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Rosyth Dockyard With The New Aircraft Carrier HMS Queen Elizabet
The main dry docks at Babcock Marine's Rosyth Dockyard, with HMS Queen Elizabeth, the first of the Royal Navy's new 65,000 tonne aicraft carriers now with its flightdeck and superstructure largely complete in No 1 Dock. The new carriers will be 284m long with a maximum beam of 73m, - the largest vessels ever built for the Royal Navy. The new carriers are being built in sections in different shipyards around the UK and at Babcock's own Rosyth facility, and they are being assembed at Rosyth as it is the only remaining facility in the UK which could assemble vessels of this size. It is hoped that the first will come into service in 2017/8, as the UK has been without an aircraft carrier since HMS Ark Royal was withdrawn from service earlier than expected in 2010. However, the new American-built Lockheed Martin F35 aircraft, which is scheduled to replace the UK's highly successful Harrier carrier-borne Harrier strike aircraft, which was also withdrawn and sold off earlier than expected, is not likely to be available until 2020 at the earliest.
Rosyth Dockyard With The New Aircraft Carrier HMS Queen Elizabet
The main dry docks at Babcock Marine's Rosyth Dockyard, with HMS Queen Elizabeth, the first of the Royal Navy's new 65,000 tonne aicraft carriers now with its flightdeck and superstructure largely complete in No 1 Dock. The new carriers will be 284m long with a maximum beam of 73m, - the largest vessels ever built for the Royal Navy. The new carriers are being built in sections in different shipyards around the UK and at Babcock's own Rosyth facility, and they are being assembed at Rosyth as it is the only remaining facility in the UK which could assemble vessels of this size. It is hoped that the first will come into service in 2017/8, as the UK has been without an aircraft carrier since HMS Ark Royal was withdrawn from service earlier than expected in 2010. However, the new American-built Lockheed Martin F35 aircraft, which is scheduled to replace the UK's highly successful Harrier carrier-borne Harrier strike aircraft, which was also withdrawn and sold off earlier than expected, is not likely to be available until 2020 at the earliest.