The Navy's Most Powerful Carrier Ever Built Nearly Ready 18.04.13

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Published on April 19, 2013 11:22:51 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLudLzkdge0

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The most powerful aircraft carrier ever built for the Royal Navy has taken a step closer to completion.

HMS Queen Elizabeth is getting bigger by the day at the shipyard where she is being built. She is a gigantic jigsaw puzzle of state-of-the-art military hardware and technology.

Even in her unfinished state she is already the largest ship in British naval history.

HMS Queen Elizabeth will carry the new F35 Lightning II jump jet, due to make their first flights off her deck in 2018 with the carrier becoming operational by 2020

Together with her sister ship to follow - HMS Prince of Wales - she will be in service for up to 50 years.

Forces News has been given exclusive access to the carrier's giant structure.