![]() HMS Queen Elizabeth, February 2018
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Name | Queen Elizabeth |
Namesake | Elizabeth I[4] |
Operator | Royal Navy |
Ordered | 20 May 2008 |
Builder | Aircraft Carrier Alliance at Rosyth Dockyard |
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Laid down | 7 July 2009[3] |
Launched | 17 July 2014 |
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Christened | 4 July 2014 |
Commissioned | 7 December 2017[2] |
In service | 2020[6] |
Homeport | HMNB Portsmouth |
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Motto | Semper Eadem ("Always the Same")[5] |
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Status | In active service |
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Class and type | Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier |
Type | Aircraft supercarrier |
Displacement | 65,000 tonnes (64,000 long tons; 72,000 short tons)[10] |
Length | 284 m (932 ft)[12] |
Beam | 39 m (128 ft) (waterline) 73 m (240 ft) overall |
Draught | 11 m (36 ft)[9] |
Decks | 9 decks below the flight deck |
Propulsion | GE Integrated electric propulsion powered by two Rolls-Royce Marine 36 MW MT30 gas turbine alternators and four 10 MW diesel engines[11] |
Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph), tested to 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)[19] |
Range | 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km)[6] |
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Capacity | 1,600[16] |
Troops | 250[16] |
Complement | 679[15] |
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HMS Queen Elizabeth is the lead ship of the Queen Elizabeth class of aircraft carriers and the Fleet Flagship of the Royal Navy. Capable of carrying 60 aircraft including fixed wing, rotary wing and autonomous vehicles,[20] she is named in honour of the first HMS Queen Elizabeth, a World War I era super-dreadnought, which in turn was named after Queen Elizabeth I. The carrier Queen Elizabeth carries her namesake ship's honours, as well as her Tudor rose-adorned crest and motto.[4]
Queen Elizabeth commenced her sea trials in June 2017,[21] was commissioned on 7 December 2017 and entered service in 2020. Her first seagoing commanding officer was Commodore Jerry Kyd who was appointed in 2014 but did not take command until May 2016,[22] having previously commanded the carriers Ark Royal and Illustrious.[23]
The ship is designed to operate V/STOL aircraft. The air wing will typically consist of F-35B Lightning II multirole fighters and Merlin helicopters for airborne early warning and anti-submarine warfare. The design emphasises flexibility, with accommodation for 250 Royal Marines and the ability to support them with attack helicopters and large troop transports such as Chinooks. She is based at HMNB Portsmouth.[24]
Queen Elizabeth will deploy as the central part of a UK Carrier Strike Group with escorts and support ships in order to deliver carrier-enabled power projection.[25]
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