Construction Commences On Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers At Rosyth
Author: peter Date: 14 November, Category: Fact, Visits 2194
John Gourley leans out of the cab of Goliath, one of Europes largest cranes on September 20, 2011 in Rosyth, Scotland. The crane will begin the assembly of the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers later this week, when it lifts the first section of the two deck high 8,000 tonne centre block, which includes a section of the flight deck. The lift will mark the start of the Rosyth shipyards assembly of the first of two 65,000 tonne vessels the largest warships ever built for the Royal Navy. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)