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Year:
2017
Status
Commissioned, in Active Service
Complement
1,450 Personnel
Ship Class [ Queen Elizabeth-class ]
Ships-in-Class [ 2 ]
Ship Names: HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08); HMS Prince of Wales (R09)
United Kingdom
- Aircraft / Offshore Support
- Blue Water Operations
- Fleet Support
- Hunter
- Direct-Attack
Length:
932 ft (284.07 m)
Width / Beam:
239.4 ft (72.97 m)
Height / Draught:
36 ft (10.97 m)
Displacement (Surface):
72,300 tons
2 x Rolls-Royce Marine Trent MT30 gas turbines developing 48,000 horsepower each with 2 x Wartsila diesel generators of 15,000 horsepower each and 2 x Wartsila diesel generators of 12,000 horsepower each.
Speed (Surface):
27 kts (31 mph)
Range:
9,999 nm (11,507 miles; 18,519 km)
20mm "Phalanx" Close-In Weapon Systems (CIWSs).
30mm Close-In Weapon Systems (CIWSs).
Up to 40 aircraft of various types including:
Lockheed F-35B "Lightning II" strike fighters.
Boeing CH-47 "Chinook" transport helicopters.
Boeing AH-64 "Apache" attack helicopters.
AgustaWestland HM.2/HC.4 "Merlin" transport helicopters.
Westland HMA.2/AH.1 "Wildcat" medium-lift / utility helicopters.