HMS Queen Elizabeth

[Simpo Two]

Idly browsing and came across this photo:



The towers appear to be both up one end! Having compared it with other photos it doesn't seem to be a trick of perspective; what's going on?

[Wills2]

It's just perspective like this shows them to be close together

[Simpo Two]

Ah I see what's happened - on the first photo the ski jump looks like it's the base of the 'right hand' tower!

[S600BSB]

I took this photo of the QE as I left Portsmouth yesterday.

[Simpo Two]

Good to see they put the tower back where it belongs!

[Cold]

The rearmost tower is on rails and can slide fore and aft to allow the flight deck to accommodate planes with a larger wingspan.

[Halmyre]

Cold said:

The rearmost tower is on rails and can slide fore and aft to allow the flight deck to accommodate planes with a larger wingspan.

You been hanging around RAF Luton by any chance?

[Cold]

Halmyre said:

Cold said:

The rearmost tower is on rails and can slide fore and aft to allow the flight deck to accommodate planes with a larger wingspan.

You been hanging around RAF Luton by any chance?

That first image was photographed from a Canberra.

[ruwokeenuff]

When were the Islands started to be called towers....?? have I missed something since ....in my day??/

[Simpo Two]

ruwokeenuff said:

When were the Islands started to be called towers....?? have I missed something since ....in my day??/

My fault; they just look more like towers than islands which I expect to have palm trees on them...

The cunning sliding tower/island plan fails the reality test as you'd have to get the starboard wing past the rearmost tower/island in order to take off again...

[ruwokeenuff]

Simpo Two said:

My fault; they just look more like towers than islands which I expect to have palm trees on them...

The cunning sliding tower/island plan fails the reality test as you'd have to get the starboard wing past the rearmost tower/island in order to take off again...

JUST wtf are you on about........Do you get high on kiddies kaliedascopes from the 60's. or what.

[Simpo Two]

ruwokeenuff said:

JUST wtf are you on about........Do you get high on kiddies kaliedascopes from the 60's. or what.

Read the thread and then you may comprehend.

[Cold]

It appears someone is a little testy. I suspect they're going to be mightily disappointed when they learn about the skateboard ramp at the pointy end.

[Mercdriver]

[ruwokeenuff]

Simpo Two said:

ruwokeenuff said:

JUST wtf are you on about........Do you get high on kiddies kaliedascopes from the 60's. or what.

Read the thread and then you may comprehend.

Like you going on about towers and kiddie slides...........

[Simpo Two]

ruwokeenuff said:

Simpo Two said:

ruwokeenuff said:

JUST wtf are you on about........Do you get high on kiddies kaliedascopes from the 60's. or what.

Read the thread and then you may comprehend.

Like you going on about towers and kiddie slides...........

I called it a tower not an island (so what), but the tongue-in-cheek 'rail' concept was posted by Cold. Then you started posting about kiddies. If you want a pointless argument please go somewhere else.

[ruwokeenuff]

Simpo Two said:

ruwokeenuff said:

Simpo Two said:

ruwokeenuff said:

JUST wtf are you on about........Do you get high on kiddies kaliedascopes from the 60's. or what.

Read the thread and then you may comprehend.

Like you going on about towers and kiddie slides...........

I called it a tower not an island (so what), but the tongue-in-cheek 'rail' concept was posted by Cold. Then you started posting about kiddies. If you want a pointless argument please go somewhere else.

You calling the islands, towers says a lot

[Cold]

ruwokeenuff said:

You calling the islands, towers says a lot

It says he's not a rather dull ex-matelot.
I'll happily chat about the QE Class carriers on here as there are numerous experts with many years of experience of carriers who offer their expertise and knowledge willingly. These people are not dull.

But please don't expect me to criticise an irrelevant mislabelling of a piece of superstructure by someone who most likely has limited exposure to the ships. Especially when the subject matter was a nothing more than photograph with an interesting depth perception. It's boring, it's distracting and brings nothing to the conversation. You can guide someone towards the more accepted name without being a knobhead about it.

In fact, I go out of my way not to use terminology that others might find too specific.
I'd suggest that if you had trouble interpreting what was meant by the word "tower" in relation to the layout of HMS QNLZ then maybe you're a bit challenged and I'd question whether English is your first language.

[Simpo Two]

Beautifully put

[Mercdriver]

I am not ex navy so pleases bear with me, technically is one not an island with the captain , nav officer etc and the other “island” is the aircraft tower?

I don’t understand separating the two control centres and making them dependent on phones to communicate. I had a tour of lusty and the two officers in charge could walk the paces to communicate with one another. What happens if either is hit during a battle?