Inside the Royal Navy's Newest Aircraft Carrier

"KirkyV" (KirkyV) 07/03/2014 at 15:02 • Filed to: BOATLOPNIK

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The Queen - who the carrier is not actually named after, confusingly - will be smashing a bottle of whisky on the deck to name her tomorrow, and she'll be out of dry dock by the end of the month, to make room for her sister ship, the Prince of Wales. Outfitting and final assembly will continue, in preparation for her projected 2015 launch date.

HammerheadFistpunch > KirkyV 07/03/2014 at 15:07

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Is this 'merica trolling on the 3rd of July? Seriously I've got no good comment to make except

KirkyV > HammerheadFistpunch 07/03/2014 at 15:08

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It could be. The date is quite the coincidence, otherwise.

ttyymmnn > HammerheadFistpunch 07/03/2014 at 15:11

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As long as they have no plans to invade Washington and burn down the White House, I'll allow that it's a coincidence.

For Sweden > KirkyV 07/03/2014 at 15:15

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It's not quite fancy enough.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > ttyymmnn 07/03/2014 at 15:16

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As long as they have no plans to invade Washington and burn down the White House again , I'll allow that it's a coincidence.

FIFY

KirkyV > For Sweden 07/03/2014 at 15:19

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I have to admit, it would've been pretty cool of them to break with convention, and go for something along these lines:

Rather than standard aircraft carrier grey. But, hey, what can you do?

HammerheadFistpunch > KirkyV 07/03/2014 at 15:19

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Gold trim sure is fancy, but it doesn't hide well.

KirkyV > HammerheadFistpunch 07/03/2014 at 15:26

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How about BRG? It's patriotic, and should help with camouflage if the ship ever finds itself in a forest of some sort.

Cé hé sin > HammerheadFistpunch 07/03/2014 at 15:26

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Ships this size rarely hide well.

HammerheadFistpunch > KirkyV 07/03/2014 at 15:29

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Brilliant!

bubblestheturtle > HammerheadFistpunch 07/04/2014 at 00:47

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And the Ford class carrier is 330m long and 100,000 tons. The new QE is cute.

Happy 4th.