Odds on a prang? the new Aircraft Carrier

Probably hang a few rubber rings down each side as fenders.

Eye of a needle stuff.

The initial part is normal but with only 6 feet to spare at one of the bridges that will we worth watching.
Hopefully all will be well and our bridges remain intact, we're rather proud of them.

Lets hope it doesn't have to enter a war zone with bridges.

Blair's folly. Insanely expensive vanity project.

No danger of a prang, don't be silly ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-40402153

I hope they know what they are doing.  50cm clearance- errrr!!! I am assuming they think the thing won't pitch.
Weather - wind/leeway - something that high can drift like a barge. I guess the number of tugs MIGHT hold it.

Not much cop without a decent battle group to defend it

I hope they paid for the optional extras like parking sensors and cameras and side protectors.

Probably got 3rd party fire & theft.

So should be OK

Lets hope it is not involved in one of those crash scams where a ship in front flashes the carrier to proceed and then pulls out!

Slicer - you simply are not taking the defence of the realm seriously.

Her Maj will put you on the naughty step

Or even her tower................

I will leave that one open for an own goal from me, if you dare say it  nudge nudge!!!

Defence of the realm? The forces are too busy fighting the enemy without, rather than the 23 thousand enemy within!

Some of the big liners can get under the  Rail Bridge 46m but cant clear the road bridge 44m ,cant see a height for the Queensferry Crossing.The tugs have GPS control systems and are all connected via a control system so it is an exact science
suppose the salinity/density of the water is not a constant,surprised they are going under the Bridges tonight and not tommo morning as tues low tide much more favourable ,cant be that tight or maybe traffic issues are a concern and they dont want all the traffic stopping on the old shakey!

i hope the engines work better than the other boats they built recently?
they had to go back to port to add more engines.

That's part of what sea trials are about Zoz

Low tide 1130'ish tonight B&B?

moisok
I hope they know what they are doing.  50cm clearance- errrr!!! I am assuming they think the thing won't pitch.
Weather - wind/leeway - something that high can drift like a barge. I guess the number of tugs MIGHT hold it.

That's normal for launching a vessel.
Would never have been launched in a storm btw.

Gutted I wasn't working down there today ... I'd have hung around after to witness it.  Good question by bnb on the height of the new crossing - I'll ask next time I'm on site.

^ the clearance, I should say.  It's fairly similar anyway.

trilby whereabouts are you ?

All the nice girls love a sailor

I'm in Perth, Biscar.  How?

43 (wit-ham!) second vid of the ship leaving Rosyth last night ... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-40415959/hms-queen-elizabeth-sets-sail-from-...

trilby..........How ? It's fu cking WHY !!!!! Lived in High Blantyre for a while back in the early 70s took me a while to realise "How" was "Why"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf1X_F0DIaw

think what looks like a gun is in fact the mast folded ,one big ship and looks awesome  sliding under the bridges and away into the night .

BBC used a Photoshopped image ,looked like it was doing the impossible and going under the bridges sideways


Queensferry Crossing has 45m clearance . so the old forth road bridge was the tightest obstacle .

Went  through pretty quickly ,was not that tight and YT link has a nice size comparison with the train going over the iconic  bridge in front of HMS Queen Elizabeth.

That's Zorro's neck of the woods isn't it Dan?  Anyhoo, how should it be why and no how?

Cracking link there bnb, nice one.

How do you say that Dan?

See you Jimmy I'll batter your fookin lights out Or stick the heed on you Glasgow early seventies Belfast light