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HMS ''Prince of Wales'' is the second under construction for the Royal Navy, with plans for active service from 2020. She is the eighth Royal Navy ship to have the title HMS ''Prince of Wales''. Construction of the ship began in 2011 at Rosyth Dockyard. Unlike most large carriers she is not fitted with catapults and arrestor wires and is instead designed to operate V/STOL aircraft; the ship will carry up to 40 F-35B Lightning II fighter-bombers; and Merlin helicopters for airborne early warning and anti-submarine warfare. The design emphasises flexibility, with accommodation for 250 Royal Marines and the ability to support them with attack helicopters and troop transports up to Chinook size and larger.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Portsmouth Naval Base facts )〕 During the 2014 NATO summit, Prime Minister David Cameron announced that ''Prince of Wales'' will be brought into service, contrary to proposals in the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review.〔https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/nato-summit-2014-pm-end-of-summit-press-conference〕 ==Design and construction== (詳細はShort Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) jets from a ski-jump ramp. The 2010 SDSR called for the UK to buy conventional take-off F-35C jets and to convert ''Prince of Wales'' to a CATOBAR configuration, but this proved too expensive. So in May 2012 the Government announced that the (STOVL) F-35B variant would be purchased instead and the carrier will now be completed with a "ski-jump". The Strategic Defence and Security Review of 2010 declared that the UK needed only one carrier, but penalty clauses in the contract meant that cancelling the second vessel was more expensive than building it. So the SDSR directed that the second carrier should be built and then either mothballed or sold. More recently the RN's 2012/13 yearbook stated "both carriers are likely to be commissioned and may even be capable of operating together". It was announced in 2014 that the carrier will be brought into service rather than sold off or mothballed. Under current plans ''Prince of Wales'' will be commissioned in 2020. At a press conference on 5 September 2014, following the NATO summit in Wales, the Prime Minister announced that HMS ''Prince of Wales'' will be brought into service alongside HMS ''Queen Elizabeth'', ending years of uncertainty surrounding the future of the second carrier.〔(BBC News ) ''UK aircraft carrier Prince of Wales to go into service'' 5 September 2014〕 The ''Prince of Wales'' is being assembled at Rosyth from 52 blocks built by six shipyards around the UK. Construction began on 26 May 2011 with the first steel being cut at Govan shipyard by Dr Liam Fox.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Steel cut on second super-carrier )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Prince of Wales (R09)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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