Aired Saturday July 31,
2:00pm - 3:00pmon Yesterday +1
Britain's Biggest Warship
Series 1 Episode 3: Out With the Old, In With the NewHMS Queen Elizabeth approaches the climax of her sea trials in the North Sea. The automatic flight deck fire fighting system is a major innovation on board but must now be tested for the first time. The new super carrier makes a special and poignant visit to Scapa Flow in the Orkneys to mark an astonishing naval centenary: it is 100 years to the day that an aircraft was successfully landed on a moving vessel, but with ultimately tragic consequences.
- Category
- Documentary / Armed forces
- Original air date
- 2018-04-29
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