Converteam deliver first of two 76 tonne generators for Queen Elizabeth
Power conversion specialist Converteam has shipped the first of two massive 75 tonne, 36 Megawatt generators designed specifically to match the electrical power requirement of the propulsion motors for the Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) aircraft carriers.
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Two giant sections of future carrier joined
In the giant ship hall at BAE Systems’ Portsmouth facility two enormous sections of the hull of HMS Queen Elizabeth are joined.
It took 30 minutes and 26 remote-controlled hydraulic transporters to move a 3,700-tonne segment of the ship across 25 metres of the hall to link up with an already-completed section.
Together they help form Lower Block 02 – at more than 6,000 tonnes it will be nearly one tenth the displacement of the finished carrier and heavier than either a Type 42 destroyer or Type 23 frigate.
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