Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

[SKB]

The barge is a Skylift 3000, built by Ravestein in the Netherlands. They've been used in the base before.


(Ravestein) 27th January 2017

And they can be used in other ways....

[Timmymagic]

The barge is a Skylift 3000, built by Ravestein in the Netherlands. They've been used in the base before.

Good to see the RN buying kit like this rather than renting/leasing...it always ends up cheaper in the end just to buy.

[Bring Deeps]

This is probably behind a paywall but is a link to an interactive graphic of QNLZ. Quite interesting:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/0 ... -flagship/

[PhillyJ]

Looks like the Navy has bought a barge to help service the carriers and other ships at Portsmouth....

https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-l ... royal-navy

....all nipper could say was, thank God! Assuming taking the ship for a wind was not a favourite!

[bobp]

This is probably behind a paywall but is a link to an interactive graphic of QNLZ. Quite interesting:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/0 ... -flagship/

A credit to the UK companies who built her, and the sailors who crew her.

[SKB]

[PhillyJ]

Probably before they got blown off by the storm winds currently battering us here!

[rbeedall]

Haven’t been able to find the site for many years wondering what happened to it

The legendary Navy Matters website from Richard Beedall, sadly no longer operational, but you can find it on the web via archiving....see the below link and save it in your favourites...

http://web.archive.org/web/201301030130 ... index.html

Cheers mate thanks for that, have been looking on off for some time

I appreciate the compliments about my old website! I had to discontinue it due to:
1. Work and family demands on my time
2. An increasing demand from people who wanted more frequent updates - it was being incorrectly considered a commercial site
3. I was contacted by the MOD who felt that the site gave a negative perception about the RN. If this continued they could make things difficult for me, e.g. the White Ensign logo is crown copyright - if I continued to use any graphics or images that included this I could be billed.

[SKB]

HMS Queen Elizabeth hosts its first boxing night!


(BFBS Sports Show) 18th February 2022

[PhillyJ]

This is what I'm aware of, though nipper and crew were told to go home and be with your loved ones this weekend. He did indeed do this, and my Weston's Cider supply is certainly depleted now!

[PhillyJ]

Seems my nipper will be needing his beanie hat after all...

[Tempest414]

any word on which other NATO frigates will join her also is the Italian light carrier still taking part

[PhillyJ]

any word on which other NATO frigates will join her also is the Italian light carrier still taking part

Not sure to be honest, but following tweet suggest the Italian carrier will be around.

[SKB]

Could we temporarily change HMS Richmond's name to HMS Rich Tea in order to fit in with the amusingly named Garibaldi?!

[Scimitar54]

Well, it is a rather small carrier, so the fly(res) are likely to be somewhat squashed.

[SKB]

If PoW goes up into the Arctic Circle (66.56 degrees North), does her skijump get repainted blue ?!
Hmm...

POW Arctic Circle Blue Skijump2.jpg

[PhillyJ]

I'll send that to my nipper, he's a Pompey fan and used to steward at Fratton Park when he was 16.

[Tempest414]

There could be some interesting opportunities here with the UK carrier US LHD and Italian Light carrier like we could see the LHD's F-35's move over to POW to allow a better follow of helicopter operations on the LHD and POW acting in the role of fixed wing , AEW and ASW carrier

I would also say the RN is stepping up here with 1 carrier , 1 LPD , 1 LSD , 2 escorts , 1 tanker

[PhillyJ]

I also noted a lot of work on QNLZ as the flight deck is cleared of tents/scaffolding. Could both be out at the same time? This tweet is interesting.

[PhillyJ]

Another one going up for Exercise Cold Response 22 it seems.

[PhillyJ]

Nipper not happy as he says it's cold on the gangway tonight...I told him it'll be worse in Norway!

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[PhillyJ]

PWLS leaving PRJ at 0225 tomorrow morning! Nipper not happy at all.

[SKB]

(Portsmouth Harbour Boats) 7th March 2022

HMS Prince of Wales departing Portsmouth Harbour bound for NATO exercise Cold Response, Norway.

[PhillyJ]

Great shots, I was on Round Tower freezing my knackers off!

As suggested, and nipper confirmed to me over the weekend, QNLZ is leaving Pompey from 1520 tomorrow.

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[SKB]

PoW gone, QE going...