Island installed at Rosyth on schedule

The QE Class carrier’s forward island lift was witnessed by UK Defence Secretary Philip Hammond

The recent lifting into place of the forward island marks a “highly visible achievement” in the build of the UK’s new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers says Babcock QEC project director Sean Donaldson.

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