The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed the £3.2 billion contract for the construction of the UK’s biggest aircraft carriers.
The two 65,000 tonne vessels, named HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, are due into service in 2014 and 2016 and will be three times larger than current carriers, boasting flight deck surface areas the size of three football pitches, and the capacity to accommodate up to 40 planes. Production will undertaken by…
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