HMS Prince of Wales will be docking at Rhenus Deep Sea terminal, Tuesday 19 March, 2024 until Monday 25 March.. Located at Maasvlakte 2, so very near to Hook of Holland (see picture) Links (in Dutch) : https://www.westlanders.nu/nieuws/maiden-trip-brits-vliegdekschip-in-rotterdamse-haven-45486 and: ...

She's home

HMS Queen Elizabeth calls in Gothenburg on October 14.

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Posted yesterday on FB by Jake Corben: HMS Prince of Wales now bows north 21/8/23

Something like that indeed

With the possible los of the USS Bonhomme Richard, how likely would it be that a QE-class would fill the gap??

Have a look at this 6:30 on the video....



And another from 1:56 on the next one...

In 2009 it was easy to visit HMS Daring in Portsmouth, so what might have changed??

Jake1992 wrote:Really I think the only innovations on modern carriers that haven't come from the UK is nuclear power and EMAL Cats

I was thinking of the deck-edge elevator as well...

From the Aircraft Carrier Alliance page: "28/11/2018 HMS Prince of Wales mighty diesel generator has been powered-up for the first time marking a key milestone on the road to sending the 65,000 tonne warship to sea next year." See: http://www.aircraftcarrieralliance.co.uk/hms-prince-of-wal...

ITS Cavour (C550) next ship to conduct trials with F-35Bs in 2020.

Link: http://seawaves.com/2019/07/23/cavour-b ... b-upgrade/

Was it at www.meretmarine.com ?

Just before the tugs came along we arrived in Pompey.

What a happening it turned out to be.

Arriving this Saturday morning for a holdiay, seems just in time to see her in port. Lucky us...maybe even seeing her sailing for the US.

It's Augusta in Sicily now!

Surely hope HMS Queen Elizabeth can continue her sea trials, but if necessary the dock at Rotterdam Keppel Verolme (recently taken over by Damen Shipyards) will have plenty of room to accommodate her. Dimensions dry Dock no. 7: length 405 m/ beam: 90 m/ max. draft 11.60 m Cranes: 3 (20 t, 30 t and 8...

hovematlot wrote:

djkeos wrote:Great updates. Exciting times.

No smoke yet from her engines?

This is a Royal Navy aircraft carrier, not some piece of junk from the Russian Navy..

Wasn't suggesting black smoke...
White smoke will do.
Anyway, some smoke was visible on one of the posted pics.

Great updates. Exciting times.

No smoke yet from her engines?

"Nice to see the brake props turning. SKB if you rotate two huge chunks of metal you will get a disturbance of the water around them and you have to admit it the propellers are pretty big. So although the water is being churned up a bit they are not pushing the ship forwards." About the br...