HMS Queen Elizabeth at sea

The largest warship ever owned UK, HMS Queen Elizabeth, managed to slide out of the dock where he assembled. In an operation that began early last week, dry dock at Rosyth near Edinburgh, for the first time filled by a 65,000 ton aircraft carrier and ready to float. It took three hours on July 17, 2014 to move with caution HMS Queen Elizabeth of the pier which only have two feet of clearance on either side and then the jetty nearby.
The team will now dress the ship and continue to build the system for life as a preparation for sea trials in 2016. The pier that vacated will be used for final assembly sister ship, HMS Prince of Wales, which began in September 2014.
Launch (float) HMS Queen Elizabeth carried only 13 days after the ship was named by HRH Queen of England, in a spectacular ceremony.
HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales is being prepared by the Aircraft Carrier Alliance, a unique partnership between the Ministry of Defence, BAE Systems, Babcock and Thales.It only takes three hours in the morning, to move carefully HMS Queen Elizabeth from the dock, with only two feet of clearance on either side and then the jetty nearby. Photo: UK MOD, Crown CopyrightA few days later in the waters off the south coast of England, HMS Illustrious and HMS Ocean meet (Tuesday, July 22) and the baton handed protecting British interests between the two. HMS Ocean will now be used as a Royal Navy helicopter landing platform. Both ships appear side by side, at the base frigate HMS Lancaster, to perform a task handover ceremony.
HMS Ocean, larger, younger and more able to bring a lot of helicopter Royal Navy, had just returned after repair operations with a value of 65 million pounds, which lasted 15 months. This ship to up-grade 60 items him flightdeck facilities, hangars and flight. The ship is designed to support amphibious landing operations, carrying troops to the center of the action with a helicopter or landing craft. Launched in 1995, based ship 21,500 tons of this is Britain's biggest warship operational today. Ships prepare six helicopter landing spots on the flight deck, and more helicopters and landing craft in the hangar.
HMS Illustrious, Command and helicopter aircraft carrier Royal Navy, which has been designed to operate up to 900,000 miles in operation worldwide over 32-year career, is being withdrawn from service and the service will be disabled by the end of this year.This ship is the second ship of three Invincible Class aircraft carrier British Navy, which was built by Swan Hunter Shipbuilders in Tyne and launched by Princess Margaret in December 1978. Two beadik sister ship, HMS Invincible and HMS Ark Royal disabled in 2005 and 2011 and then in-scrap (loading and destroyed) in Turkey. Department of Defense middle invite tenders for private companies, charities and financial institutions to secure the future of HMS Illustrious as the last aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy Invincible class.

A flypast consisting of Apache, Merlin, Lynx and Sea King helicopters flew over the ship when the ship enters the Port of Portsmouth and dozens of families lined the docks to give a speech (cheer) for this veteran aircraft carrier.

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