Queen Elizabeth-class (other)
''Queen Elizabeth''-class may refer to: * , of the early 20th century * ''Queen Elizabeth''-class aircraft carrier (1960s), planned design of the 1960s * , a class of two 65,000-tonne aircraft carriers commissioned in 2017 and 2019 respectively See also * , 74-gun third-rates of the British Royal Navy * * Queen Elizabeth (other) Queen Elizabeth, Queen Elisabeth or Elizabeth the Queen may refer to: Queens regnant * Elizabeth I (1533–1603; ), Queen of England and Ireland * Elizabeth II (1926–2022; ), Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms * Queen B ...

CVA-01
CVA-01 was a proposed United Kingdom aircraft carrier, designed during the 1960s. The ship was intended to be the first of a class that would replace all of the Royal Navy's carriers, most of which had been designed before or during the Second World War. CVA-01 and CVA-02 were intended to replace and , while CVA-03 and CVA-04 would have replaced and respectively. The planned four carrier class was soon reduced to three before further being reduced to two until finally, following a government review in the form of the 1966 Defence White Paper, the project was cancelled - along with the proposed Type 82 destroyer class, which were intended primarily as escorts for carrier groups. Factors contributing to the cancellation of CVA-01 included inter-service rivalries, the huge financial costs of the proposed carrier against ongoing budgetary constraints, and the technical complexity and difficulties it would have presented in construction, operation, and maintenance. Some histo ...
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