HMS Prince of Wales sails from Portsmouth

HMS Prince of Wales returns to sea, for the first time since March 2020. The ship will undergo brief trials and a training period for the ship's company.
She suffered a serious internal flood while alongside in October 2020. See: www.navylookout.com/one-of-th...

[@Ping50505]

My son is on there I’m so proud of him . See you when you get back son x

[@colinflenley8601]

May he have safe travels Paul, from 🇦🇺

[@mechengineer4894]

Love from Canada. What an awesome spectacle of military might.

[@1chish]

Just like the busses: Wait for weeks to see a carrier and then two leave ..😂 Safe seas you lot 👍👏

[@noodles169]

I know it will be a rare event (usually one at sea, and one in dock) but it will be great to see Wales and Lizzie, sailing side by side, with the rest of the carrier support group 👍

[@RNS681]

They won’t be sailing together but I know what you mean.

[@TT-hd3zi]

@@RNS681 how do you know?

[@RNS681]

@@TT-hd3zi because prince of Wales is going on her first deployment like the Queen Elizabeth did last year or the year before and Queen Elizabeth is leaving 3 45 today going to South China Sea they may meet up for a short amount of time but I may be wrong but I think HMS POW is going to the US

[@TT-hd3zi]

@@RNS681 Prince of Wales is staying around the UK. It is certainly possible that the two will meet up . Queen Elizabeth is heading to the North-West of Scotland for Exercise Formidable Shield for a few weeks before going on her maiden deployment.

[@TT-hd3zi]

@@RNS681 sorry, that’s Exercise Strike Warrior, not Formidable Shield. Formidable Shield will happen within Strike Warrior but doesn’t concern the carrier.

[@noelthomas9290]

It's like the beginning of Starwars , with that Star Destroyer :P

[@28DAYS77]

A amazing to see HMS Prince of Wales back out!

[@jamesgreen3417]

Great to see the POW out of harbour.

[@michaelsalt4565]

Always impressive to see either of carriers passing the round tower

[@number8485]

What a magnificent sight.. So great to know that the UK has TWO of these great ships. How about a third?

[@Albertkallal]

What a nice design - all nice and new. With automated weapons systems, and the F35's - it quite a slick setup for such a ship.

[@j.d.peppmeier9041]

An impressive warship for the UK and the Royal Navy to be proud of ! Fair winds and following seas Prince of Wales !

[@SneakyShark]

Had the privilege of going onboard for a tour a while back - good photos standing on top of the ski-jump!

[@dan8031]

Wishing you fair winds and calm seas. Best wishes to all onboard.

[@jimfrodsham7938]

From a long retired Squaddie, that's magnificent and awe inspiring 👍🏻

[@archerry6457]

....all those harriers we got rid of.... What a sight that would have been...

[@karlosthejackel69]

They were older than you

[@archerry6457]

@@karlosthejackel69 ha! I wish!

[@Albertkallal]

Hum, I have feeling either way. I wish they just keep them running during the transition to F35's. They would have two operational ships right now. One with 18 Harriers and the other with 18 F35's. It also would have keep training levels top notch. In other words, in a moments notice, they could field two such ships in a emergency. And Britain now does have 18 F35's. Between F35's and a flock of Harriers, they would have right now a VERY impressive air power ability for their Navy. And in a pinch deploy the two carriers.

[@biddyboy1570]

It's not just hanging on to the airframes, it's spare parts, operating techniques and skills, not to mention pilots. It's just not worth it or financially practical to keep old tech.

[@karlosthejackel69]

@@biddyboy1570 Never argue with the arm chair generals.

[@twinturbo5212]

Beautiful ship, bless her and all who sail on her ❤️

[@colinshaw1323]

Things like that makes you so proud to be British good Luck to all who sail in her

[@user-um3qn4fk9g]

Not bad, I like this new ship.

[@charlestellis7021]

Just beautiful!

[@SanBrunoBeacon]

WOW! It actually floats!

[@adrianoclincho1852]

She's one big lady god bless all who sail on her💚

[@lancersharpe]

Should've had three of these wonders. Ton for ton, the best carriers in the world.

[@davidhouseman4328]

We are stretched at 2, it would take a massive budget increase for a 3rd to make sense.

