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HMS Queen Elizabeth

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HMS Queen Elizabeth could refer to one of three ships named in honour of Elizabeth I of England:

  • HMS Queen Elizabeth (1913) was the lead ship of the Queen Elizabeth-class battleships, launched in 1913 and scrapped in 1948
  • HMS Queen Elizabeth was to have been the first of the planned CVA-01 class carriers, but the class was never constructed
  • HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) is the first ship of the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers, launched in 2014 and fitting-out as of 2016

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    HMS Queen Elizabeth Wikipedia
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