Tag: HMS Queen Elizabeth carrier

• Thursday, February 22nd 2018 - 08:00 UTC

  Helicopter carrier Ocean will be delivered to the Brazilian navy next June

  

  HMS Ocean pulled into Portsmouth for the last time as a Royal Navy ship as it is now due to be delivered to Brazil, which has bought the RN sole helicopter carrier. The Royal Navy's flagship has served for 20 years and has traveled all around the world. She was sold to Brazil for 84 million pounds (US$117 million) as new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth prepares to take over as leader of the fleet

• Tuesday, December 19th 2017 - 11:48 UTC

  Royal Navy's largest ever vessel leaks: some 200 liters of water per hour

  

  The Royal Navy's new multi-billion pound aircraft carrier has a leak so big that hundreds of liters of seawater pour into it each hour which could cost millions to fix. HMS Queen Elizabeth reportedly has a major defect with the stern seal which surrounds its huge propeller shafts.

• Friday, December 8th 2017 - 00:13 UTC

  The Queen commissions UK's new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth

  

  Queen Elizabeth II has commissioned the UK’s new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth into the Royal Navy. The Queen spoke at a ceremony in Portsmouth’s naval base on Thursday morning, attended by Her Royal Highness Princess Anne, Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson and military chiefs.

• Monday, October 30th 2017 - 22:05 UTC

  HMS Queen Elizabeth begins last phase of sea trials before end of the year commissioning

  

  HMS Queen Elizabeth has sailed from Portsmouth Naval Base for the first time since arriving at her home port in August. The Royal Navy’s future flagship has embarked on the next set of sea trials to test the £3 billion ship’s capability.

• Friday, September 8th 2017 - 19:42 UTC

  HMS Prince of Wales officially named at Rosyth Naval Dockyard

  

  The United Kingdom's second aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales, was officially named at Rosyth Naval Dockyard on Friday. Prince Charles, the man who shares a title with the £3bn vessel, will watch as his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Rothesay, carries out the ceremony.

• Wednesday, August 16th 2017 - 09:39 UTC

  Air carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth arrives at her home port of Portsmouth

  

  HMS Queen Elizabeth, Britain's newest Aircraft carrier arrived at its home port of Portsmouth this Wednesday morning for the first time. The 280 meters long carrier is currently undergoing sea trials since it left Rosyth dockyard in Scotland in June.

• Tuesday, July 25th 2017 - 06:38 UTC

  UK Defence Secretary visits Royal Navy's future flagship

  

  Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon visited the largest and most powerful ship built for the Royal Navy for the first time at sea on Monday. Sir Michael landed by Merlin helicopter on the deck of the new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, which is currently on sea trials off the coast of Scotland. He met with members of the crew and thanked them for their contribution to UK defence.

• Wednesday, June 28th 2017 - 15:07 UTC

  FRIGATES SECURE THE SEAS FOR HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH ON MAIDEN SEA VOYAGE

  

  Two Royal Navy frigates have joined HMS Queen Elizabeth to secure the seas around the giant aircraft carrier as she embarks on her maiden sea trials. HMS Sutherland and HMS Iron Duke are escorting the Royal Navy's largest ever warship as she conducts vital system tests off the coast of Scotland today.

• Tuesday, June 27th 2017 - 19:29 UTC

  HMS Queen Elizabeth, the first QE Class aircraft carrier takes to sea for the 1st. time

  

  The largest warship ever built in the UK eased into the Firth of Forth as it set out on two years of sea trials HMS Queen Elizabeth, the Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier, left her dock in Scotland in a delicate operation that took around three hours.

• Thursday, December 8th 2016 - 17:18 UTC

  Falklands War carrier HMS Illustrious headed for scrapping in Turkey

  

  Replacements are years away and still Britain’s last aircraft carrier, ‘HMS Illustrious,’ has set sail to be scrapped in Turkey. The vessel, known as 'Lusty,' came into service in 1982 and was rushed into service to catch the lattermost stages of the Falklands War. She also served in the Gulf Wars and Sierra Leone conflict. It was one of three Invincible-class ships commissioned in the late 1970s and early 1980s.