@RoyalNavy to build HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier – largest Navy ship ever built – an annotated infographic

The 65,000-tonne HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier will be the largest ship ever built by the Royal Navy and the second biggest supercarrier in the world. HMS Queen Elizabeth will be formally named by the Queen on Friday, when she will smash a bottle of whisky against it at Rosyth in Fife, where the aircraft carrier has been assembled and fitted out. Ahead of this ceremony, Admiral Sir George Zambellas, First Sea Lord and chief of the naval staff, has said that having two carriers rather than one – a topic still up for debate ahead of next year’s Strategic … Continue reading @RoyalNavy to build HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier – largest Navy ship ever built – an annotated infographic

#PhoenixTowers in Wuhan city, China, will be 1km high and environmentally responsible – an annotated infographic

World’s tallest this, highest that, smartest whatever, biggest doohickey – we humans love to compare stuff to other stuff, which in turn ensures more stuff will be forthcoming to which we can compare the old stuff that used to impress us, but which has now been rendered dull and pointless by the new stuff. In that very spirit, we bring news of China’s planned Phoenix Towers, a one-kilometre tall skyscraper designed to be the environmentally responsible centrepiece of Wuhan city and which makes London’s Shard look like total crap, that being a measly 310m tall. The environmental credentials of Phoenix … Continue reading #PhoenixTowers in Wuhan city, China, will be 1km high and environmentally responsible – an annotated infographic