H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth.........
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2017 3:20 pm
............was commissioned today
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12 ... rrier-hsm/ in Portsmouth Navel base.
While I am immensely proud of her as a ship I can't help wondering if the cost can justify the end result. And, of course, there is the second carrier - H.M.S. Prince of Wales still to be completed.
They look like white elephants to me ..........
"white elephant
noun
a possession that is useless or troublesome, especially one that is expensive to maintain or difficult to dispose of."
We shall see.........
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12 ... rrier-hsm/ in Portsmouth Navel base.
While I am immensely proud of her as a ship I can't help wondering if the cost can justify the end result. And, of course, there is the second carrier - H.M.S. Prince of Wales still to be completed.
They look like white elephants to me ..........
"white elephant
noun
a possession that is useless or troublesome, especially one that is expensive to maintain or difficult to dispose of."
We shall see.........