Queen Elizabeth settles down: David Downs - engineering director for the Aircraft Carrier Alliance (ACA)- reports on the latest progress at Rosyth

摘要

On September 26th the 450 tonne sponson block SP11 was lifted into position at the stern of HMS Queen Elizabeth by the Aircraft Carrier Alliance's Goliath Crane at Rosyth. Every single lifting operation, using the largest capacity crane in the UK, has been carried out safely with no injuries or incidents. In fact all of them have been carried out on or ahead of the schedule that was set at the start of the manufacturing phase five years ago. This is a really great achievement and is a tribute to all the hard work done in engineering the lifting arrangements, rigging the crane and the meticulous planning that went into each lift.