HMS Queen Elizabeth

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HMS Queen Elizabeth is the Royal Navy’s lead Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier and one of the largest and most advanced warships ever built for the United Kingdom.

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HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier
aircraft carrier
flagship
warship
aircraftCapacity up to 60 aircraft
beam 39 metres
builder BAE Systems Naval Ships
surface form: BAE Systems Surface Ships

Babcock International
class Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers
surface form: Queen Elizabeth class
commissioned 2017-12-07
constructionConsortium Aircraft Carrier Alliance
country United Kingdom
crewComplement around 700 ship’s company
up to 1600 with air group and embarked forces
defensiveSystems 30 mm DS30M Mk2 guns
Phalanx CIWS (modernization era)
surface form: Phalanx CIWS

miniguns
small-calibre machine guns
designedAirGroup F-35B Lightning II
Merlin helicopters
displacement approximately 65000 tonnes
flagshipOf Royal Navy
flightDeckConfiguration STOVL
flightDeckWidth 70 metres
fullLoadDisplacement about 70000 tonnes
homeport HMNB Portsmouth
laidDown 2009-07-07
launched 2014-07-04
leadShipOfClass Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers
surface form: Queen Elizabeth class
length 280 metres
maximumSpeed about 25 knots
namedAfter Elizabeth I of England
surface form: Queen Elizabeth I

Elizabeth II
surface form: Queen Elizabeth II
operator Royal Navy
partOf Royal Navy Carrier Strike Group
pennantNumber R08
propulsion four diesel generators
integrated electric propulsion
two Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbines
radar Artisan 3D radar
surface form: Artisan 3D Type 997 radar

S1850M long-range radar
range 10000 nautical miles
role amphibious operations support
carrier strike
humanitarian assistance and disaster relief
shipPrefix HMS
shipyard Rosyth
surface form: Rosyth Dockyard
skiJumpAngle 13 degrees
tookPartIn Carrier Strike Group 21 deployment
visitedRegion Indo-Pacific region
surface form: Indo-Pacific

Mediterranean Sea
South China Sea

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Grand Fleet flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth
HMNB Portsmouth homePortOf HMS Queen Elizabeth
Dardanelles naval operations involvedVessel HMS Queen Elizabeth
Portsmouth Naval Base isHomePortOf HMS Queen Elizabeth
Fleet Air Arm operatesFrom HMS Queen Elizabeth
No. 617 Squadron RAF operatesFrom HMS Queen Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers ship HMS Queen Elizabeth
this entity surface form: HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08)
HMS Prince of Wales sisterShip HMS Queen Elizabeth