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Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier

Aircraft carrierUnited KingdomIn service since 2017
Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier
Photo: Petty Officer Photographer Jay Allen · OGL 3 · background removed

Key specs

Type
Aircraft carrier
Shipyards
Aircraft Carrier Alliance
Construction began
2009
First commissioned
2017
Status
In service
Ships completed
2
Ships in service
2
Crew
1,600

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Performance

Dimensions and weights
Displacement
80,600 t
Length
284.00 m
Beam
39.00 m
Draught
11.00 m
Performance
Maximum speed
32 kn (59 km/h)
Range
10,000 nmi (18,520 km)
Power
118,417 kW
Armament
Armament
3 × 20 mm6 × 12.7 mm
Aircraft carried
F-35B LightningBoeing Chinook (UK variants)AgustaWestland ApacheMerlin HM2, HC4Wildcat AH1 and HMA2

Operators

United Kingdom

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier, Wikipedia

Figures from the ship infobox of the English Wikipedia article, for the class as a whole. Armament lists what the ships carried or carry.