RN Aircraft Carriers: HMS Queen Elizabeth

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Pretty pictures at - https://twitter.com/HMSQNLZ/status/1341813319263543299

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US COMMITS TO HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH’S MAIDEN DEPLOYMENT
20 January 2021
The United States has committed air and naval power, plus sailors and marines to the UK’s premier military deployment of 2021.

US Marine Corps F-35 Lightning jets – identical to those flown and maintained by the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force – will join HMS Queen Elizabeth on her maiden deployment.

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https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-l ... YqB8FpL8QQ

Note - "Also taking part in those exercises was The Sullivans, which takes her unusual name from the five brothers lost when their ship went down in World War 2; their fate has been honoured with two warships in their name, and it also inspired the Oscar-winning movie Saving Private Ryan."

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FLEET FLAGSHIP

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UK commits to deeper defence cooperation with Japan
February 3, 2021
British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth will visit Japan to “enhance Japan-UK defence cooperation”.

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab discussed the deployment of HMS Queen Elizabeth during the ‘2+2’ virtual meeting with their respective Japanese counterparts, Ministers Toshimitsu Motegi and Nobuo Kishi.
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https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-comm ... EzZDdOmHh0

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UK commits to deeper defence and security cooperation with Japan

HMS Queen Elizabeth’s deployment to Indo Pacific later this year will enhance Japan and UK defence cooperation

See:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-c ... zfrNXvLbhw

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HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH PREPARES FOR MAIDEN MISSION WITH DIGITAL WORKOUT
08 February 2021
Britain’s flagship is at the centre of a global crisis as she prepares for her debut on the world stage.

The carrier’s crew and battle staff are playing out a simulated crisis – and how HMS Queen Elizabeth and her task force would respond to it in the real world.


The two-week-long Virtual Warrior is one of two final assessments the ship and command staff must come through before the 65,000-tonne warship leads her task force on deployment.

The digital workout picks up where the carrier strike group disbanded last autumn at the end of exercises off Scotland.

It will be followed by a live-action assessment during this spring’s Joint Warrior war game, ‘Strike Warrior’, after which the force can head to Mediterranean, Middle East and Asia-Pacific region on its Carrier Strike Group 21 mission.

Making use of an impressive combined computer training suite at HMS Collingwood in Fareham, Virtual Warrior allows various scenarios to be played out – testing the ability of the Carrier Strike Group staff to respond to multiple incidents and issues, across a vast area.

At its largest the task group will comprise more than a dozen warships, support vessels and squadrons, including three dozen F-35B jets and helicopters – around 3,700 military personnel in all.

But there will be times when some vessels and aircraft break away from the force for specific missions – so the team on HMS Queen Elizabeth must be able to direct and advise their actions, as well as the core carrier group.

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https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-l ... al-warrior

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Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

HMS Queen Elizabeth is scheduled to depart HMNB Portsmouth this coming Monday. During her time alongside in Portsmouth she assumed the role of Fleet Flagship from HMS Albion. This year she will also be at the heart of a Carrier Strike Group deployment to the Mediterranean, the Indian Ocean and East Asia.
Remember you can watch 24/7 at https://bit.ly/2VQo1wk

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R08 DEPARTS PORTSMOUTH MONDAY 01/03/21

The QHM Portsmouth had published the harbour timetable for Monday 1st March showing R08 HMS Queen Elizabeth departing her PRJ berth at 1300.
She will be moving into U.K. waters for a shake down voyage post her latest maintenance and CIP since last November.
R08 is scheduled soon to carry out a CSG training exercise off the NW Scottish coast as the final seal of approval prior to CSG21 departing for the Far East later in Summer 2021.

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4 Current photos here - https://twitter.com/HMSQNLZ/status/1368 ... 03/photo/1

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F-35B jets land on HMS Queen Elizabeth
March 9, 20214
An F-35B has performed a shipborne rolling vertical landing on-board HMS Queen Elizabeth as jets join the vessel for an upcoming exercise.

HMS Queen Elizabeth is currently on trials before deployment, part of that involves conducting exercises with all types of carrier-capable aircraft. The Ministry of Defence say that HMS Queen Elizabeth’s Carrier Strike Group’s capabilities will be on show during Exercise ‘Strike Warrior’, which will take place off the coast of Scotland in May.

The UK-led war-fighting exercise, including several other NATO navies, will be the final test for the Carrier Strike Group before it undertakes its maiden deployment, you can read about that deployment here.

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Apache helicopters land on HMS Queen Elizabeth
March 7, 202113
Aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth is currently on trials before deployment, part of that involves conducting exercises with all types of carrier-capable aircraft.
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/apache- ... elizabeth/

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https://twitter.com/HMSQNLZ/status/1370 ... 52/video/1

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/hms-que ... R_7pQwa-NQ - Also refers.