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The Insane Engineering of Britain’s $4.9 Billion Supercarrier | Blueprint

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Explore the impossible engineering behind HMS Queen Elizabeth, a 65,000-tonne supercarrier and the largest warship in British history. From six-shipyard modular construction to Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbines and heavy-duty deck elevators, we break down the tech behind this floating airport.

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Impossible Engineering looks at the history of pioneering modern-day mega structures. Behind every seemingly impossible marvel of modern engineering is a cast of historic trailblazers who designed new building techniques, took risks on untested materials and revolutionised their field.

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20 Comments

@joshsegg2814 3 weeks ago

Holy crap it runs on gas lmfao

@marufminhazff5751 1 month ago

Best channel ever.

@gabehorn1001 1 month ago

Great vid mate.

@archangel6676 3 weeks ago

It's so record breaking that you needed a cgi vid of it sailing...

@cozmcwillie7897 4 weeks ago

I am pleased we still have the folks with the wherewithall to create something such as this.
However, in the 'fire& forget smart-drone age' this could very suddenly become a reef.
Also, it's named after Elizabeth 1st.

@hooflungpoo275 3 weeks ago

If it doesn't have a catapult, it's just an amphibious assault ship.

@VinceBlueWater 1 month ago

The best British Shipping engineering

@SteveBriscoe-u4k 1 month ago

Was a shipbuilder on the 2 carriers building large section in Portsmouth dockyard

@stevedom1 2 weeks ago

so 10 costs less than HS2 railway!

@davidclerihew3539 2 weeks ago

QE class has 40+ aircraft, crew of 1,600 & cost $4bn.
Ford class has 75+ aircraft, crew of 4,500 & cost $13bn.
Cant help thinking that 3 QE class carriers give more flexibility, operational fire power & “bang for buck” than one Ford class for the same price & crew compliment.

@Tvbeezie 1 month ago

1:55 and the surface is a giant black mirror

@Dreezy6974 1 month ago

41:03 I think it would have made since to put the "islands" on either side instead of both on one side

@Afuru1 4 weeks ago

The earth has 4 corners?😮

@cozmcwillie7897 4 weeks ago (edited)

13:36 Not diesel. Fuel oil. Quite different from each other. Nevertheless, coal, oil, even nuclear, fuel engines are all steam power.

@hooflungpoo275 3 weeks ago (edited)

This is nice and everything, however, one of the two carriers is always down for repairs and, you don't have enough F-35B's to fully stock the ship. Other than that, they're great.

@joshsegg2814 3 weeks ago

11:10 mm accuracy... its a foot off lol

@chrissearle6176 3 weeks ago

It was going so well until it started bugging up the the American contribution to carrier development.
In short, they contributed sweet FA, except nuclear propulsion which is more of a hindrance than a plus.

@cjsuk 4 weeks ago

Unfortunately its pretty useless to us in a war time situation, an aircraft carrier needs protection (like destroyers etc), we haven't got enough to viably protect it from being a sitting duck, so if we was to go to war on our own, it wouldn't be leaving port. However luckily were in NATO who should help "should"

@Shark-1005 1 month ago

All four corners of the Earth. Meaning asa kayo pag lilingkuran neto.

@lukegoddard8592 8 days ago

I can't fathom how this behemoth isn't running on nuclear power! How else could the government justify the 4.6 billion cost?? Especially considering the cost of fuel these days, I'm quite sure this boat isn't going anywhere. And the cost of nuclear is, what...zero? Ridiculous. I'm guessing this thing never leaves port.