<Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> HMS Queen Elizabeth, February 2018 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> History </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> United Kingdom </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Name: </Td> <Td> Queen Elizabeth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Namesake: </Td> <Td> HMS Queen Elizabeth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Operator: </Td> <Td> Royal Navy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ordered: </Td> <Td> 20 May 2008 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Builder: </Td> <Td> Aircraft Carrier Alliance </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cost: </Td> <Td> £ 3.1 bn $4.3 bn </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Laid down: </Td> <Td> 7 July 2009 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Launched: </Td> <Td> 17 July 2014 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sponsored by: </Td> <Td> HM The Queen </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Christened: </Td> <Td> 4 July 2014 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Completed: </Td> <Td> 7 December 2017 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Commissioned: </Td> <Td> 7 December 2017 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> In service: </Td> <Td> 2020 (planned) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Homeport: </Td> <Td> HMNB Portsmouth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Identification: </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Pennant number: R08 </Li> <Li> Deck code: Q </Li> <Li> IMO number: 4907892 </Li> <Li> ITU callsign: GQLZ </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Motto: </Td> <Td> Semper Eadem ("Always the Same") </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Status: </Td> <Td> In active service </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Badge: </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> General characteristics </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Class and type: </Td> <Td> Queen Elizabeth - class aircraft carrier </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Displacement: </Td> <Td> 65,000 tonnes (64,000 long tons; 72,000 short tons) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Length: </Td> <Td> 284 m (932 ft) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Beam: </Td> <Td> <P> 39 m (128 ft) (waterline) </P> 73 m (240 ft) overall </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Draught: </Td> <Td> 11 m (36 ft) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Propulsion: </Td> <Td> Integrated Electric Propulsion via Two Rolls - Royce Marine 36MW MT30 gas turbine alternators and four 10MW diesel engines </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Speed: </Td> <Td> 29 knots (54 km / h) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Range: </Td> <Td> 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Capacity: </Td> <Td> 1,600 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Troops: </Td> <Td> 250 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Complement: </Td> <Td> 679 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sensors and processing systems: </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> S1850M long range radar </Li> <Li> Type 997 Artisan 3D medium range radar </Li> <Li> Ultra Electronics Series 2500 Electro Optical System (EOS) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Armament: </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 3 x Phalanx CIWS </Li> <Li> 4 x 30mm calibre gun, various Miniguns and GPMGs to counter asymmetric threats . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Aircraft carried: </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Planned Carrier Air Wing of 24 to 36 STOVL fighter jets & 14 helicopters </Li> <Li> F - 35B Lightning II </Li> <Li> Chinook </Li> <Li> Apache AH MK1 </Li> <Li> Merlin HM2 and HC4 </Li> <Li> Wildcat AH1 and HMA2 </Li> <Li> Merlin Crowsnest AEW </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Aviation facilities: </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Hangar below deck </Li> <Li> Two aircraft lifts </Li> <Li> Ski jump </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> HMS Queen Elizabeth, February 2018 </Td> </Tr>

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