Summary and Key Points on Aircraft Carriers You Need to Know ... French Foch), although Brazil’s acquisition of the former HMS Ocean means that a helicopter platform is still available.

The helicopter carrier was constructed in the mid-1990s and commissioned in September 1998. In November 2015, the MoD confirmed that HMS Ocean is to be decommissioned in 2018, as the new aircraft ...

An F-35B launches from the deck of the HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier. (Image credit: Royal Navy) According to German media, the authorities have reasons to believe the drones, while were ...

Britain is about to embark on a world tour - in the shape of the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Queen ... out to the Indian Ocean and on to the Philippine Sea. HMS Queen Elizabeth is scheduled ...

HMS Ocean pulled into Portsmouth for the last ... She was sold to Brazil for 84 million pounds (US$117 million) as new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth prepares to take over as leader of ...

Capt Jerry Kyd, the carrier's commanding officer, added: "Crossing a major ocean with 1,500 ... Testing with these aircraft is expected to take place onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth next year.

This time-lapse video shows how the HMS Prince of Wales was constructed. The carrier is made up of 17 million individual components and weighs over 65,000 tonnes. The HMS Prince of Wales was ...