Britain's Biggest Warship

HMS 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

29/04/2018