Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

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Of course we could throw in the wardroom silver. You do realise that Hammond and co would keep the dosh.

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Perhaps the deal that the Treasury have in mind is to swap HMSQE & F35bs with cash adjustment, in exchange for the ex. HMS Hermes & some SHARs. Seems to be about the limit of our current crop of "Bean Counters". :mrgreen:

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Our negotiators would probably end up paying some money to the Indians too, and then argue that we have saved money. :lol:

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A tad disappointed that despite QE being in dry dock for two weeks we have had no news.

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Aye I wonder if they found any problems in dry dock or all Great guns ?

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They are probably gong over her with a magnifying glass to see how everything has held up after her initial operations, being the first of the class and all that. In that respect, no news is good news.

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I haven't read of the work done during the dry docking and was curious if this may have included paintwork on the side that had been erased

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Not directly RN QNLZ issue, but French CGD "inside" video here is very impressive. We will be seeing RN version of this kind of movie within 2 years?


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donald_of_tokyo wrote:Not directly RN QNLZ issue, but French CGD "inside" video here is very impressive. We will be seeing RN version of this kind of movie within 2 years?

Note the 2 16 cell SAM sites near the E2A planes,
Needed for the QE class carriers ASAP if taking a cruise in the south China sea.

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Should I be surprised that CdG's displays are in English? And I wonder what sea state that remote aircraft handling system can be used?

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Maybe there will be a film crew for the follow on trials of the F35 on westlant 19? fingers crossed

Would be good to see her meet up with CdeG when in the med going to the far east on her first deployment...

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Digger22 wrote:Should I be surprised that CdG's displays are in English? And I wonder what sea state that remote aircraft handling system can be used?
The international language of communication for maritime and aviation is English.

If you read the read the English straight off the display you won’t have to translate it.

(The language of Diplomacy is French)

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donald_of_tokyo wrote:Needed for the QE class carriers ASAP if taking a cruise in the south China sea.
Along with a couple of Type 45's :thumbup:

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I do like the Robotic Aircraft Tractor. Must be a great space saver. Also interesting that they have, like the USN, a UETF on board the carrier.

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cyrilranch wrote:Not directly RN QNLZ issue, but French CGD "inside" video here is very impressive. We will be seeing RN version of this kind of movie within 2 years?
Enjoyed the CdG tour, nice to see areas such as the Engine workshop and test area. Also garbage disposal and L:aundry in action.

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Not directly a QEC issue, but Flight Global has an interesting short analysis of the Japanese Izumo carriers.

"Fully loaded, the Izumo class ships displace 27,000 tonnes, which compares with 22,000 tonnes for the Royal Navy’s former Invincible class. The ships will reportedly carry about 10 F-35Bs in addition to helicopters and, possibly, the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey, which Japan is also obtaining."

MODIFICATION WORK

“There may be issues of having to provide extra workshop facilities, redesigning weapons magazines, and in particular providing all the necessary support for the F-35B’s considerable surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities,” says Childs. “Also adding further heat resistance to the flight deck. The Japanese may also have to decide whether or not they want to equip the Izumo class with a ski-jump ramp like the British, but unlike the Americans.”

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/artic ... ll-457571/

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Article is a bit thin as it's solely based on the uninformed guesses of a couple of media watchers. Not sure why they think it was a secret that the class could accept Harrier/F-35B type aircraft.

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I thought it was interesting to see that QEC is about 2.5 times the displacement of Izumo, but able to operate 3.6 times the number of F35.

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Aethulwulf wrote:I thought it was interesting to see that QEC is about 2.5 times the displacement of Izumo, but able to operate 3.6 times the number of F35.
This always has me question what is the real tonnage of the QEs I keep see mainly 2 weights 65,000t and 70,600t Iv even seem that PoW is 72,000t but a lot less often than the other figures.
Now I know there’s different tons but each Iv seen has said metric tons.

Does anyone know for sure what the actual weight is ?

