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ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 1, 2019) The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) embarks on a deployment that will send them around the world and include a homeport change to San Diego. Deploying ships include the guided-missile destroyers USS Bainbridge (DDG 96), USS Mason (DDG 87), and USS Nitze (DDG 94); the guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55); and the Spanish Frigate ESPS Mendez Nunez (F 104). Nine Squadrons from Carrier Air WIng Seven (CVW 7) will also deploy, as well as the staffs of Carrier Strike Group Twelve (CSG 12) and Destroyer Squadron Two (DESRON 2) (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Zach Sleeper)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (April. 1, 2019) Sailors on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) watch as the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) embarks on a deployment that will send them around the world and include a homeport change to San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jake Stanley)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 1, 2019) Personnel Specialist 3rd Class Parrys Ewing, from Valdosta, Ga., left, and Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Apprentice Sydney Morgan, from San Diego, carrier a barricade netting on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). IKE is underway conducting sea trials during the final portion of a Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) as part of the maintenance phase of the Optimized Fleet Response Plan (OFRP). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kaleb Sarten)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 1, 2019) Airman Devon Brown, from Sioux Falls, S.D., strips paint from the wheel-housing of a nitrogen-servicing cart in the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kaleb Sarten)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 1, 2019) Culinary Specialist Seaman Joshua Dicks, from Flint, Mich., prepares salad in the wardroom galley aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jairus P. Bailey)


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HMS Queen Elizabeth heads to Rosyth for first post-commissioning overhaul
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Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth got underway from her Portsmouth homeport on April 1 to head for Rosyth where she is scheduled to undergo her first dry-docking maintenance since entering service.

The lead ship of a new class of Royal Navy aircraft carriers is starting the overhaul following a busy 2018 in which the ship concluded first-of-class flight trials with the F-35B off the US East Coast.

As was the case with her departure from Rosyth, the 65,000-ton, 280-meter long ship will have only inches to spare on her way into the harbor where she will undergo maintenance.

Her height of 63 meters (206ft) above the waterline is an additional challenge and the first of Rosyth’s three bridges HMS Queen Elizabeth will pass under is too low. As a solution, engineers have placed her mast on a steel cartridge which houses two hydraulic cylinders and a hydraulic system which lower the structure to an angle of 77˚, before raising it back in place once through.

The overhaul will be completed by defense contractor Babcock who received a £5 million contract for the dry-dock maintenance of HMS Queen Elizabeth in January 2019.

The routine, planned hull survey and maintenance of her underwater systems will take place over a six-week period and will sustain 100 jobs at its peak.

Once she completes the maintenance, HMS Queen Elizabeth will carry out the third and final stage of aviation trials later this year with British-owned F-35s. She is expected to enter operational service in 2020, prior to her first deployment in 2021.
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Could this be why the Indians have been dragging their feet on their new second indigenously built carrier, INS Vishal? Whilst INS Vikrant is nearing completion, Vishal hasn't even had an artist's impression released. Perhaps they were negotiating behind the scenes. Now that QE is in service, they have a working example to inspect...

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Indian Admirals did visit QE at Pompey recently, and Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson also announced closer co operation on Carriers with India as well. Could this be what he actually meant?
 
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