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How many aircraft carriers do the UK have in service?
Andrewrobertlamb
Currently the HMS Illustrious, is now helicopter based assault carrier. The HMS Royal Ark was decomissioned spring of 2011. The Royal Navy has commissioned the Queen Elizabeth class super carriers and two are being built now, with the first expected to join service in 2016 and the second 2018.
To give you an idea of the difference in the carriers, the Illustrious is 2,000 long tons (22,000 t) with4 Olympus gas turbine engines, 2 Shafts.
The new carriers (first will be the HMS Queen Elizabeth, the second HMS Prince of Wales) will be 65,000 long tons (66,000 t) powered by 2 x Rolls-Royce MT30 Gas Turbines.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoThe RN has 3 Invincible Air Craft carriers that way a little bit over 20,000 tons each HMS Invincible,HMS Ark Royal,HMS Illustrious But sadly as of 2010 HMS Ark Royal and HMS Invincible are waiting to be strapped and all their 99 Harrier jump-jets have been sold to the US Marines.But HMS Illustrious has been turned in to a Helicopter carrier that carries Lynx Attack Helicopter's Merlin/Puma transport Helicopters and Chinooks and Sea King S&R Helicopters.But HMS Illustrious will be Decommissioned as of 2014.Two new Queen-Elizabeth Super Aircraft Carriers are being built as you read this and they should be Commissioned between 2016-2020 that will carrier F-35B jump jets,Lynx's, Merlin's,Pumas and Chinook's.
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∙ 7y agoThe United Kingdom (which includes England), currently has no active aircraft carriers but two are under construction. The first of these will be operational in 2020.
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How many aircraft carriers does the UK have?
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