Video special: putting together an aircraft carrier
How to slot together one of the Royal Navy’s biggest ships: in two minutes!
How to slot together one of the Royal Navy’s biggest ships: in two minutes!
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This time-lapse video, shot over one day at Babcock’s Rosyth facility, shows how a 13,000 tonne section of aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth was joined to the front end of the ship.
The operation to move 90 metres, using specialist hydraulic rams, was done at about 17 metres per hour. The entire move was completed in just over five hours.
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