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Assuming of course the speculation about 10a/c is correct and also assuming that 10 isn’t some sort of norm they expect to carry. Given the Japanese say the ship was only supposed to carry a handful of helicopters we will need to wait and see.

But it highlights the usefulness of the vertical takeoff version and the effect of deploying a sqn of jets has on an area when very few outside the US can deploy any more than that.

Mind you as the Japan have been averaging about 1000 qra interceptions per year for the last few years you can see why dispersing assets is high up the list

The Japanese ship also cost about 1b pounds according to the best available info on the web so quite a bit cheaper. Donald may know more as his part of the world

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Does that mean we could of bought 6-7 for our QEC ? 7000 crew for about the same air complement ?
but how many would of survived a UK SDSR.....3 at most :lol:

OK there are also drawbacks only having 2 platforms but Seems like the RN might be on a winner if we can keep em for 40yrs+ if they did cut a QEC it would be a major blow for the UK military standing in the world. whereas 6-7 smaller one could be salami sliced for years...

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Jake1992 wrote:
Aethulwulf wrote:I thought it was interesting to see that QEC is about 2.5 times the displacement of Izumo, but able to operate 3.6 times the number of F35.
This always has me question what is the real tonnage of the QEs I keep see mainly 2 weights 65,000t and 70,600t Iv even seem that PoW is 72,000t but a lot less often than the other figures.
Now I know there’s different tons but each Iv seen has said metric tons.

Does anyone know for sure what the actual weight is ?
The difference is in ton measurements.

65k tonnes is roughly about 70k+ short tons, which is a common unit of measurement in the US. But in general people tend to think "tons" is just a singular thing, and thus you get these debating numbers.

Wikipedia is horrendous for people making this error and having mismatches amounts everywhere by accident, or in purpose to try and make their preferences look "bigger".

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RetroSicotte wrote:
Jake1992 wrote:
Aethulwulf wrote:I thought it was interesting to see that QEC is about 2.5 times the displacement of Izumo, but able to operate 3.6 times the number of F35.
This always has me question what is the real tonnage of the QEs I keep see mainly 2 weights 65,000t and 70,600t Iv even seem that PoW is 72,000t but a lot less often than the other figures.
Now I know there’s different tons but each Iv seen has said metric tons.

Does anyone know for sure what the actual weight is ?
The difference is in ton measurements.

65k tonnes is roughly about 70k+ short tons, which is a common unit of measurement in the US. So people tend to compare UK ships in tonnes to US ships in short tons, making the US ones appear larger than they actually are.
As I mentioned above each displacement quote Iv read on many different sites have all said metric tons for the measurement but gave a different figure, now clearly someone’s got to be wrong.

I do remember though that the QE had came out a good deal heavier than her planed displacement which I believe was meant to be around the 65,000t mark.

It’s also similar with other measurements of the class with seeing both 280m and 284m for length and 70m and 73m for beam. Now I know these are only small difference and I might be just a niggle of mine but it’d be nice to know the true measurements. :lol:

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Jake1992 wrote:It’s also similar with other measurements of the class with seeing both 280m and 284m for length and 70m and 73m for beam. Now I know these are only small difference and I might be just a niggle of mine but it’d be nice to know the true measurements. :lol:
I'll get my Son to source a tape measure and check for you as he is up at Rosyth and tells me he is bored waiting on HMS POW to be ready, so needs something to do. Not sure he can get the weight for you though! :lol:

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PhillyJ wrote:
Jake1992 wrote:It’s also similar with other measurements of the class with seeing both 280m and 284m for length and 70m and 73m for beam. Now I know these are only small difference and I might be just a niggle of mine but it’d be nice to know the true measurements. :lol:
I'll get my Son to source a tape measure and check for you as he is up at Rosyth and tells me he is bored waiting on HMS POW to be ready, so needs something to do. Not sure he can get the weight for you though! :lol:
The length and width would be a good start keep him busy :lol:

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