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"Queen Elizabeth" aircraft carrier: 13,000 tons main hull section moved to dockyard (VIDEO)

London, United Kingdom - 60% of the hull of the future English flagship is ready

How do you move a 13,000 tonne aircraft carrier hull into position? A time-lapse video recorded by BAE Systems captures the building of a ship. The ship is the new flagship of the Royal Navy. It is being built by assembling "Blocks" in the BAE Systems facility: these block are then moved to the Rosyth shipyard. The two main hull blocks of the English "Queen Elizabeth" class aircraft carrier were...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1143383
Rome, Italy, 07/13/2012 13:04
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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