Tuesday, January 05, 2016

British Queen Elizabeth Class Carriers can Host Almost 1,000 Royal Marines

BRITAIN’S new aircraft carriers will house more amphibious assault forces than ever before, a minister has said.

HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, both to be based in Portsmouth, will take over the role of deploying amphibious forces to war zones when HMS Ocean is decommissioned in 2018.

Defence procurement minister Philip Dunne said each ship would house a force of 900 marines and aviation personnel – 210 more than Ocean – on top of their ship’s company.

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