Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

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bobp wrote:Considering that this is her maiden voyage she is doing well. Bearing in mind the propulsion problems of the T45 I assume they will test her thoroughly before handing her over to the Navy. Any pictures of the wardroom carpet yet?
Would need to travel to much warmer climes to test those issues!

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Heard about issues with the shafts glad to see she's performing.
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Repulse wrote:Heard about issues with the shafts glad to see she's performing.
Has Sharkey Ward said anything recently? According to him it was hogging....amongst other things...

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SKB wrote:20:32 - QE's AIS signal lost. Was heading north at 13.1 kts, east of Inverbervie.
21:42 - AIS signal restored. Heading north at 9.6 kts,
A possible high speed run?
The AIS will certainly be turned off when the higher speeds will get tested.


Also, that photo taken on the bridge... Is that wood being used on the consoles? I'm wondering how much is aboard (decorative functions presumably).

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QE's AIS is back on, she's nearing the Aberdeen coast having done some loops/u-turns.

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Timmymagic wrote:
Repulse wrote:Heard about issues with the shafts glad to see she's performing.
Has Sharkey Ward said anything recently? According to him it was hogging....amongst other things...
He hasn't said anything useful in a *long* time.
swoop wrote:
SKB wrote:20:32 - QE's AIS signal lost. Was heading north at 13.1 kts, east of Inverbervie.
21:42 - AIS signal restored. Heading north at 9.6 kts,
A possible high speed run?
The AIS will certainly be turned off when the higher speeds will get tested.
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As the ship has already done a 26knot+ run they don't seem too interested in hiding the speed, that's already faster then delcared max design speed. and if hogging or props wer ecausing troubles I doubt they would be gunning her this soon.

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I'll bet when they were doing 26+knots there were a few grins on board!

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02:45 - Heading south, off the east coast of Montrose. Speed 8.8 kts.
03:53 - Still heading south, passing Arbroath, speed 8.2 kts
04:50 - Passing Firth of Tay (& Dundee), speed 8.8 kts

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The Assembly Director once claimed 32 knots in a youtube interview. Been looking for that video for a long time again to be able to link.

So, we'll have to see.

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swoop wrote:Also, that photo taken on the bridge... Is that wood being used on the consoles?
Good protection from the sharp edges of the metalwork. :geek:

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Pymes75 wrote:
QEC Eye in the SKY wrote:Anyone else notice the amount of CCTV camera's on board? There's quite a few.
220 to be precise. :)

That's a few to be fair .....

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Currently doing 17 knots.

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13:12 - Turned NW at 16.6 kts, about 5 hours east of Tay/Dundee
16:20 - Heading NW 24.1 kts, not far from Aberdeen.
16:25 - Turned SW at 16 kts
17:45 - Heading SW, passing Montrose. Speed 6.7 kts
19:14 - Heading SW, passed Firth of Tay & Dundee at 16.3 kts
19:52 - Turned North, east of St. Andrews.
20:02 - 23.5 kts
21:28 - Completes a full loop between Arbroath and Monstrose. Heading north at 8.2 kts
22:20 - U-turned off Montrose. Heading south at 6 knots

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not trying for a 3o-32 kts today ? she might be able who knows or whos going to tell .well done everybody anyway your doing us proud :-)

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inch wrote:not trying for a 3o-32 kts today ? she might be able who knows or whos going to tell .well done everybody anyway your doing us proud :-)
I'm amazed they didn't turn off the transponder for the 26knot run I would expect that it would certainly go quiet for any faster then that, if she is capable of exceeding that of course.

I would like to know what effect the Neptune stabilisers are having.

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WhiteWhale wrote:I'm amazed they didn't turn off the transponder for the 26knot run I would expect that it would certainly go quiet for any faster then that, if she is capable of exceeding that of course.
I'm no naval architect but the calculations to work out a ships max speed based on power and wetted area are fairly basic. There may be a small margin of error involved but realistically those who want to know will have already worked out her max speed to within a knot or 2. It's pretty straight forward to work out how fast a Nimitz Class can theoretically go for example. Unfortunately for Tom Clancy fans it's not over 40 knots...more like 32 max. In fact Forrestal Class were the fastest ever US CV's. Only Enterprise came close.

The French requirement for PA2 was for it to reach 29 knots at least...they weren't planning on making changes to propulsion.

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'Somewhere in the Firth of Forth. Present Day'
:lol:


Illegal?
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Jdam wrote:Hell of a view you get from the bridge :o
I reckon that pic of the bridge was photo shopped, I couldn't see any Win 3.1/95/98/XP screens in use! :lol:

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Guy in the second video is lucky a Marine or sailor didn't decide to get some target practise in with a mini gun :D

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T23 HMS Iron Duke left Leith (Edinburgh) at 20:00 BST. Has just passed the Isle of May, speed 14 kts. Projected path eastwards will cross QE's path.
23:36 - QE heading south, passing Arbroath at 8 kts.
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/ho ... 058/zoom:9

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Dahedd wrote:Guy in the second video is lucky a Marine or sailor didn't decide to get some target practise in with a mini gun
There is an awful lot of brownish patches on her deck that appear to be rust.

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bobp wrote:There is an awful lot of brownish patches on her deck that appear to be rust.
Probably just rust stains left over from all the containers, materials, debris and marquee tents that were all over the deck during 3 years of fitting out.

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SKB wrote:
bobp wrote:There is an awful lot of brownish patches on her deck that appear to be rust.
Probably just rust stains left over from all the containers, materials, debris and marquee tents that were all over the deck during fitting out.
That was my initial thought too but did she have much of that stuff on deck after it was painted?

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WhiteWhale wrote:As the ship has already done a 26knot+ run they don't seem too interested in hiding the speed, that's already faster then delcared max design speed.
I'd be expecting speeds in the 30+ range since she is currently very lightly loaded.

Has anyone seen a sign on the transom "Running in, please pass"?

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