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Flight control

This tower regulates air

traffi c and controls the

ship’s radar systems.

Aircraft lift and hangar

Several aircraft will be placed

below deck for extra space and

will be raised up using a special

lift when required.

Medical area

The ship contains

various medical

areas as well as a

hospital to treat staff

on long journeys.

Propulsion

The ship’s two

propellers are 7m (23ft)

in diameter and are

equipped with enough

power to run 1,000 cars

or 50 high-speed trains!

HMS Queen Elizabeth

Cost: £6.2 billion ($10.3 billion)

Weight: 65,000 tons

Length: 280m (919ft)

Height: 56m (184ft)

Crew: 1,600

The statistics...

12,000

66,000

1,000

CANS OF BAKED BEANS

ON BOARD, ENOUGH

TO FILL 38 BATHTUBS

SAUSAGES IN THE SHIP’S STORES

• THAT’S 6.5KM (4MI) WORTH

LOAVES OF BREAD

PRODUCED A DAY

BY THE SHIP’S

ONBOARD BAKERY

64,800

EGGS ON BOARD

ENOUGH FOR 21,600 OMELETTES

In the early-20th century,

dreadnoughts were the

battleships of choice. The

original Queen Elizabeth class

was a series of fi ve super-

dreadnoughts that served the

Royal Nav y through both world

wars. Six were designed but

HMS Agincourt was cancelled

due to the outbreak of World

War I. The vessels all made it

through both world wars except

HMS Barham, which was sunk

by a German submarine in 1941.

By this time the armour of the

vessels had become obsolete

and could not protect against

torpedo fi re. They were

deployed all over the world

before being effectively

replaced by the Revenge class of

battleships and were scrapped

in the late-1940s.

The original

HMS Queen

Elizabeth

The fi rst HMS Queen Elizabeth

was the fl agship of the Royal

Navy, serving for 34 years

DID YOU KNOW? The foghorn is 162 decibels and can be heard from more than 3.2km (2mi) away