The Royal Navy Had Plans for a 55,000 Ton Aircraft Carrier That Would Have Flown F-4 Phantom Fighters Like the US Navy

The Royal Navy Had Plans for a 55,000 Ton Aircraft Carrier That Would Have Flown F-4 Phantom Fighters Like the US Navy

Aircraft carrier CVA-01's planned air group was 18 F-4 Phantoms, 18 Blackburn Buccaneers, four Gannet airborne early warning aircraft and five Sea King helicopters — 45 aircraft in total. HMS Queen Elizabeth, the carrier Britain eventually built, is commonly cited as carrying up to 40. The ship they cancelled was designed to carry more.