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Nimitz-class and HMS Queen Elizabeth

Name:	Nimitz-class	HMS Queen Elizabeth
Type:	Aircraft carrier	Aircraft carrier
Origin:	USA	United Kingdom
Produced:	1975	2009
Unit cost:	4.5 Billion $	3.85 billion $

Full description:	Description, operators	Description, operators

Specifications

Range:	Unlimited	19,000 km
Displacement:	101,600–106,300 t	65,000 t
Aircraft:	85–90	24 to 36 fighter jets and 14 helicopters
Speed:	30+ kn (56+ km/h; 35+ mph)	25 knots (46 km/h)

Crew:	5,000	1,600

Displacement

Speed

Aircraft

Dimensions

Length:	332.8 m	284 m
Beam:	76.8 m	73 m
Draft:	11.3 m	11 m

Images

Nimitz-class

Author: "USS Nimitz in Victoria Canada 036" by Unknown - Resized and recompressed version of [1] from Nimitz's offical site (has several more images.). Licensed under Public Domain via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Nimitz_in_Victoria_Canada_036.jpg#/media/File:USS_Nimitz_in_Victoria_Canada_036.jpg License

HMS Queen Elizabeth

Author: By Dave Jenkins - InfoGibraltar - https://www.flickr.com/photos/infogibraltar/28386226189/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=68080871 License