[The KG9 Kid]

This is a fleet carrier with Tier 1 capability, America style.

Rule Brittania, Brittania rules the waves.

[Jimmy Valentine]

Only ten more and they will be equal to us

[tanknetter]

Not exactly. The ship is smaller than US carriers and its STOVL airwing lacks all sorts of important capabilities, including airborne electronic warfare/recce (EA-18G Growlers) and offensive airborne command and control (E-2 Hawkeyes. The RN’s current Sea King and projected furture Merlin AEW are mainly defensive in nature).

That having been said, the ships are better and more capable than the Invincibles and all the other STOVL/STOBAR carriers, and only slightly less capable than the French Charles deGaulle (when it actually works). They’ll work well operating independently in low to medium threat environments, and in conjunction with US CVNs in high threat ones.