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THE QUEEN CHRISTENS ROYAL NAVY’S NEW AIRCRAFT CARRIER
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The Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier has been officially named by Her Majesty the Queen at a ceremony in Scotland today.Hundreds of workers who have helped to build the HMS Queen Elizabeth, along with the ship’s company, joined the Prime Minister, Defence Secretary, military Chiefs and dignitaries to witness Her Majesty christen her namesake with a bottle of whisky.The ceremony, held at Rosyth dockyard near Edinburgh, marks the completion of the flagship which is the largest ship built for the Royal Navy:•With a height of 56 meters she is taller than Niagara falls;•At 280 meters long she has a flight deck the size of 60 tennis courts;•Four jumbo jets could fit alongside each other on the 70 meter wide deck;•Her range is 10,000 nautical miles and she carries enough fuel to transport a family car to the moon and back twelve times;•She is fitted with a long range 3D radar that is capable of tracking more than 1,000 targets at once or can spot a tennis ball travelling at 2,000 miles per hour.Operating with Lightning II fifth generation stealth Joint Strike Fighter jets, the QE Class will be versatile enough to be used in a full range of military tasks from warfighting to providing humanitarian aid and disaster relief. Today’s naming ceremony comes just a week before Lightning II is due to take to the skies in the UK for the first time, marking another step towards the return of carrier strike operations.Pictured are events from today's Queen Elizabeth naming ceremony conducted at Rosyth Dockyard. Her Majesty The Queen officially named the UK's newest aircraft carrier at Rosyth, near Edinburgh, in a spectacular ceremony celebrating British Naval capability.The Prime Minister, Secretary State of Defence and the First Sea Lord joined the celebrations, along with allies from around the globe and more than 3, 500 people involved in the design and construction of the largest warship ever built in the UK.