HMS Queen Elizabeth
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HMS Queen Elizabeth

Modern carrier · 24 aircraft

HMS Queen Elizabeth is the lead ship of the Queen Elizabeth class of aircraft carriers built for the Royal Navy. Capable of carrying 60 aircraft including fixed wing, rotary wing and autonomous vehicles, she is named in honour of the first HMS Queen Elizabeth, a World War I era super-dreadnought, which in turn was named after Queen Elizabeth I.

The carrier Queen Elizabeth carries her namesake ship's honours, as well as her Tudor rose-adorned crest and motto.

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Air wing
  • Planned carrier air wing of up to 24 to 36 F-35B Lightning IIs plus helicopters (65+ aircraft/helicopters may be carried at surge capacity)
  • F-35B Lightning II
  • Chinook
  • Apache AH MK1
  • AH-64E Apache Guardian
  • Merlin HM2 and HC4
  • Wildcat AH1 and HMA2
  • Merlin Crowsnest AEW
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