She'll be busy the next few days.
She certainly looks the sort.
Of course it is rare... you don't have many warships.
We've got 56 currently active, more than most countries.
This dwarfs our future aircraft carrier
It dwarfs most carriers. However, the new Queen Elizabeth-class carriers' placement is 70,600 tons, making them the third largest supercarrier class in service in the world, after the United States' Gerald R. Ford (first expected in 2015) and Nimitz classes.
Outside the United States Navy (which a Brit invented) - which operates too many carriers and which are too large (its carriers should be smaller) - the new Queen Elizabeth-class carriers are the largest carriers on Earth.
and is nuclear powered but our isn't
The MoD decided not to go for nuclear propulsion due to its high costs.
and will need tankers escorting it
Bull****
RASs are, however, common things at sea.
Four new Tide-class tankers are being built for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary for this purpose: RFA Tidespring, RFA Tiderace, RFA Tidesurge and RFA Tideforce.
However, as the carriers will be powered electrically, with the fuel needed merely to power two Rolls-Royce Marine Trent MT30 36 MW (48,000 hp) gas turbine generator units and four Wärtsilä diesel generator sets (two 9 MW or 12,000 hp and two 11 MW or 15,000 hp sets), they won't have to be refuelled as often, and this will help them operationally.
but with no planes it won't need to go any where !!~
The Ministry of Defence has ordered 48 F-35Bs so far for the new carriers, but could yet order more. Each carrier will be capable of carrying 50 aircraft in total.
Now stop posting posts from people who think they're experts on aircraft carriers but aren't.