[@uxbridgeuk]

Wow what a ship, the name "Prince of Wales", reminds me though of my dads cousin who was lost on board H.M.S Repulse when it was sunk with H.M.S Prince of Wales

[@simonstone4496]

This is what we've been waiting for

[@Mungo658]

sick ramp mate

[@Gudha_Ismintis]

that ski ramp is an eyesore

[@flyship]

Awesome!!

[@dean1039]

Hopefully she will meet up with the Queen Elizabeth carrier strike group on the open ocean, what a sight that would be, and a long time coming as well!

[@spitfire8790]

they won't, not enough escort as well as not enough F-35 each carrier is expected to carry some 34 F-35B multirole fighter but there's only 18 available 3 in the US in training and 8 on board of QE for its 6 month trip and Prince of wales just got commissioned recently it still needs to do alot of sea trials as well as training for her fighter squadron and her crews.

[@dean1039]

@@spitfire8790 I meant in British waters before Queen Elizabeth's carrier group sails for its first port. I know the Prince of Wales obviously can't accompany the carrier group on its deployment yet.

[@RNS681]

@@dean1039 first stop is Gibraltar I’m going to watch the task force leaving later.

[@spitfire8790]

@@dean1039 oh ok, but even when it's commissioned i'm not sure if it's ready to lead it's own carrier strike group there's just not enough f-35 to fill up it's deck.

[@dean1039]

@@spitfire8790 You're still missing my point.

[@bdf8608]

WOW, God bless and keep you all safe.

[@beachboy0505]

Amazing, God bless

[@fredjcarss7788]

Great lines. Miss seeing them both in the Forth.

[@lincslad54]

Safe journey

[@sammollyrosypads]

Fabulous 👍⚓️❤️🇬🇧

[@aaron032977]

Did they cut the live feed?

[@johnrice3882]

I'm sure that it'll make an excellent target practice!!!.It just looks so lovely and a tad sinkable

[@doctorcrichton]

It's like big architecturally brilliant frozen music floating on the waves!

[@shinkoreancookery952]

Good luck everyone!

[@tee2899]

Have a great trip lads and lasses, and keep your eyes on the Kai tais. I'd love to be onboard. Ex Hermes chef.

[@geoffh4578]

Should have been named HMS Duke of Edinburgh but I am sure there will be a Royal Navy ship soon to honour that esteemed title as there was a long time ago

[@ThePalaeontologist]

