Is it defferently 280m as no matter how many places and times Iv checks I keep finding 2 different 280m and 284m, I know it's only 4m but just has me confused.SKB wrote:Just done a measurement of QE's overall length from that aerial photo, the QE is exactly 280 metres long when compared to a 333 metre long CVN.
It depends on the Nimitz if I remember right they can varry from 331m to 335mSKB wrote:280m seems accurate, I just edited my photoshop of the QEvsCVN image I uploaded earlier to make the image as "long" as a CVN at 3330 pixels across. Then I measured how many pixels "long" the QE is, its 2800 pixels. So 280m it is. And I measured her width, she IS 73m wide at flightdeck level.
But this is all assuming a CVN is actually exactly 333m long.
I think Nimitz is 75m and ford is 78minch wrote:Am I correct in thinking cvn about 78+ deck width and 70 m qe class, it definitely looks 8meter or more wider in the overhead pic
My understanding is that QE is 74m but the source for that seems to have changed to 73m. The 70m reference is just a rounding down of the actual figure - something which is typical with British defence. I recall that when QE set sail for sea trials from Rosyth and had to exit the narrow entrance to the Forth estuary, one of the ships crew mentioned that it was over 75m wide.Jake1992 wrote:I think Nimitz is 75m and ford is 78minch wrote:Am I correct in thinking cvn about 78+ deck width and 70 m qe class, it definitely looks 8meter or more wider in the overhead pic
The QEs as mentioned above Iv found 70m and 73m so not sure which it is
Flight deck size is almost 90% of Nimitz class CVN size. (Displacement is about 2/3rds).So about 2/3 size of a cvn all in all as has been stated many times
SKB wrote:
It seems the RN have always used flags. They love tradition.Wrekin1410 wrote:Is anyone able to explain why the deck crew are using those little flags
