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The 65,000-tonne warship is returning to the dockyard where it was assembled. Aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth in Firth of Forth ahead of repairs Skip to main content
Rosyth Dockyard in 1975. Rosyth Dockyard / r ə ˈ s aɪ θ / ⓘ is a large naval dockyard on the Firth of Forth at Rosyth, Fife, Scotland, owned by Babcock Marine, which formerly undertook refitting of Royal Navy surface vessels and submarines. Before its privatisation in the 1990s it was formerly the Royal Naval Dockyard Rosyth. Its primary ...
HMS Illustrious was a light aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy and the second of three Invincible-class ships constructed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She was the fifth warship and second aircraft carrier to bear the name Illustrious, and was affectionately known to her crew as "Lusty".
Rosyth / r ə ˈ s aɪ θ / ⓘ (Scottish Gaelic: Ros Fhìobh) [2] is a town and Garden City in Fife, Scotland, on the coast of the Firth of Forth.. Scotland's first Garden City, [3] Rosyth is part of the Greater Dunfermline Area and is located 3 miles south of Dunfermline city centre and 10 miles northwest of Edinburgh city centre.
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The Goliath was brought to Rosyth from Shanghai in 2011. [1] The crane was used for the assembly of the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers. [2] The crane, which cost £12.2 million, is part of a £80 million investment at Rosyth to allow the assembly of the aircraft carriers.
The Aircraft Carrier Alliance is a partnership of BAE Systems, Babcock International, Thales Group and the Ministry of Defence (which acts as both partner and client), [1] together with Rosyth Dockyard, to build the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy. [2]