HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales expected to enter service in 2014 & 2016.
Expected to be the largest aircraft carriers out side of the US, displacing about 75,000 tonnes.
UK will get 2, France will get 1.
Displacement: 65,000 tonnes (75,000 full load)
Capacity: 1,450
Length: 284 metres (931 ft)
Beam: 39 metres (waterline) c.73 metres overall
Draught: 11 metres
Draft: 9 metres
Speed: 28 knots
Range: 10,000 nautical miles (18,520 km)
Complement: 600
Aircraft carried: 40 (50 full load) aircraft, including: STOVL F-35B Lightning II
Total UK cost believed to be about £3.9billion (pound sterling if the icon doesnt show up)
French Carrier/s
Displacement: est. 70,000-75,000 tons full load
Length: 283 m overall
Beam: 73 m overall
Draft: 11.5 m
Propulsion: Two RR MT-30 Gas turbine
4 diesel-electric
two shafts
Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h)
Range: 10,000 nautical miles at 15 knots
Complement: Ship's Company: 1,000
Air Wing: 650
Sensors and processing systems: Héracles air search and target acquisition radar
Armament: two 8 cell SYLVER launchers carrying the MBDA Aster 15 surface to air missile.
Giat 20F2 20 mm cannons.
Aircraft carried: 48 aircraft, including, 32 Rafale, E-2C Hawkeyes, NH-90 helicopters
The ship will have two islands: one devoted to ship navigation, and the other to air operations. This allows optimal placement of bridges for both tasks: navigation calls for a bridge placed forward (as on the Charles De Gaulle), while air operations are made easier with a bridge placed abaft (as seen on the US Nimitz class).
Confirm: Both or just Frenchhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_class_aircraft_carrierhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_French_aircraft_carrierhttp://navy-matters.beedall.com/cvfmain.htmhttp://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.2226