Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

[PhillyJ]

According to King's harbour master HMS Prince of Wales sails tomorrow at 13:25.

She certainly is, hopefully she'll put a bit more ocean between her and the IoW this time.

[serge750]

Wonder how many F35 will be involved in the SRVL trials ?

[new guy]

Wonder how many F35 will be involved in the SRVL trials ?

Varies.

[Jackstar]

The UK's biggest warship, HMS Prince of Wales, has departed Portsmouth naval base for sea trials.

https://www.forces.net/qe-class-aircraf ... watch-live

[new guy]

Looking good so far!



For the occasion, an excellent thread from Navy Lookout:



What particularly caught my eyes, apart from V-22 trials, is the tesing of the Windracers ULTRA (Unmanned Low-cost TRAnsport), developed at the University of Southampton. Which can carry a rather impressive nominal payload of 100kg over 1000km.

[PhillyJ]

What caught my eyes, is that they didn't fit her Phalanx before departure. I know she'll have an escort and she is travelling to an allie, just a bit strange for her not to have her CIWS installed. Does this suggest there aren't enough to go round the fleet (incl RFA) if we deploy 2 carriers at the same time?

[wargame_insomniac]

What caught my eyes, is that they didn't fit her Phalanx before departure. I know she'll have an escort and she is travelling to an allie, just a bit strange for her not to have her CIWS installed. Does this suggest there aren't enough to go round the fleet (incl RFA) if we deploy 2 carriers at the same time?

I'm a bit bewildered by the lack of defensive weapons across both carriers. Suspect it's another gap in our capabilities due to lack of resources/budget/threat asssement.

Though with a third of the Type 45s in drydock, and much of the RFA laid up, you'd imagine something could be done.

[Poiuytrewq]

What caught my eyes, is that they didn't fit her Phalanx before departure. I know she'll have an escort and she is travelling to an allie, just a bit strange for her not to have her CIWS installed. Does this suggest there aren't enough to go round the fleet (incl RFA) if we deploy 2 carriers at the same time?

I'm a bit bewildered by the lack of defensive weapons across both carriers. Suspect it's another gap in our capabilities due to lack of resources/budget/threat asssement.

Though with a third of the Type 45s in drydock, and much of the RFA laid up, you'd imagine something could be done.

Pretty sure they weren’t fitted on QE for Westlant18 either.

https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-l ... c/westlant

[Ian Hall]

[Jackstar]

I confess I'd never heard of this company. The trials of their drones will be one of the more interesting aspects of the deployment.

https://wautonomoussystems.org/

[hovematlot]

Wonder how many F35 will be involved in the SRVL trials ?

I thought is was just going to be the three x 17 Squadron F-35 based in Edwards, possibly supplemented by the odd USMC airframe but I'm probably wrong..

[new guy]

I confess I'd never heard of this company. The trials of their drones will be one of the more interesting aspects of the deployment.

https://wautonomoussystems.org/

Think that might be an old (and very basic) version of this website:

https://windracers.org/drones/

[Ian Hall]

[bobp]

Back by Xmas.....

[SKB]

(Forces News) 1st September 2023

[new guy]

Holy Christ, two of those chains just came back from transfer in the RAF....

Oh, all of them are being replaced / refurbished

[bobp]

More from POW...

[Ian Hall]

[Jdam]

Just noticed looks like she sailed without her phalanx.

[Ian Hall]

https://www.key.aero/article/reflecting ... d-vmfa-211

[jcs1959]

According to navy lookout: on LBC this morning Grant Shapps has described the carriers as the biggest the RAF has ever had. Dear God have we really sunk so low!

[new guy]

According to navy lookout: on LBC this morning Grant Shapps has described the carriers as the biggest the RAF has ever had. Dear God have we really sunk so low!

Nobody could have expected less from fucking Grant Shapps

[Poiuytrewq]

According to navy lookout: on LBC this morning Grant Shapps has described the carriers as the biggest the RAF has ever had. Dear God have we really sunk so low!

Nobody could have expected less from fucking Grant Shapps

Is he already making Gavin Williamson look good?

[bobp]

PWLS about to cross Atlantic...

[new guy]

HMS QE moving out tomorrow
https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/khm/portsm ... 08/09/2023