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Aircraft carrier
Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier is a aircraft carrier. It was built by Aircraft Carrier Alliance. Published specifications list length 284 m; the configuration for each measurement is shown below.
United KingdomQueen Elizabeth class
Aircraft Carrier Alliance
Royal Navy
Invincible class
£ 7.6 billion (2019) (equivalent to £ 9.4 billion in 2024) for two units
2009–2017
2017–present
2
2
Aircraft carrier
Est. 80,600 tonnes (79,300 long tons) full load
284 m (932 ft)
39 m (128 ft) waterline 73 m (240 ft) overall
11 m (36 ft)
16,000 m 2 (170,000 ft 2 ) 9 decks beneath flightdeck with hangar covering the centrepiece of two decks (without islands)
2 × Rolls-Royce Marine Trent MT30 36 MW (48,000 hp) gas turbine engine 2 × Wärtsilä 16V38 and 2 x 12V38 marine diesel engines 40 MW (54,000 hp) Total: 118.4 MW (158,800 hp)
Integrated electric propulsion 4 × GE Power Conversion 20 MW (27,000 hp) Advanced Induction Motors and VDM25000 drives 2 × shafts; fixed pitch propellers
In excess of 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph), tested to 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km; 12,000 mi)
250 to 900
679 crew, not including air element; total berths for up to 1,600
S1850M long-range radar Type 997 Artisan 3D medium range radar Ultra Electronics Series 2500 Electro Optical System (EOS) Glide path camera (GPC)
3 × Phalanx CIWS 4 × 30-mm DS30M Mk2 guns ( for but not with ) 6 × 7.62 mm Miniguns (retired in 2023 and replaced by 0.5 inch (12.7 mm) Browning heavy machine guns )
40 aircraft in peacetime 72 aircraft in wartime; typically, F-35B Lightning (Peacetime max of 36) Chinook Apache Merlin HM2, HC4 and Crowsnest AEW Wildcat AH1 and HMA2
Large flight deck with 12º ski jump Hangar deck - 155 m x 34 m x 7 m Two aircraft lifts - 27 m x 15 m - 54,500 kg max load
Troops 250 to 900
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Displacement 65,000 tonnes
length 284 metres
speed 25 knots
range 10,000 nautical miles
Displacement 65,000 tonnes
length 284 metres
speed 25 knots
range 10,000 nautical miles
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 59 km/h | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 59 km/h | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 59 km/h | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 59 km/h | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 59 km/h | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 59 km/h | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 59 km/h | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 59 km/h | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 29 Sept 2026 | 46.3 km/h | United Kingdom Armed Forces | superseded |
| 29 Sept 2026 | 46.3 km/h | United Kingdom Armed Forces | superseded |
| 29 Sept 2026 | 46.3 km/h | United Kingdom Armed Forces | superseded |
| 29 Sept 2026 | 46.3 km/h | United Kingdom Armed Forces | superseded |
| 29 Sept 2026 | 46.3 km/h | United Kingdom Armed Forces | approved |
Queen Elizabeth class equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
United KingdomRoyal Navy exact named equipment holdings: Queen Elizabeth. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: PRINCIPAL SURFACE COMBATANTS / CV. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Royal Navy exact named class holdings of Queen Elizabeth. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): PRINCIPAL SURFACE COMBATANTS / CV. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. The own fetched design source declares this exact class and its PDF operator country; ship capacities and fitted launcher/armament counts are retained as source scope, not added to hull quantities.