Britain’s new aircraft carriers can accommodate more Marines than HMS Ocean

Once HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales enters service, each aircraft carrier will be able to accommodate 910 Marines and aviation personnel, Defense procurement minister Philip Dunne said.

Photo: HMS Gannet/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons

This is 210 more than HMS Ocean, Britain’s sole amphibious helicopter carrier.

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