The Royal Navy's Type 45 Destroyer

nice pic there Jeff, and a formidable task force too with those 2 Type 45 destroyers

every week when i drive back home i cross the forth road bridge over Rosyth, from there i can see the sections of the red blocks of the HMS Queen Elizabeth at Rosyth Dockyard, where at the dry dock they will complete the construction of the carrier

its just amazing see these carriers assembled in Scotland, we have such a strong shipbuilding industry, even although we havnt built anything this large and not even a full sized carrier for the best part of 30 years, its a milestone and a big achivement that we have still re-tained the talent pool to construct something like this

making a aircraft carrier of this size and sophistication puts u in a league of its own

Sad to see the once formidable royal navy now will only have 6 type 45's have 1 (or 2) aircraft carriers with no jets for the first two years of its service.

Re: UK Royal Navy's Daring has an "amazing" experience with US Navy Aircraft Carriers

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CottageLV said:

Sad to see the once formidable royal navy now will only have 6 type 45's have 1 (or 2) aircraft carriers with no jets for the first two years of its service.

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oh well, a super power comes and goes .. the US would face the same fate .. sometime this century

easy on there guys, we will get the jets in good time, and there wont be many country apart from US that will field this sort of task force

a QE Carrier along with 2 x Type 45 Destroyers, a Brand new replenishment tanker and a Astute Class Submarine, not to mentioned F35 and possibly V-22

and we have 2 carriers capable of carrying 80 aircraft together, thats is a serious force

this task force will add the "Royal" back into the Royal Navy

what time frame are you talking about ? 2020 ? at that time Scotland may become a country ?

Re: UK Royal Navy's Daring has an "amazing" experience with US Navy Aircraft Carriers

Jeff Head said:

The carrier is staying pretty steady...of course it masses 10X the Burke. Look how many of the Carrier personnel are clicking pics with their cell phones and cameras. LOL!

Look at the guys on the bridge of the Burke. Dangerous place to be outside of the enclosed spaces it seems in those seas.

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I don't really understand this picture. Since the DDG navigate so heavily, the sea state must be rather bad. Of course the carrier is much bigger and more stable. But in such a bad weather, how those people standing on there just like having fun?

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This picture was taken during a Tiger Cruise.

A Tiger Cruise is when family and friends sail on a ship for a few days to experience life at sea. Wives and girlfriends are excluded.

All that's going on in that picture is a hard turn. The folks on the carrier are in no danger. the DDG turned as the CVN did and got caught in her wake. That's all, no big deal.

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