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QUEEN ELIZABETH (R-08) class

Country of Origin: Britain

 2 QUEEN ELIZABETH-class AIRCRAFT CARRIERS (CVF)

 Name              Pendant   Launched        Commissioned    Status
 QUEEN ELIZABETH   R-08      July 17, 2014   Dec. 7, 2017    Active
 PRINCE OF WALES   R-09      Dec. 21, 2017   Dec. 10, 2019   Active

The aircraft carriers of the QUEEN ELIZABETH class are the biggest and most powerful surface warships ever built for the Royal Navy.

The July 1998 Strategic Defense Review in the U.K. confirmed a plan to build two new aircraft...

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