Glojo,
Apologies, probably overstated things a bit there: we won't have both ships up and running by 2018 but we should have initial sea trials sorted. The time frame we're working to according to the politicians is 2020 I believe so 1 ship (QE) plus first Sqn of jets , with the second ship (PoW) getting ready to go for when QE goes into her first refit seems realistic.
But at least 2 ships will be coming into service rather than just 1, with the other being sold/mothballed. I am just hoping that all of this doesn't change again in 2015....
I wouldn't believe everything in the papers!
