Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

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PWLS confirmed departure tomorrow, in Procedure Alpha from what nipper said, although he will be at GPMG P3 so not involved.
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Any news on how many F-35s will be embarking for the deployment?

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Phil Sayers wrote: 25 Aug 2022, 19:24 Any news on how many F-35s will be embarking for the deployment?
...not a clue.

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Phil Sayers wrote: 25 Aug 2022, 19:24 Any news on how many F-35s will be embarking for the deployment?
A different site says she wont be embarking any from Marham but will pick up 17 Squadrons, still based in the states, and maybe some USMC as well... We'll see I guess. Shame 617 isn't getting more sea time but then I guess Westlant 22 is more slated for trials than an operational deployment.

On that note is SRVL still a thing?

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Hmm, just heard from nipper that the departure may have been delayed...which as we are currently sat by the hot walls waiting for her to leave, rather annoying. 🤔

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Definitely delayed. PoW is still bows north on Victory Jetty, she should have been "wound" south by now. The harbour's boat channel is still open too.

Her tugs had begun to assemble at 11:25, but went away by 12:00.
Ship's company had begun to assemble on the flight deck at 11:40, but they went back below.
PoW's medium and long range radars had both been rotating, but both stopped by 12:20.
Gangways still attached too.
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"fault rectified"

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Nipper confirmed tomorrow departure, bit later. QHM agree... :thumbup:
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12:20 - PoW's tugs have moved into position.
12:50 - She's off the jetty. Both lifts are up, gangways and lines clear. Radars all rotating. Procedure Alpha around the whole flightdeck. No aircraft on deck. Still bows north at present.
13:07 - PoW has moved bows north further up into the harbour and is parallel with QE! Perhaps the water is deeper/wider to the north of QE for the wind to face south?
13:15 - PoW's clockwise wind has begun, just to the north of QE at PRJ.
13:25 - Tugs have completed the wind for PoW to face bows south.

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I've seen them do that before when both QE class are in port. Also, from where I am at the hot walls on the beach, I can see HMS Dauntless on the horizon waiting to enter.
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Hmm...

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Well it had to break sooner or later I suppose...nipper not happy. He's spent most of today protecting the flight deck from killer IoW seagulls...


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PhillyJ wrote: 28 Aug 2022, 15:05 Well it had to break sooner or later I suppose...nipper not happy. He's spent most of today protecting the flight deck from killer IoW seagulls...

So how is that going to be fixed?
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FFS.

The RN are having far too many moments like this in recent years.
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bobp wrote: 28 Aug 2022, 16:01
PhillyJ wrote: 28 Aug 2022, 15:05 Well it had to break sooner or later I suppose...nipper not happy. He's spent most of today protecting the flight deck from killer IoW seagulls...

So how is that going to be fixed?
Hoping in situ I guess, next best is Pompey, worst case scenario I imagine is a place he really didn't enjoy for his first year on her.

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Cooper wrote: 28 Aug 2022, 16:05 FFS.

The RN are having far too many moments like this in recent years.
I'm pretty sure QNLZ had issues with her prop shaft seal not long after leaving Rosyth, that was fixed in Pompey. No idea if this is the same issue though, thought that was resolved on PWLS during final build, but could be wrong.
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PWLS was due her Lloyds hull job next year as far as I know. If its the worse case scenario, then could this be brought forward, Also how did this happen?

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Hope not ripping them mounts again like on QE , doing major damage,do agree tho British naval industry might be starting to get a v bad reputation for building ships and this could do damage in future ,they need to get to grips with these drip drip drip of bad repeated design / application problems ,every navy has issues but we only have a few ships and classes in our fleet and it's starting to be every capital class of ship we have had major issues that need fixing ,RN is going to be looked at as an unreliable partners who might turn up for the mission if they not broken down ,very unfortunate for the great sailors we undoubtedly have ,let's just hope it's not another total major issue that takes months and months to fix like all the other backlog off issues the navy seem be collecting up , gutted for your lad and the crew phillyj
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To paraphrase the following saying “I was to learn later in life that the attraction of a cheap price (fewer ships) over a more sensible purchase (more ships, of every class) with the passage of time and in the light of experience (of the purchase) was, nothing but an illusion. Another example of the disadvantage of an inadequate number of ships in a class that seems to be afflicting the RN across many of the classes of Warship in the current Fleet. :mrgreen:
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well 3 QEC would of been better, but 2 is better than 1 or none !!! could QE be re-assigned if dessperatly needed ?
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Does not have the Bedford Array for SRVL trials! :mrgreen:
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