A section of the superstructure for the new CVF Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carrier arrives at Rosyth in Scotland.
<p>Looming in the distance, the imposing blue outline of the Goliath crane which will help to piece the 65,000-tonne carrier together in the specially-altered dry dock at the Babcock’s Rosyth yard.
</p><p>This 8,000-tonne segment – Lower Block 03 to give it its official title – of the ship was towed 600 miles around the Scottish coast from one great artery, the Clyde, to another, the Forth, during a five-day operation. It safely arrived early on Saturday evening.
</p><p>It took shipwrights at BAE Systems’ Govan yard two years to complete the section, which is more than 20 metres (65ft) high, 60 metres (196ft) long and 40 metres (131ft) wide. In addition to machinery spaces, it contains cabins for more than 150 members of the ship’s company and part of the vast hangar.
</p><p>Lower Block 03 is the latest section of the 65,000-tonne warship to be built in six shipyards around the UK and transported to the Forth.
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<ul><li>Organization: ROYAL NAVY</li>
<li>Object Name: NE110302011</li>
<li>Category: MOD</li>
<li>Supplemental Categories: Equipment, Ships, Carriers, Engineering, Future Ships</li>
<li>Keywords: Royal Navy, Equipment, Ship, Aircraft Carrier, Carrier, CVF, Queen Elizabeth Class, HMS Queen Elizabeth, Scotland, Shipbuilding, Construction, Section, Crane, Rosyth</li>
<li>Country: Scotland</li></ul>
LA(Phot) M.Hogan
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