A series of images show HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Albion with American assault ship USS Iwo Jima off the Scottish coast.

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(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brenton Poyser)
 (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brenton Poyser)
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brenton Poyser)
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brenton Poyser)

(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brenton Poyser)What ships are you looking at?

There are tonnes more images to be released, stay tuned!

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George has a degree in Cyber Security from Glasgow Caledonian University and has a keen interest in naval and cyber security matters and has appeared on national radio and television to discuss current events. George is on Twitter at @geoallison
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Steve Salt
Steve Salt
2 years ago

That`s an impressive amount of NATO steel !

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captain p wash
captain p wash
2 years ago
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Yup !

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JohnG
JohnG
2 years ago

Gosh, these pictures are like water to a very thirsty individual! Fantastic stuff. Really hope events like these and the pressure of having two carriers forces an uplift in warship numbers and in the creation of lph ships of some degree. Am genuinely optimistic about this.

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Graham Moore
Graham Moore
2 years ago
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Agreed! I doubt that having two carriers will prompt a flurry of uplift in escort numbers although I understand that we will go from 19 to 21 escorts in the fullness of time (via a figure of 17!). Not sure we will ever have the 2 carriers on task together, except as a PR stunt, hence we have enough escorts at 19 – 21.
What does ‘1ph’ mean?

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Gareth
Gareth
2 years ago

Good to see the ships are practicing social distancing….be interesting to know what steel lurks beneath the waves too.

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Edwin R
Edwin R
2 years ago

Very impressive indeed. I like Gareth’s comment; “…be interested to know what steel lurks beneath the waves…”. I would imagine it’s like the tip of an iceberg – 90% of the fleet’s firepower lies beneath the surface.

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