I totally agree, though the thought occurred to me that the _Duke_-class (Type 23) Frigates, to some extent are still around and shall still be going strong for many years to come, until fully phased-out by the Type 26 and Type 31e. I'm wondering though, do you think they should continue the _Duke_-class naming convention and roll it over into the as yet unnamed Type 31e's (rather small for a title so grand as the Duke of Edinburgh; which you'd expect for something like one of these carriers as you say) _or_ should it be reserved for a special, one off ship, just later down the line? There is the mysterious (probably special mission/minesweeper Type 31e hull spin off, of the Type 32, but I doubt they'll be what would really be worthy of 'Duke of Edinburgh' either in this context, with recent events in mind) I think folk would want to save that name for something special. The next thought was of the Type 83 Destroyer apparently in the works conceptually. Those are supposed to be huge and if they are going to be replacing the Type 45 Destroyers/ _Daring_-class Destroyers, then the naming convention could perhaps be overlooked for at least the first ship in class? The _Duke_-class Type 23's slightly complicate this because I'd expect them to move up the alphabet as they tend to when naming ships. However, in the long history of the Royal Navy (>500 years) there have been many forms of naming conventions, for many types of warship. The way ships are usually named in the 21st century doesn't have to be considered 'the only way' so to speak. The _Dreadnought_-class Nuclear Strategic Submarines have names which are all over the place compared to the alphabetically astute _Astute_-class, constantly repeating the use of 'A' in the first letter of the name. Maybe HMS _Duke of Edinburgh_ would have fit in better with the other names in the _Dreadnought_-class, but they've all (all four of them) been named now so it's too late. Considering HMS _King George VI_ is the name of one of that class, alongside Dreadnought, Warspite and Valiant, I reckon _Duke of Edinburgh_ would be very appropriate considering his connection with King George VI through Queen Elizabeth II retrospectively of course, and it was George VI's Royal Navy he was serving in throughout WWII. I dare say if he'd passed away a few years back maybe people would have wanted one of those submarines to be named after him. What would they name HMS _Duke of Edinburgh_ with those complications in mind? Maybe some kind of amphibious assault ship of the future, or a future line of cruisers or something? Tried to work this one out but the Type 23 thing threw me a bit because that kind of makes you think they _have_ to move on past using that word 'Duke' specifically. In the Age of Sail once an individual ship with a particular name had been decommissioned, the name was "freed up" and they'd often rapidly rename the older ship something else while used as a hulk/block ship/prison hulk/guard ship/training ship/tender/or just in some mothballed state etc etc and give the more valued and desired name to some new ship. Maybe when the last Type 23 is decommissioned, they could just rename the very first Type 83 HMS _Duke of Edinburgh_ as I say, and having freed up the naming convention of 'Duke', even if the rest of the class has _nothing_ to do with names resembling 'Duke of...' etc. I'd prefer to call the Type 83 Destroyers something beginning with 'C', as a convention, because Type 82 HMS _Bristol_ was obviously 'B' for Bristol, and a one-off herself. Maybe I'm missing something here and apologies if I have the naming conventions muddled or in the wrong order. Another way of looking at it is that the last Type 26 _City_-class frigate is supposed to be called HMS _Edinburgh_ specifically referring to the city, but she won't be in service for a long while to come. This also makes me think HMS _Duke of Edinburgh_ is kind of unlikely because it not only clashes with the _Duke_-class Type 23's but also sounds really too similar to HMS _Edinburgh_ and it would be odd to have both names active at the same time. Stranger things have happened in the long history of the Royal Navy, but I'd say people would get confused between them. Maybe HMS _Edinburgh_ would just pay heavy tribute to the Duke of Edinburgh but I think by then it'd be like the late 2020's or something. P.S - if only it were possible, a third British carrier named HMS _Duke of Edinburgh_ would solve the entire issue and even if it shared the seas with HMS _Edinburgh_ of the Type 26 Frigates, it'd be big enough to simply be too iconic to mix up. Alas, if it were possible (I know most would say a third British carrier these days is impossible due to the way things are but yeah, theoretically it would perfectly fit in alongside _Queen Elizabeth_ and _Prince of Wales_ as a regal sounding title) However, another issue with that is that hands down, any theoretical third UK carrier, should automatically just get the name HMS _Ark Royal_ as it really should and as it is generally most popular I think. Of course there is still some debate over whether HMS _Prince of Wales_ was the best name for the 2nd carrier, and it has had some criticism, though the thing I always remind myself is that it is extremely fitting that we now have an aircraft carrier named after a WWII Battleship of the same name, which was tragically lost to aerial attack. For that reason alone, out of sheer respect, I like the name (but the whole connection drawn to Prince Charles which is often made, doesn't matter as much to me, simply respecting that legacy of the WWII Battleship instead) HMS _Ark Royal_ should be the next British carrier named I'm sure would be popular. That said, I wish they'd call an entire future carrier class, the _Eclipse_-class to really go all space age.

[@philellis9465]

We have waited what, 70 years for a KGVI

[@ThePalaeontologist]

@@philellis9465 This is true.

[@KumaBean]

They're planning on building a new £200m Royal Yaught and naming it after him. Meanwhile, many of our Vets are sleeping on the f*cking streets,........ 😡

[@ThePalaeontologist]

@@KumaBean Unfortunately I had to like your comment as I want show I agree with your sentiment, and agree it would be wrong on basic principle. However, I must say that superficially, the £200 million on a Royal Yacht sounds bad but tbh it does have it's uses and could help fly the flag for Global Britain. If they are smart and do build the thing a few years down the line (not right now) then it should be used largely in Royal duties (not just for jollies) and be a major ambassadorial hub for the UK. Like, hosting international dignitaries and the like. It would pay for itself that way. Yet you should be more angry with HS2. The government is throwing over ~110 Billion pounds (it might end up being far, far higher) at that but won't fully-fund veterans care and build *enshrined by law* accommodation fit for heroes. I don't mean the hit and miss looking attempts at housing for veterans the government has built. I don't like the look of a lot of new builds in general (toy town level stuff, sloppy, I've seen them going up round my region) It is very sad. The architecture of today is a bit rubbish a lot of the time. Veterans should have it all legally granted with even better pensions. They earn it. It boils my piss seeing how half-arsed the government is over veteran issues it's sickening.

[@richardherbert9320]

God bless!

[@petersone6172]

My only question mark about naming a ship Prince Of Wales, is its initials. Seriously hope our ships are not sent on suicide missions like in WW2.

