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How to Build an Aircraft Carrier
- Author
- Chris Terrill
- Narrator
- Adam James
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 20 January 2022
- Run Time
- 12 hours 11 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
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Hear the enthralling story of the HMS Queen Elizabeth, the Royal Navy's largest ever warship.
65,000 tons. 280 metres long. A flight deck the size of sixty tennis courts. A giant piece of Sovereign British territory that's home to up to fifty Aircraft. HMS Queen Elizabeth in the biggest ship in the Royal Navy's history and one of the most ambitious and exacting engineering projects ever undertaken in the UK.
But it's her ship's company of 700, alongside an air group of 900 air and ground crew that are Big Lizzie's beating heart. And How to Build an Aircraft Carrier tells their story.
From before the first steel of her hull was cut, Chris Terrill has enjoyed unprecedented access to the Queen Elizabeth and the men and women who have brought her to life. From Jerry Kyd, the ship's inspirational captain, to Cdr Nathan Gray, the first pilot to land Britain's new stealth jet fighter on her deck, Terrill has won the trust and confidence of the ship's people.
How to Build an Aircraft Carrier tells the story of Britain at her best: innovative, confident, outward-looking and world-beating.
© Chris Terrill 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
Critics Review
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Terrill takes us deep into the bowels of Britain's biggest warship . . . Exhilarating
The Times
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Celebrates remarkable feats of engineering.
Telegraph
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Details
- Author
- Chris Terrill
- Narrator
- Adam James
- Duration
- 12 hours 11 minutes
- Release Date
- 20 January 2022
- ISBN
- 9781405952484
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Naval forces and warfare, Military and defence strategy, Ship design and naval architecture, Navigation and seamanship, Sea life and the seashore: general interest, Modern warfare, Air forces and warfare, Military vehicles and transport of air, land and sea
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.Hear the enthralling story of the HMS Queen Elizabeth, the Royal Navy's largest ever warship.65,000 tons. 280 metres long. A flight deck the size of sixty tennis courts. A giant piece of Sovereign British territory that's home to up to fifty Aircraft. HMS Queen Elizabeth in the biggest ship in the Royal Navy's history and one of the most ambitious and exacting engineering projects ever undertaken in the UK.But it's her ship's company of 700, alongside an air group of 900 air and ground crew that are Big Lizzie's beating heart. And How to Build an Aircraft Carrier tells their story.From before the first steel of her hull was cut, Chris Terrill has enjoyed unprecedented access to the Queen Elizabeth and the men and women who have brought her to life. From Jerry Kyd, the ship's inspirational captain, to Cdr Nathan Gray, the first pilot to land Britain's new stealth jet fighter on her deck, Terrill has won the trust and confidence of the ship's people.How to Build an Aircraft Carrier tells the story of Britain at her best: innovative, confident, outward-looking and world-beating.© Chris Terrill 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
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