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Royal Navy's Type 83 destroyer project will enter concept phase early next year
The Royal Navy's Type 83 destroyer project, the replacement for the Type 45, will enter the concept phase early next year, it was announced in Parliament. Minister for Defence Procurement ...
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What Was The First Aircraft Carrier With The Game-Changing Full Flat Landing Deck?
Ely's concept was adopted by the ... how a catapult system could work on its aircraft carriers. In 1915, three years before the British Royal Navy altered HMS Argus, the United States tested ...
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Upgraded HMS Illustrious is converted to helicopter and commando carrier
The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious has begun sea trials following a £40m maintenance and upgrade program. 'Lusty' left Rosyth after 16 months during which she was converted into a ...
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HMS Vanguard: The Royal Navy Battleship That Was Obsolete Before She Sailed
Aircraft carriers had ... had foisted upon the Royal Navy’s ship designers, many had taken to calling the Vanguard “the ...
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Royal Navy rescues baby pigeon aircraft carrier stowaways
Two baby pigeons found abandoned on a Royal Navy aircraft carrier have been flown ashore to be safely looked after by the RSPCA. The pair were found on the HMS Queen Elizabeth by a sailor who ...