UK building new supercarriers
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=417095
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....She is being built in sections in 6 different shipyards around the UK, and being brought by barge to Rosyth for final assembly
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http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=417095&page=13
Notice the slight differences in the latest computer rendering?
BBC News - Aircraft carrier section begins journey from Govan to Fife
Looks like an even earlier rendering, but it's a very recent article.
Britain’s Future CVF Carriers: the Queen Elizabeth Class
They were going to use the "B", but have switched to the "C" variant.
EDIT: They are going back to the "B" now.
Carrier catch-up: Queen Elizabeth, Gerald Ford and the Varyag - Naval Technology
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The UK has shelved plans to switch to the F-35C variant, pictured, after the cost of fitting equipment aboard the Queen Elizabeth Class carriers rocketed. Image courtesy of Andy Wolfe.
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Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The F-35 has three main models; the F-35A is a conventional takeoff and landing variant, the F-35B is a short take off and vertical-landing variant, and the F-35C is a carrier-based variant.
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More info on the plane choices here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Queen_Elizabeth_(R08)
When it’s finished will be home to 40 aircraft and 700 crew
HMS Queen Elizabeth: It's taller than Nelson's Column and generates enough energy to power 5,500 homes - but does Britain really need a super-sized £3.5bn aircraft carrier? | Mail Online
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They also announced that we would no longer buy Lockheed F35B ‘Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing’ aircraft to fly from it, but instead deploy the more conventional F35C jets, which can carry more weapons and have a longer range.
Then last month the Government reversed this decision and said we would go back to the F35B planes – having discovered it would cost an additional £2 billion, and cause further delays to construction, to fit just one carrier with the catapults and arrestor gears required for the F35Cs.
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