helpfully lordjim and digger22 answered my last question ,thanks .but next one is why does the official line that qe is 65k tons and other people quote 70k ,which is it really? .5k a lot of difference ,a type 23 frigate difference .I know the engineer said 70600k so why is it always in reports on me...

Cheers for the heads up lord Jim /digger22

Can anybody tell me why qe only official design speed 26 kts when a lot of other new carriers are 29 -30 ish ,why is that ?.I know it might be able to do a it's or 2 faster but seams a low ball target in the first place ,

I agree the usn and coast guard have helped us loads and the French for that matter ,talking of the French does anybody think they will change their mind and build a second carrier ,I know they stopped the last program but new leader etc and increasing the defence budget .hope so be great to see

money and the lack of it I think ,they would do more but don't have enough cash and try to cover all the high end bases but lack the funds to do it properly and complete the full spectrum so things get missed/excluded its all a game of compromise and hope sometime down the line we will get the missi...

great pics ,that aircraft lift looks big next to that man standing there {middle pic} a good sense of scale.im really waiting for a few shots inside the hangar also

Thinking about it apart from one carrier being 16yrs old etc if both were new qe class or French c de g I really don't know which I'd pic tbh both have their merits I quess ,I kind of wish we had gone the French route tho truth be known but glad at least its something better than hms ocean at least

To be fair to our neighbors and there pocket carrier ,they could have said the same thing to us since 2001 lol, and its nearly as large in reality maybe displacement different but physical size not a lot in it ,and a lot would argue a lot more capable but I know your only saying in jest cj.

Why disappointed fella,probably just get it painted and do first sea testing see how many snags there are first ,then fix everything up looking good when happy everything works ,just the normal process I think old chap

There is no way that Australia or Canada are going to touch the type26, even if we started production .they will look and put on shortlist becouse its the most up-to-date design but cost will scupper it ,like I said fremm Canada and Spanish route for Australia ,anything else wouldn't make sense for ...

not trying for a 3o-32 kts today ? she might be able who knows or whos going to tell .well done everybody anyway your doing us proud

So the upshot is we get 8 type 26 slightly more suitable for asw or we could have had 16 fremm for the same price or there abouts and not have to spend on type 31 or use money too up arm the fremm more or spend on something else needed ,people might say well its prob going to be best asw frigate but...

no chances of selling any to other countries at them prices ,Canada will go fremm and Australia will go navantia that's the way I see it maybe Australia fremm also ?,but neither will go type26 route they would be insane at them prices only the uk is that crazy folks,next will be 550million for each ...

at 1.2b per ship we really should just buy fremm no questions there folks ,that's just ridiculous that's nearly 10b for all 8 ships .how is this possible .what the hell is going on?. time to ditch made in uk at them prices .no wonder we going to be only left with a few escorts for our fleet ,and no ...

shame we couldn't export the design too countries who want to go the non nuclear route ,but I quess the countries that want one design there own and im not sure how many want that size tbh ,think Germany should have a couple ,they got plenty of cash .maybe japan also now we doing things together , g...

Yeah and at the end of the day they can park the 2 escort type 23 in queen Elizabeth hangar we all seen the pics with 2 parked in there lol

great pic ,please mister mod/rn could you just sail up a type 45 or 2 for the full pic /photo opportunity ,you know you want too for the great pr

Late blimmin lunch lol

Great footage all round ,well done everybody involved ,hats off to you all .listening to captain Kyd he noted that the carrier was over 75mtrs wide ,I never knew that thought was 70mts kept reading everywhere .you learn something everyday folks and again well done everybody .

well hopefully be at the albert hotel for a spot of dinner tomorrow and fingers crossed I gets to see something moving past some part of the day

well folks do we think its a go for tomorrow ,the weather the testing ect or a no go ? place your bets please ladies and gentlemen

thanks folks ,hopefully get to a good café/pub for a spot of lunch north queensferry then lol

Thanks cj ,a long drive both ways but looking forwards too it ,was hoping to get a view from bridge but crap happens lol ,although understand

cj bearing in mind that they going to shut down bridges and poss be at night Monday ,was thinking of driving up on Monday day and take a chance but where can you recommend the best view points along the forth to head for ,thankyou again in advance

Let's just hope that new tech on qe works as planned ,I'm thinking of the weapons loading running around the ship ,alright in a factories but in the open sea ,do hope it all goes well fingers crossed and all