The Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy consists of two vessels. The lead ship of her class, HMS Queen Elizabeth, was named on 4 July 2014 in honour of Elizabeth
HMS Prince of Wales (foreground) and HMS Queen Elizabeth (background) on 19 May 2021
HMS Queen Elizabeth, July 2014
The Queen Elizabeth-class carriers are over three times the displacement of the Invincible-class ships they replace (right) but are 50m shorter and displace approximately 80% of a Nimitz-class carrier (left)
F-35B of 617 Squadron takes off from a ski-jump during Carrier Sea Training in 2020
HMS Prince of Wales (R09)
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HMS Prince of Wales is the second Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier and the Fleet Flagship of the Royal Navy. Prince of Wales is not fitted with catapults and arrestor wires, being designed to op
Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier
…ship of her class, HMS Queen Elizabeth, was named on 4 July 2014 in honour of Elizabeth I and was commissioned on 7 December 2017. Her sister ship, HMS Prince of Wales, was launched on 21 December 2017, and was commissioned on 10 December 2019. They form the central components of the UK Carrier Strike Group. The…
HMS Prince of Wales, October 2023
Prince of Wales under construction at Rosyth Dockyard in December 2014
The bow section of Prince of Wales in December 2014
Prince of Wales alongside in Liverpool in 2020