For one thing, a ship this big could never be launched from Earth.
The ships of the class were launched between 1939 and 1942.
Built for a cost of $30million, the ship was launched in January 2004.
As a result, the ship could not be launched until 2 December.
The ship was launched a year and a half later, on 13 December 1908.
"Soon he will be in a position to launch new ships."
The ship was laid down in 1938, but never launched.
The ship was launched on 24 July 1963 before a crowd of 50,000.
The last ship built by Gray's was launched in 1961.
The plans were completed just before he died, and the ship was launched in 1756.