Expected Delivery Nov / Dec 2025 (Subject to Change at Manufacturer’s Discretion).

HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) is the lead ship of the Royal Navy’s latest class of aircraft carriers, the Queen Elizabeth Classthe largest warships ever built in Britain, displacing 65,000 tonnes. Assembled at Rosyth Dockyard by Babcock Marine and commissioned in 2017, the carrier operates F-35B Lightning II joint strike fighters, and Merlin and Wildcat helicopters, from a distinctive ski-jump flight deck. It features integrated electric propulsion, advanced radar systems, and close-in defences including Phalanx and 30mm guns. Sister vessel Prince of Wales shares the same core design.

Queen Elizabeths maiden active duty came in 2021 as flagship of the global Carrier Strike Group deployment Operation FORTISa demonstration of the UKs strategic reach and significance in modern naval power.