- Digital images show largest warships to be built for the Royal Navy
- Carriers can hold 65,000 tonnes and are capable of transporting 40 aircraft
- Ships made of three times the steel used for Wembley Stadium
The Aircraft Carrier Alliance (ACA) has released a series of powerful posters illustrating the sheer size of the warships.
The computer-generated images show the warships dwarfing some of the country's most recognisable landmarks.
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Sheer scale: This computer-generated image puts into context the huge size of the largest warship ever built for the Royal Navy
The ACA is a consortium of defence companies behind the construction of Portsmouth's newest carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales.
Ian Booth, programme director of the ACA, said: 'These posters depict the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers in front of the Houses of Parliament and in Portsmouth.
'They're stunning images and show that two really spectacular ships can be expected once construction is complete.'
A computer-generated image released last year showed how HMS Queen Elizabeth would look alongside at Portsmouth Naval Base.
The images reveal the length of the ship is the equivalent of 28 London buses and is almost three times the size of Buckingham Palace.
Around 80,000 tonnes of steel will be used for the two ships, three times that used in Wembley Stadium
Naval might: A computer generated image showing
the size of the new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carrier if it was in
Portsmouth
Massive: This comparison of the new aircraft
carrier shows it size in comparison to a London bus, Buckingham Palace
and a Type 45 destroyer
They are being constructed at shipyards around the country and taken for assembly at Rosyth in Scotland.
The Aircraft Carrier Alliance is formed of BAE Systems, Babcock, Thales and the Ministry of Defence.
Portsmouth South MP Mike Hancock said: 'This is superb and great news - it's going to benefit the city and the country on many different levels.
'I can't wait to see the work being completed and then seeing these ships in Portsmouth.'
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