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Posted on 12/07/2017 7:46:38 PM PST by sukhoi-30mki
It was more than 70 years ago, in the closing months of the war in Europe, that Princess Elizabeth launched her first warship at the age of 18.
Then it was the mighty battleship Vanguard, the last of its kind to serve in the Royal Navy.
And yesterday, aged 91, the Queen commissioned Britain’s biggest ever warship, the HMS Queen Elizabeth, into the Royal Navy.
In a moving speech to the crew while stood in the hangar of the 65,000 ton aircraft carrier at Portsmouth naval base, she said it embodied the ‘best of British’.
The Queen said: ‘The most powerful and capable ship ever to raise the White Ensign, she will in the years and decades ahead represent the country’s resolve on the global stage.’
Dressed in all purple, the Queen said the new £3.1billion vessel ‘embodies the best of British technology and innovation, a true flagship for the 21st century’.
She praised the service personnel who will crew the carrier, saying: ‘As the daughter, wife and mother of naval officers, I recognise the unique demands our nation asks of you and I will always value my special link with HMS Queen Elizabeth, her ship’s company and their families.’
In November 1944, as Princess Elizabeth, she launched the 44,500 ton HMS Vanguard at Clydebank, near Glasgow. She visited the ship again in 1946, and it carried her to South Africa in 1947 on a royal tour with her parents, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, and sister, Princess Margaret.
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Islam’s first aircraft carrier...
Hope she hangs on until Chuck croaks.
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Sure would be nice if they had some planes to go with it.
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Our new aircraft carrier could sink the defence budget without firing a shot
If any to all true....Oy, vey.
The F-35 will be far, far more effective than the Harrier.
Even right now with its faults, it is a better plane. Not even in the ballpark...and the Harrier was a great plane.
That is CGI, but...nice looking CGI.
Do the lights flicker? Does the wiring smoke? /Lucas Electrics
Ah...it had me fooled.
LOL, I can see how it did...it is waaaaay too clean (even for a new ship) and there are no people anywhere!
I missed those important clues. Thanks.
Maybe the will put US Marines on her, like they planned to do with the HMS Ocean.
“Sure would be nice if they had some planes to go with it.”
They do.
They keep them here:
https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/cosford/things-to-see-and-do/on-display.aspx
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