Post by lordroel on Aug 8, 2020 18:49:11 GMT
Queen Elizabeth class (CVA-01) version 1.0
Before there was the Queen Elizabeth class as we know it, there was version 1.0, so i wonder, how much would these 2 ore 4 to be build carriers of the Queen Elizabeth class (CVA-01) have strengthen the Royal Navy.
CVA-01 was expected to embark an mix air group consisting of 36 F-4 Phantom II fleet defence fighter (with secondary strike role) and Blackburn Buccaneer low-level strike aircraft, four early-warning aircraft, five anti-submarine helicopters and two search-and-rescue helicopters. The large hangar deck was meant to have enough space for another squadron in “surge” situations.
The ships would have used an advanced steam plant to drive three screws and power the two catapults. The catapults, located on the port waist and starboard bow, had a 250-foot stroke and could launch a 55,000-pound aircraft at up to 115 knots.
CVA-01 was designed with a “parallel deck” arrangement. There was a 3-degree angled deck to port, with a large parking area to starboard. The parallel deck design moved the arresting gear forward toward the midpoint of the ship, which would help with landing in rough weather, as there would be less of a pitching movement at the midpoint of the ship than with the wires right aft. In addition, rather than the rounddown of the flight deck overhanging the hangar at the stern of the ship, there was a small quarterdeck onto which the hangar opened, where aircraft could be moved for engine tests. The quarterdeck would also have mounted a twin-arm Sea Dart surface-to-air missile launcher to protect against enemy aircraft. Two elevators, one on the deck edge astern of the island and one inboard and forward of the island, could move aircraft to and from the hangar deck without affecting flight operations.
CVA-01 also originally had two islands; the area between them was later revised in the design stage to incorporate a “garage” for the deck tractors and other equipment, and the decks above this space were then divided into offices and squadron spaces, so that the islands appeared to be one continuous unit. CVA-01’s island was located farther inboard on the flight deck than in typical aircraft carrier designs, so that aircraft could taxi to the starboard catapult outboard of the island on what was called the “Alaska Highway.” This would facilitate simultaneous launch and recovery operations. In fact, up to 30 aircraft could be parked on deck without obstructing the angled deck.
All three aircraft carriers of the class were cancelled in February 1966, in the wake of the 1966 Defense White Paper.
Image: Official Artists's impression of the proposed aircraft carrier
Before there was the Queen Elizabeth class as we know it, there was version 1.0, so i wonder, how much would these 2 ore 4 to be build carriers of the Queen Elizabeth class (CVA-01) have strengthen the Royal Navy.
CVA-01 was expected to embark an mix air group consisting of 36 F-4 Phantom II fleet defence fighter (with secondary strike role) and Blackburn Buccaneer low-level strike aircraft, four early-warning aircraft, five anti-submarine helicopters and two search-and-rescue helicopters. The large hangar deck was meant to have enough space for another squadron in “surge” situations.
The ships would have used an advanced steam plant to drive three screws and power the two catapults. The catapults, located on the port waist and starboard bow, had a 250-foot stroke and could launch a 55,000-pound aircraft at up to 115 knots.
CVA-01 was designed with a “parallel deck” arrangement. There was a 3-degree angled deck to port, with a large parking area to starboard. The parallel deck design moved the arresting gear forward toward the midpoint of the ship, which would help with landing in rough weather, as there would be less of a pitching movement at the midpoint of the ship than with the wires right aft. In addition, rather than the rounddown of the flight deck overhanging the hangar at the stern of the ship, there was a small quarterdeck onto which the hangar opened, where aircraft could be moved for engine tests. The quarterdeck would also have mounted a twin-arm Sea Dart surface-to-air missile launcher to protect against enemy aircraft. Two elevators, one on the deck edge astern of the island and one inboard and forward of the island, could move aircraft to and from the hangar deck without affecting flight operations.
CVA-01 also originally had two islands; the area between them was later revised in the design stage to incorporate a “garage” for the deck tractors and other equipment, and the decks above this space were then divided into offices and squadron spaces, so that the islands appeared to be one continuous unit. CVA-01’s island was located farther inboard on the flight deck than in typical aircraft carrier designs, so that aircraft could taxi to the starboard catapult outboard of the island on what was called the “Alaska Highway.” This would facilitate simultaneous launch and recovery operations. In fact, up to 30 aircraft could be parked on deck without obstructing the angled deck.
All three aircraft carriers of the class were cancelled in February 1966, in the wake of the 1966 Defense White Paper.
Image: Official Artists's impression of the proposed aircraft carrier