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  2. List of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy - Wikipedia

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    Ship Aircraft Displacement Propulsion Service Laid down Commissioned Fate HMS Hermes (95) 20 13,000 long tons (13,209 t) 6 Yarrow small-tube boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines: max. speed 25 kn

  3. Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier - Wikipedia

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    HMS Queen Elizabeth, July 2014. The Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy consists of two vessels. The lead ship of her class, HMS Queen Elizabeth, was named on 4 July 2014 [15] in honour of Elizabeth I [16] and was commissioned on 7 December 2017. [2]

  4. List of active Royal Navy ships - Wikipedia

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    Aircraft carriers; Class Ship No. Commissioned Displacement Type Homeport Note Queen Elizabeth class: HMS Queen Elizabeth: R08: 2017: 65,000 tonnes: Aircraft carrier: Portsmouth [22] [23] HMS Prince of Wales: R09: 2019 [24] [N 2] Destroyers; Class Ship No. Commissioned Displacement Type Homeport Note Type 45 (Daring class) HMS Daring: D32: 2009 ...

  5. List of aircraft carriers - Wikipedia

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    The United States Navy is a blue-water navy that is the world's largest navy by tonnage and has the world's largest fleet of nuclear powered aircraft carriers. The carrier fleet currently comprises the ( CATOBAR ) Nimitz -class and (CATOBAR/ EMALS ) Gerald R. Ford -class supercarriers .

  6. Category:Aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy - Wikipedia

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    Invincible-class aircraft carriers (5 P) M. Majestic-class aircraft carriers (3 C, 8 P) T. Type C3 ships of the Royal Navy (2 C, 1 P)

  7. HMS Prince of Wales (R09) - Wikipedia

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    HMS Prince of Wales (R09) is the second Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier and the Fleet Flagship of the Royal Navy. Prince of Wales is not fitted with catapults and arrestor wires, and is instead designed to operate STOVL aircraft; the ship is currently planned to carry up to 48 F-35B Lightning II stealth multirole fighters and Merlin helicopters for airborne early warning and anti ...

  8. HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) - Wikipedia

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    HMS Queen Elizabeth is the lead ship of the Queen Elizabeth class of aircraft carriers.Capable of carrying 60 aircraft including fixed wing, rotary wing and autonomous vehicles, [20] she is named in honour of the first HMS Queen Elizabeth, a World War I era super-dreadnought, which in turn was named after Queen Elizabeth I.

  9. List of escort carriers of the Royal Navy - Wikipedia

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    The escort aircraft carrier, also called a "jeep carrier" or "baby flattop" in the USN or "Woolworth Carrier" by the RN, was a small and slow type of aircraft carrier used by the Royal Navy in the Second World War. They were typically half the length and one-third the displacement of the larger fleet carriers.