HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft
carrier
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Fact 1: The Future Aircraft Carriers (CVF) project is for the
largest of UK warships ever built for the Royal Navy.
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Fact 2: Each of the new UK aircraft carriers has 2 huge
propellers which together are able to output ~80 megawatt of power. This is
enough energy to run ~1000 family cars, ~50 of the new highspeed trains, or to
power ~5500 households.
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Fact 3: Each of the QE-class aircraft carriers will be 4 meters
taller than the Niagara Falls.
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Fact 4: HMS QE aircraft carrier will be the Royal Navy fleet
flagship (the UK’s main warship).
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Fact 5: The UK’s Navy is currently without an operational
aircraft carrier, after HMS Ark Royal (R07, an Invincible-class carrier) was
scrapped in 2013.