[@lachlanchester8142]

Why would we do that, especially to this ship

[@randombritishguy2686]

Well unless it's attacked before a declaration of war reaches the uk, happens it's fate won't be the same as the last,

[@petersone6172]

@@randombritishguy2686 do you know about HMS Amethyst?

[@johnholt9399]

Personally I think they got it wrong and it should have been Ark Royal and POW hasn’t really got happy memories for the Royal Navy

[@TheProfessor_1]

ok this beast and the HMS QE SHITS GONNA GO DOWN FR

[@stevenhodgkinson7462]

God what i wouldn't give to work on one of those, if that doesn't make you proud nothing will, enjoy your first deployment on the QE lads and lasses ❤️

[@caper2x]

After the QE Pacific sales and demonstration pitch tour. Who is more likely to buy her? Australian, South Korea, or Japan?

[@jamesthompson6278]

Would anyone know what time it would be passing the west coast of Ireland ?

[@liamlawman7683]

Looking forward to may 1st, considering the 3 hours drive to witness it for myself

[@SneakyShark]

Excuse my ignorance but what is happening on May 1st?

[@liamlawman7683]

@@SneakyShark HMS Queen Elizabeth first deployment, combat strike i think theyre called going to indo-pacific ocean

[@SneakyShark]

@@liamlawman7683 Ah right of course, thought it was something related to R09. Was watching a vid on Forces News about the deployment in terms of the CSG and itinerary. I think anybody who's watching is pondering the bit through the South China Sea!

[@SneakyShark]

@@liamlawman7683 Will be in that neck of the woods myself tomorrow and wonder if there will be a view at all from Port Solent..

[@liamlawman7683]

@@SneakyShark lucky you, upload a video ! Haha 👍

[@amrithkumarevshipspotting4583]

Nice video shipspotting

[@mjojrjr6231]

Have a safe journey to WPS and protect and implement the freedom of navigation... ❤🙌🙏💪

[@edf6607]

Would have been nice if it had taken on Ark Royal's name since the last one was scrapped

[@bengibson9638]

What would have happened if Graf Spee had left Montevideo harbour and engaged Cumberland, Ajax and Achilles?

[@petersone6172]

Graf Spee didn’t have enough fuel to reach a friendly port, so even if it survived the encounter with the cruisers you mention, the RN would have searched the Atlantic with battle cruisers, carrier’s and anything else they could send, as they did after Hood was sunk the following year, that’s probably why it was scuttled, to save the crew from the fate would later befall other KMS ships during the war.

[@PhilbyFavourites]

They wouldn’t have been able to make that cracking film about it...

[@bengibson9638]

@@PhilbyFavourites exactly!

[@bengibson9638]

@@petersone6172 you're absolutely correct, I think that is exactly what would have happened and Langsdorf almost definitely knew that the game was up at that point. My comment was meant for Drachinifel's livestream but for some reason YT glitched and it ended up on this video that I'd watched previously lol

[@petersone6172]

@@bengibson9638 I think Drach is where I got the information.

[@siphotheguy1870]

*Argentina has left the chat

[@gubulusgabell5721]

Mighty UK 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 preparing for action

[@MrBBBLADY]

👍👍👍

[@BelloBudo007]

I'm not a ship guy, so just curious is that under tow or providing it's own power?

[@PhilbyFavourites]

It takes six tugs to instigate the move away from her berth. She is under her own power and the tugs and the AC work in close unison.

[@TheChickenLine]

Belt and Braces as she navigates the Deep Water Channel...

[@BelloBudo007]

@@PhilbyFavourites Thank you. Initially I couldn't spot the tow line. AC? Sorry!

[@BelloBudo007]

@@TheChickenLine Understood. Thank you.

[@joeysausage3437]

And, why two super structures?

[@Chuck59ish]

Maybe Canada should order 3, one for each ocean.

[@tonytsui8337]

Rule Britannia God Save The Queen

[@backdoes3250]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@nevillewalker6299]

From some of the photos they need to get the paint brushes out during the journey, rust everywhere. Brilliant al the same.

[@Pjayque]

Have to be proud of that!

[@longknife1272]

Meanwhile the U.S. has 8 carrier strike groups deployed.....Peace on Earth and Goodwill toward men....

