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asif iqbal

asif iqbal

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Breaking news

Britain order third Queen Elizabeth class carrier

The United Kingdom has announced an already controversial decision to build a third ship of the Queen Elizabeth class, to be named HMS Princess Diana. The third ship will, reportedly, be a CATOBAR platform

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Jeff Head

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asif iqbal said:
I would have liked to have seen the names HMS Ark Royal and HMS Hermes for these new carriers keeping in line with tradition and history why they decided otherwise is beyond me and very stupid
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Not really, Asif.

The Queen Elisabeth was also a class of super dreadnought battleships commissioned by England in the nineteen teens. They are generally recognized as the first "fast" battleships, and were the first oil powered (versus coal powered) large battleships. The name, Queen Elizabeth was also meant to be the first in class CV-01 carriers that never materialized. And the name "Elizabeth," for Royal Navy ships goes back to the 1500s. The battleship was the ninth vessel to be named for Elizabeth and the carrier will be the tenth.

The last Prince of Wales was a King George V class battleship in World War II and was of course instrumental in the sinking of the Bismark, but then herself was sunk by the Japanese at the outbreak of the war in the Pacific. The Prince of Wales aircraft carrier will be the eighth HMS Prince of Wales dating back to the 1700s.

So both names have rich, traditions in the Royal Navy.
 
TerraN_EmpirE

TerraN_EmpirE

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There was a petition to Change the Prince of Whales to Ark Royal and they even had Prince Charles agreeing that as the Prince of Whales he had no complaints about the option.
 
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