Facts and Figures
Queen Elizabeth Class Facts and Figures
Displacement: 65,000 tons
Length: 920ft (280m)
Beam: 230ft (70m)
Draught: 36ft (11m)
Speed: 25+ knots
Complement: 682 (up to 1,600 with embarked air group)
Propulsion: 2 x Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbines and 4 x diesel generator sets producing a total of 110MWe
Range: 8,000-10,000 nautical miles
Armament: Phalanx automated close-in weapons systems, 30mm guns and mini-guns to counter seaborne threats
Aircraft: Tailored air group of up to 40 aircraft: F35C Lightning II, plus Merlin and Chinook helicopters
Length: 920ft (280m)
Beam: 230ft (70m)
Draught: 36ft (11m)
Speed: 25+ knots
Complement: 682 (up to 1,600 with embarked air group)
Propulsion: 2 x Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbines and 4 x diesel generator sets producing a total of 110MWe
Range: 8,000-10,000 nautical miles
Armament: Phalanx automated close-in weapons systems, 30mm guns and mini-guns to counter seaborne threats
Aircraft: Tailored air group of up to 40 aircraft: F35C Lightning II, plus Merlin and Chinook helicopters
Currently being built at shipyards around the country, HMS Queen Elizabeth and Prince of Wales are the future flagships of the nation. Initially the ships will carry helicopters.
The vast flight deck and hangar can accommodate any helicopter in Britain’s military inventory. From 2020, however, our punch will be delivered by the F35 Lightning II, the world’s most advanced stealth fighter-bomber.
Both ships are being constructed in numerous shipyards in one of the most demanding and revolutionary shipbuilding programmes ever undertaken, with the pieces being slotted together in a specially-extended dry dock at Rosyth on the Forth to create two 65,000-ton leviathans.
Both ships are expected to serve for up to 50 years.
The vast flight deck and hangar can accommodate any helicopter in Britain’s military inventory. From 2020, however, our punch will be delivered by the F35 Lightning II, the world’s most advanced stealth fighter-bomber.
Both ships are being constructed in numerous shipyards in one of the most demanding and revolutionary shipbuilding programmes ever undertaken, with the pieces being slotted together in a specially-extended dry dock at Rosyth on the Forth to create two 65,000-ton leviathans.
Both ships are expected to serve for up to 50 years.
