landmark ! :clap:

It took 5 years, 5 months, 9 days to reach 500 pages, since HappySlapper restarted his original MP.net QEC forum here. :thumbup: :clap:
And what was ArmChairCivvy's response?
That you two combined are trailing badly (of course nothing to do with the thread, but as you asked... :) )
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US and UK bomb Scottish island.........



No humans were killed in the exercise

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bobp wrote:US and UK bomb Scottish island.........
No humans were killed in the exercise
Don't tell Nicola Sturgeon that :shh: :lol:

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Little J wrote:
bobp wrote:US and UK bomb Scottish island.........
No humans were killed in the exercise
Don't tell Nicola Sturgeon that :shh: :lol:
Now if they had her sit in a deckchair in the middle of that island wearing a nice big red hat and holding an EU flag ...

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PWLS better get a shift on if she wants a selfie as Pompey Revs for QNLZ it seems

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So we will not get to see the two carriers together at sea then ?

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QE will arrive back at Portsmouth (PRJ, bows north) tomorrow morning at 11:15.
https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/qhm/portsm ... 15/10/2020

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Tempest414 wrote:So we will not get to see the two carriers together at sea then ?
Total pisser.

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Ron5 wrote:
Tempest414 wrote:So we will not get to see the two carriers together at sea then ?
Total pisser.
Indeed, could say why, can't say why etcetc...although they are ready to go, obviously life outside has impacted RN ops everywhere...☹️

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Would of been good to see !

I was thinking if the bean counters see them out together they might think that the MOD budget is sufficient to run the RN & maybe even more likely to cut yet more....

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(NavyLookout) 14th October 2020
The Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy was hosted onboard HMS Prince of Wales by the Defence Secretary Ben Wallace on 7 October. The video documents their arrival by helicopter (First landing of an RAF Puma on one of the new aircraft carriers) and tour of the ship.
Interestingly, the AW109 helicopter (G-MAOL) was previously owned by Sports Direct and Newcastle United owner, Mike Ashley.
G-MAOL is now currently operated by Sloane Helicopters Ltd.

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(NavyLookout/PortsmouthProud) 15th October 2020
HMS Queen Elizabeth returns home to Portsmouth this morning after successful participation in #Groupex #JW202.
Front lip of the ramp is looking a bit sooty after all the F-35B fun.

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An excellent overview of the UK CSG participating in Exercise Joint Warrior.

https://www.savetheroyalnavy.org/hms-qu ... t-warrior/

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Looks bloody cold out there!


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Beat me to it, some great shots going about, pity its over. :(

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Now it is time we got some photos of the LRG together in the Med

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