[@lachlanchester8142]

Meanwhile the US has a defence budget that makes ours look like loose change

[@ThePalaeontologist]

Meanwhile the UK is roughly 1/5th the size of Texas alone, yet still has massive influence and striking power. Not bad for a smallish island archipelago in the Northern Atlantic Ocean eh.

[@Ripstop_pilot]

I thought the public had come to see me off on a wightlink ferry to the island!

[@Bob-dh7bv]

At least the horn works😂

[@darrenmonks4532]

Build more!

[@John-wt8bp]

When will HMS Prince of Wales be in service?

[@Rufinoman]

Excellent filming of a magnificent ship. But why no flags aft and forward?

[@studavies1967]

She hasn't been fully handed to the navy yet

[@Rufinoman]

@@studavies1967 Thanks!

[@TT-hd3zi]

@@Rufinoman that’s incorrect. She’s a commissioned ship.

[@TT-hd3zi]

@@studavies1967 that’s incorrect. She’s a commissioned ship.

[@studavies1967]

@@TT-hd3zi I'll get shot for forgetting that about 30 seconds after I posted it, I'll have to hide from my navy friends

[@hapiant]

Sunny day, by local standards

[@izaac1312]

🇬🇧❤️

[@paulhowden720]

No crew on deck. ?

[@lachlanchester8142]

I assume it’s because it’s not an actual deployment, but idk lots about the navy

[@jjsmallpiece9234]

Lets hope it has better luck than the last Prince of Wales in far eastern waters.

[@ThePalaeontologist]

I guess this isn't happening but is HMS _Prince of Wales_ going to join the carrier group up in Scotland for the next two weeks or so? HMS _Queen Elizabeth_ is heading up there on exercises prior to her 8 month overseas deployment all over the world with CSG21. The voyage which will take her through the South China Sea en route to Japan, stopping at so many countries along the way, including India. Though I don't think HMS _Prince of Wales_ would or even should go with them, I merely wonder though, if getting some photo opportunities and training in up in Scotland is reasonable or is that too soon for R09 currently? Stopping up in Scotland for a couple of weeks with the rest of the fleet and then returning to Portsmouth on the way back down would be interesting and make use of the opportunity. Seems a shame to let it go to waste.

[@spitfire8790]

It just got commissioned recently

[@ThePalaeontologist]

@@spitfire8790 Yes I know but that wasn't that recent; 10th December 2019. That's old news now dude. Not sure what it has to do with what I said other than, well, the development of a working air wing takes a lot of time and even the nearly 17 months since she was commissioned (minus about a week and a bit) was not _super_ long ago in the development process. It was a while back now though and HMS _Prince of Wales_ is much, much further along. Not quite as ready for proper deployments and potential action as HMS _Queen Elizabeth_ but nearly. The water flooding issues have been fully dealt with I think but these have delayed when HMS _Prince of Wales_ shall be completely ready, by months. Hopefully she'll be as prepared as HMS _Queen Elizabeth_ is within the next 12 months or so (?) I think they've put all 3 of the Phalanx CIWS on R09 now and they've done just about everything else except get the airwings on but that is a matter of waiting for the rest of the F-35's to be ready too (and the pilots trained for them) So it's going to take a while. Apparently, in 2020, R08 was at sea for 115 days but R09 was only out for 30 days, due to those water leaks and floods. Not sure how that correlates but I'm guessing that's set her back at least 2 months ish behind schedule but they might have made up for it somehow. She's ahead of schedule in some ways, because of lessons and efficiency savings learnt on HMS _Queen Elizabeth_ ironing out and finding problems for HMS _Prince of Wales_ to avoid (sadly the flooding situation happened to both; seems a common issue with a lot of ships but it cost several million pounds of damage to R09 the second and hopefully last time she flooded a few months back) She left Portsmouth on 30th April 2021 for training exercises (HMS _Prince of Wales_ that is) HMS _Queen Elizabeth_ left yesterday 1st May 2021 to go to Scotland for 2 weeks for going on her 8 month deployment.

[@paultanton4307]

@@ThePalaeontologist POW will be carrying out her FOST Training,a Photo Op with QE might be a real opportunity this week.

[@ThePalaeontologist]

@@paultanton4307 I agree, thanks.

[@johnpatterson4272]

Good British justice going down range. God Bless them and God Save the Queen.

[@paulevans3827]

👏🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@admiralmallard7500]

So wheres Wales off to, it's not on the deployment so I assume it's participating in the exercises off Scotland.

