were they ever built?
The airfix carrier: The Future Aircraft Carrier is the most significant UK naval contract since the Ark Royal. Not only will it be a giant ship with multiple capabilities, it will also be built using a completely new modular approach. (Feature). Engineer, The, March, 2002 by David Fowler
One of the biggest surprises to come out of the Strategic Defence Review, conducted in the early stages of the first Blair government, was the decision to build two new aircraft carriers -- bigger than anything else in the current fleet.
At a time when the need for military and naval capability seemed to be decreasing, the idea of replacing the three current Invincible-class carriers with two giant ships the size of the 1950s Ark Royal was unexpected.
The logic, though, was that the two Future Aircraft Carriers, which are planned to enter service from 2012, would differ considerably from ...