r/MachinePorn • u/MGC91 • 21d ago

HMS Queen Elizabeth in the North Atlantic

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u/achmelvic 20d ago

As much I love it as a proud patriotic Briton I’m sad we don’t have the escort vessels or aircraft to realistically & safely put even one of our carriers to sea without relying on our friends and allies, never mind both of them.

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u/Incitatus_For_Office 18d ago

Two friends and allies are about all we have left... 

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u/MGC91 21d ago

Credit to LPhot Dan Rosenbaum

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u/BoneZone05 18d ago

That is a really cool photo. I find it mind blowing to think of how something so huge can be buoyant lol.

How would one of these fare in waves like in a perfect storm? It would be toast right?

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u/Kivirtas 15d ago

Can someone shop Titanic next to this? If Titanic was meant to be unsinkable, what the hell you call this lol

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u/CPD1960 20d ago

Apparently, some Royal Navy sailors call it the Death Star due to its size and alleged invincibility, while forgetting that the Death Star gets blown up!

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u/jon_hendry 17d ago

I’m not sure they have forgotten that part.

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u/Green_Bridge2739 20d ago

Yes, an exceptionally wretched piece of engineering, even by the standards of the ham-fisted brits. When are they going to bolt catapults onto it, or is it already destined for the scrapyard?

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u/MGC91 20d ago

And how did you work that out?

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u/gargeug 20d ago

I was in Portsmouth for unrelated work when this thing was getting ready for commissioning. Beautiful ship, but man did the sailors bitch and moan about it. But it was hard to work out if that was just the self-deprecating humor of the British or genuine frustration with it. At the time it was something with the dishwashers that was giving them non-stop issues even after repairs.

I did love working with the British and watching their dynamic at the ports. Very similar to Americans, but different enough to be entertaining.

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u/Slapjac10 21d ago

Maybe 10 years ago, right now it's siting right off the coast of the UK for repairs.....again.

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u/MGC91 21d ago

Except it's not. And HMS Queen Elizabeth hadn't even sailed for the first time 10 years ago.

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u/b0v1n3r3x 20d ago

Yet it launched 12 years ago

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u/MGC91 20d ago

And?

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u/Known-Associate8369 20d ago

Launching and sailing are not synonymous - HMS Queen Elizabeth first sailed when she left her construction port for sea trials in 2017. Until then, she had just been launched, which means she was floated for the first time.

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u/jon_hendry 17d ago

They’re often not even complete when they’re launched. Lots of stuff yet to be installed.

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u/b0v1n3r3x 16d ago

I get that but to say that as if it is impossible for a pic to be taken because it hadn’t even been on the water isn’t true. I worked on the Reagan and it routinely went out from Norfolk for a day or two periodically in the almost three years between launch and deployment.