RN Aircraft Carriers: HMS Queen Elizabeth

[Pelican]

HMS Trenchant passes HMS Queen Elizabeth as she arrives in the Firth of Clyde today

5 Photos at:
https://www.facebook.com/NavyLookout/ph ... 8873121491
+ Off southern tip of Isle of Bute.

[jbryce1437]

HMS Trenchant passes HMS Queen Elizabeth as she arrives in the Firth of Clyde today

5 Photos at:
https://www.facebook.com/NavyLookout/ph ... 8873121491
+ Off southern tip of Isle of Bute.

Is she under the water?

Jim

[Pelican]

HMS Trenchant passes HMS Queen Elizabeth as she arrives in the Firth of Clyde today

5 Photos at:
https://www.facebook.com/NavyLookout/ph ... 8873121491
+ Off southern tip of Isle of Bute.

Is she under the water?

Jim

Update Jim:

HMS Queen Elizabeth visits the Clyde
March 14, 20210
Aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth met up with nuclear submarine HMS Trenchant on the River Clyde in Scotland this weekend.

The carrier is in the area for planned trials and training ahead of its first deployment this spring, more about that below.

The vessel is expected to stay in the area relatively close to Gourock for a short while before heading to the the Northern Ammunition Jetty in nearby Glen Mallan.

Continues at:
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/hms-que ... BqgCJHrBQo

It will be interesting to see if we are allowed to see any photos of Q.E. alongside at Glen Mallan.

[jbryce1437]

Ok thanks. It was tongue in cheek as I thought you were saying it was in the photo passing QE

Jim

[Little h]

HMS Trenchant passes HMS Queen Elizabeth as she arrives in the Firth of Clyde today

5 Photos at:
https://www.facebook.com/NavyLookout/ph ... 8873121491
+ Off southern tip of Isle of Bute.

Is she under the water?

Jim

Can't resist Hon Mod Jim .... she can't be 'under the water' .... she'd need to be fitted with a tunnel boring machine

[Pelican]

HMS Queen Elizabeth Flag of United Kingdom

Yesterday we paused to pay our respects to the 379 Shipmates who died onboard HMS DASHER (D37) 27 March 1943.
As the Ship stopped over the wreck , we fell silent and remembered.
Short video at - https://twitter.com/HMSQNLZ/status/1371 ... 40/video/1

Our aft island (built at Scotstoun) & Lower Blocks 3 & 4 (built at Govan) have now brought the whole Ship back to the Firth of Clyde.
We will spend the next period at Glenmallan filling up for CSG21.
Always a pleasure coming back to our roots.
Short video at - https://twitter.com/HMSQNLZ/status/1371 ... 96/video/1

[Pelican]

HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH VISITS WESTERN SCOTLAND FOR THE FIRST TIME
15 March 2021
The Royal Navy’s Fleet Flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth has arrived in Glen Mallan, Scotland, as part of final preparations before her first operational deployment.


Sailing in along the Firth of Clyde, the 65,000-tonne aircraft carrier has spent the last two weeks at sea testing and trialling her latest equipment, before berthing at the new Northern Ammunition Jetty for a routine onload of operational stores.


HMS Queen Elizabeth is the first of the Royal Navy’s fleet to visit the new £64m facility, built by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO).

Operated by Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) through Defence Munitions, the Northern Ammunition Jetty is specifically designed to support the surface fleet, allowing them to continue entering and berthing at Glen Mallan.

Continues, including photos, at:
https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-l ... h-scotland

Video at - https://www.facebook.com/royalnavy/vide ... 9044819646

ALSO

HMS Queen Elizabeth arrives on the Clyde to embark munitions

As part of the preparations for her maiden operational deployment in May, HMS Queen Elizabeth has made her first visit to the Clyde to embark munitions.

As ever from Navy Lookout full of informed details, photos and images.
Note also 'Related articles' at the foot of the page particularly:
Munitions handling on the Royal Navy’s aircraft carriers
See:
https://www.navylookout.com/hms-queen-e ... 0-dgIsXg88

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MOD POLICE

Watching over HMSQNLZ during the ships’s stay at Glen Mallan
4 Photos at:
https://twitter.com/MODPolice/status/13 ... 01/photo/1

Reply from North Ports Replying to MOD Police
Not been round that way since this auld boat was up there!
See photo of the Ark, scroll down a little at:
https://twitter.com/NorthPorts/status/1 ... 19/photo/1

[Pelican]

Royal Navy

Watch as HMS Queen Elizabeth sails from Glen Mallan. This video shows several views of the carrier's departure including a timelapse from her bridge, from the shores of Loch Long and from a Police Scotland helicopter.

See:
https://www.facebook.com/royalnavy/vide ... 9270509508

[Pelican]

PALS certification completed on HMS Queen Elizabeth
April 20, 20219
The U.S. Naval Air Traffic Management Systems Program Office completed Precision Approach and Landing System (known as PALS) certification on HMS Queen Elizabeth in March, completing a critical step in readying the ship for its first operational deployment.

The PALS system includes the AN/SPN-41B Instrument Carrier Landing System (ICLS), previously installed by PMA-213 as a foreign military sales (FMS) effort, and the AN/USN-3 Joint Precision and Approach Landing System (JPALS) system, installed as a U.S. asset to support the future embarkation of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211’s F-35Bs aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth during its inaugural operational deployment.

“The early phases of the installation were supported remotely by the Naval Air Warfare Center Webster Outlying Field (NAWCAD WOLF) Air Traffic Control and Landing Systems (ATC&LS) Division. Once the initial installation activities were completed, the NAWCAD WOLF team, led by Shawn Magoon, travelled to the United Kingdom in early February to finalize the installation and support the certification, but first had to overcome a few challenges.”

The team faced heightened U.K. coronavirus travel restrictions, unique policy questions concerning the installation of the JPALS system on HMS Queen Elizabeth, and even “a case of lost luggage, according to the U.S. Navy.

Capt. Kevin Watkins, U.S. Naval Air Traffic Management Systems programme manager.
“It truly is a testament to the individual determination, communication and leadership that all of our teammates embody, because each of these ship installs and certs was incredibly difficult, with barriers from COVID travel restrictions to first-time technical installation issues on a new ship class. Our team successfully overcame each daily challenge to deliver the needed capability to our International Allies and U.S. Marines.”

The NAWCAD WOLF team was joined by members of Naval Test Wing Atlantic ATC&LS Test Branch, Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 to complete the at-sea portion of the certification.

The ATC&LS Test Branch is the certification authority for all U.S. ships, and in this case for the U.S.-owned JPALS installed aboard the British aircraft carrier, while also supporting certification recommendations for FMS installed systems.

The success of the installation and certification of the JPALS and SPN-41B systems aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth was due to the close collaboration between PMA-213, NAWCAD WOLF, VMFA-211 and their U.K. counterparts, Watkins said.

Source UKDJ