Wednesday, 30 December 2015

Britain's new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth sighted in River Forth as £6billion fitting-out of Royal Navy's biggest ever ship continues


  • Britain's largest warship is still being fitted out at Rosyth Dock in Fife seven years after contracts were first agreed
  • The vessel's nine-deck hull is taking form with 10,000 shipyard workers and engineers working on the project 

  • Vessel was first unveiled in July 2014 and floated on the River Forth after Rosyth Dock was filled with water 

  • The cost of the project has spiraled from £3billion in 2007 to more than an estimated £6billion by completion in 2020

  • HMS Queen Elizabeth is as tall as Nelson's Column at 230ft, weighs 65,000 tonnes and measures 918ft bow to stern