First QE Class blocks joined at Rosyth

The first of the four CB03 sections, weighing some 850 tons and measuring 40m by 26m by 7m was lifted onto the LB03 block last Friday.

The first centre block section for HMS Queen Elizabeth, the first of two new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers, was lifted onto the lower mid-block at the Rosyth dockyard in Scotland last Friday.

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