UK's New Aircraft Carrier: Facts And Figures
Updated: 8:58am UK, Friday 04 July 2014
As the Queen officially names the newest and most powerful warship ever built for the Royal Navy, Sky News looks at the numbers behind HMS Queen Elizabeth:
:: The design of the Queen Elizabeth Class began in 1999 and 28 million hours have been spent developing and building the ships.
:: The vessels are assembled in Britain's biggest dock by the country's largest crane.
:: Employees are given handheld indoor navigation devices to help them find their way around the ships, such is their scale and complexity.
:: The six-metre-high take-off ramp is officially called the "ski jump".
:: The fog horn is 162 decibels and can be heard from more than two miles away.
:: The vessels have their own bakery, which can produce 1,000 loaves of bread per day, as well as treats including scones, doughnuts and eclairs.
:: A typical deployment would sail with 66,000 sausages, 28,800 rashers of bacon, 64,800 eggs and 12,000 tins of beans.
:: Each of the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers is made up of 17 million parts.
:: Some 250,000 litres of 'battleship grey' paint is used to apply seven coats over an area the size of Hyde Park.
:: There are more than 250,000km of electrical cable, 8,000km of fibre optic cable and 360km of pipes inside each of the ships.
:: The Queen Elizabeth Class have their own dentist, pharmacy, surgery and operating theatre.
:: The crew can wind down in the onboard fitness suite and cinema. The vessels are also kitted out with a police office and cells.
:: The ships' long-range radar can track up to 1,000 contacts in a 250-mile radius.
:: The onboard 3D radar can track a tennis ball travelling at three times the speed of sound.
:: The aircraft carriers can convert sea water into more than 500 tons of drinking water each day, which is for both the crew and providing humanitarian relief.
:: Each of the ships has 17 decks and 15 lifts for aircraft, munitions and crew.
:: The flight deck is 70 metres wide and 280 metres long, which is enough space for three football pitches.
:: The ships have floor-to-ceiling (or deck-to-deck) windows designed to withstand a major impact, each of which requires windscreen wipers up to 2.4 metres long.
:: The vessels generate 80MW of power in their propellers, equivalent to 50 high speed trains.
:: Each ship has two propellers weighing 33 tons each - collectively heavier than an entire Royal Navy patrol boat.
:: The first HMS Queen Elizabeth was completed 100 years before the launch of the new one.
:: Designing, building and delivering the latest ships has involved more than 800 apprentices.
:: The aircraft carriers can operate on 679 personnel and accommodate up to 1,600 people.
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