The ships will be 70 metres wide and the flight deck area is equivalent to 49 tennis courts or three football pitches and large enough to take up to 40 aircraft.From The BBC:
The Royal Navy has unveiled an image of how a giant aircraft carrier will look in its base when it is completed.
The computer-generated image was created to give an impression of the scale of the next generation of warships due to enter service in 2015.
It shows one of the carriers alongside Portsmouth Naval Base, Hampshire, where it will take up three jetties.
The government gave the go-ahead for the new HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales vessels last year.
The move came despite criticism the £5bn cost would be better spent elsewhere in the armed forces.
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My Comment: I do not know if the U.K. needs two super carriers .... but I do know that British soldiers fighting in Afghanistan do need more help than what they are presently receiving from their government.
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