Friday, January 11, 2013

Images Show Aircraft Carrier Scale For Britain's HMS Queen Elizabeth

Artists impression of HMS QUEEN ELIZABTH at Parliament

Stunning Images Show Aircraft Carrier Scale -- Shifting Times

The team behind the Navy’s future flagships have produced a series of stunning posters to demonstrate the sheer scale of the carriers – including parking one on the Thames outside Parliament. To give the public an idea of the sense of scale of HMS Queen Elizabeth and Prince of Wales, they put one on the Thames next to the Palace of Westminster and another at Victory Jetty in Portsmouth.

Dwarfing the mother of all parliaments, this is how the nation’s future flagship would look if you could sail her up the Thames to the Palace of Westminster.

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WNU Editor:
In comparison to US carriers, check out the graphic scale below.

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