British aircraft carrier deployment to Asia -------------------------------------------------- The Royal Navy’s most powerful warship, HMS Queen Elizabeth, is leading the UK’s Carrier Strike Group on its maiden deployment, including visits to India, Japan, South Korea and Singapore -------------------------------------------------- HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH Total length 280m Displacement 65,000 tonnes Top speed 25+ knots Crew Up to 1,600 Total range 19,000km -------------------------------------------------- Aircraft: Up to 40, including F-35B stealth jets capable of short take-off and vertical landings Ski jump: F-35 jets use curved ramp to assist take-off Armament: Includes 20mm Phalanx close-in weapons and 30mm guns Twin island design Separates running of ship from flying operations Propulsion: Two Rolls-Royce MT30 marine gas turbine engines -------------------------------------------------- CARRIER STRIKE GROUP 21 HMS Diamond, HMS Defender Type 45 destroyers HMS Queen Elizabeth Aircraft carrier HMS Kent, HMS Richmond Type 23 frigates RFA Tidespring Supply ship RFA Fort Victoria Supply ship Astute-class submarine HNLMS Evertsen Dutch frigate USS The Sullivans U.S. destroyer 18 F-35 jets (8 UK, 10 U.S.) 4 Wildcat helicopters 10 Merlin helicopters -------------------------------------------------- Sources: Associated Press, Reuters, Rolls-Royce, Royal Navy © GRAPHIC NEWS Company of Royal Marines from 42 Commando, U.S. Navy and Marine Corps personnel