Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

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cockneyjock1974 wrote:Yeah but I’ve got T31’s to look forward to! So it begins again lol.
And re-fits for QE..and hopefully FSS...lets just hope they come there as well.

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I make that 5 years and 10 days since PoW assembly at Rosyth began on 9th September 2014. (1836 days)
Or 8 years, 3 months, 24 days since first steel was cut on 26th May 2011. (3038 days)

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cockneyjock1974 wrote:Incidentally “Hopetoun” is the worlds most powerful tug.
I did wonder which tug was going to be the lead with Tempest in Portsmouth.

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Is PoW getting an MCM escort out to sea?

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SKB wrote:I make that 5 years and 10 days since PoW assembly at Rosyth began on 9th September 2014. (1836 days)
Or 8 years, 3 months, 24 days since first steel was cut on 26th May 2011. (3038 days)
That answers my question I asked years ago about how long she would take to build and be contractually 'finished' by AA. (less snags and future RN fittings and of course weapons and upgrades and.......)

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I hope PoW remembers to lower her pole mast.... :mrgreen:

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Wonder if the plan is to head up to the Moray Fifth as the QE did. Hopefully if she does ill get a better view this time. The QE was right over the other side from me so couldn't make her out that well. Even her massive size was obscured by the Firth & the mountains behind her.

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Same stops at Invergordon too maybe?!

Somewhere, there is a rogue lobster pot or fishing line floating around... :mrgreen:

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SKB wrote:Same stops at Invergordon too maybe?!
Indeed, 2 I believe but could be wrong.

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AIS shows tugs now positioned all around PoW's hull - although PoW's own personal AIS hasn't updated for a few hours.
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/ho ... 23/zoom:17

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She’s still on the wall folks.

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Tug's pattern showing PoW's bow has swung anti-clockwise.
Tug Hopetoun on the stern, Craigleith on the bow.
Bow facing directly at the six decommissioned nuclear submarines....

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16:00 - Now (nearly) turned 90 degrees, facing the basin gate. Tugs Hopetoun on the stern, Craigleith on the bow.
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/ho ... 21/zoom:16


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SKB wrote:16:00 - Now (nearly) turned 90 degrees, facing the basin gate. Tugs Hopetoun on the stern, Craigleith on the bow.
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/ho ... 21/zoom:16
When I go on that link it shows her still against the wall :wtf:

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Little J wrote:When I go on that link it shows her still against the wall :wtf:
Yes. Same too. But PoW's AIS has been OFF for hours. Ignore PoW, look at the tugs. Craigleith is on PoW's bow, Hopetoun is on her stern.



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SKB wrote:I make that 5 years and 10 days since PoW assembly at Rosyth began on 9th September 2014. (1836 days)
Or 8 years, 3 months, 24 days since first steel was cut on 26th May 2011. (3038 days)
Almost quicker than the time it will take to build HMS Glasgow....

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