[@ScienceChap]

She'll have a frigate escort as well, and probably a Submarine. Busy days for the RN...

[@gordontranter8823]

🇦🇺😍👍💪

[@KumaBean]

That thing makes my Bestway look like a dinghy.

[@petersmith4455]

odd looking aircraft carrier. why dont they keep to traditonal designs like the 1950s ark royal or the victorious. staight runway and one tower ?

[@taswariqbal2917]

This is to show power it's not a solution there should be no need for force one country faceing America United Kingdom France Germany Australia and he's still managing to get his soughfority back Ukraine is suffering no one else

[@danielwhyatt3278]

It’s so great to see her like this. Especially with her heading out on her first redeployment and one of the biggest carrier strike groups in a decade. Let alone one entirely made up of Royal Navy ships.👌🏼 We’re finally getting back to how we should be.Let’s keep it up.

[@chrispickard1537]

Daniel sorry that's. Him. Not here. According to my. Vidio

[@theart8039]

hopefully it won't be back on a couple of days

[@mikerobinson3899]

Hi prince of wales from Mike Robinson

[@sparkiegaz3613]

Just a short run out or is she getting any aircraft to play with,,,,hopefully nothing breaks or water appears ware it shouldn’t be,,,

[@henryvagincourt4502]

Sparkiegaz + Go and play elsewhere mucker, we have heard it all before.

[@sparkiegaz3613]

@@henryvagincourt4502 yep your crude,, not much without jets and an air wing but maybe old United States of America will place a few on the donkey for us ...I’m assuming your working on pow at the moment,,,,,or have you ever been on anything other than a type 22 frigates many years ago searching for that golden rivet

[@henryvagincourt4502]

@@sparkiegaz3613 + 12 years mucker, Type 12M, Type 12I, and Type 42 batch 2, among others, you? We can all guess, sod all.

[@spitfire8790]

@@sparkiegaz3613 48 jets has been ordered 8 on board QE and the rest in RAF Marham and 3 in the US.

[@michaelallen5993]

Something is in the air it’s coming

[@nikstone2420]

Wouldn’t be better to build 5- of these. Instead of one super carrier. Just asking.

[@davidhouseman4328]

There's an argument for a lot of little ones. This size was chosen to provide a decent attack and defence at the same time. You could do the same with multiple smaller ones but your duplicate things which is waste. There also things where a large deck helps, like the rolling landing.

[@karlosthejackel69]

A lot of armchair military experts here

[@magnuswalker7957]

I, when I was lad, ee by gum.

[@colinhands925]

Rule Britania Britania rules the waves 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@johanberglund6240]

First carrier was called Queen Elizabeth, second Prince of Wales. Why wasn't the second named Prince Charles?

[@markturner4219]

Because first carrier isn"t named for this queen elizabeth, but for queen elizaneth the first (via the battleship of that name). The second carrier is named Prince of Wales whiich is a generic name was first used to name a ship for George III 's eldest son, Prince George Augustus Frederick - later George IV. This name has then passed down through 8 ships to the current holder.

[@johanberglund6240]

@@markturner4219 Aha so it was not the way I thought! You can probably figure out what I thought.

[@thepymes]

Calm down, peole! Prince of Wales is not heading to the fast east. Her ships crew are undoing Sea Training so won’t be embarking aircraft this time... Queen Elizabeth will be heading east in a few weeks time with a complement of ships and aircraft!

[@TT-hd3zi]

Prince of Wales will be embarking helicopters for flight trials.

[@thepymes]

@@TT-hd3zi True. I should have specified fixed wing aircraft!

[@Pax.Britannica]

Here's to making the South China Sea roar 'Rule Britannia!' once more.

[@sorcererberoll4641]

Wouldn’t that be prince of Wales II

[@Ripstop_pilot]

And if only the aircraft carriers actually carried aircraft.

[@kbeau9538]

The aircraft join it once it is out at sea!

[@trevorhart545]

Needs to be ready to replace HMS Queen Elizabeth in the Far East! Hence keeping F-35s in UK and using USMC on HMS QE summer cruise.

[@shaundavidssd]

Permanent US planes on both carriers

[@You_are_absoultely_right]

Go Back!

[@MSkallywagg]

Should have been called Ark Royal

[@randombritishguy2686]

I think warspite would be more appropriate.

[@BlueSteel331]

should have been named *'Royal Oak'.*

[@majorclanger8997]

@@randombritishguy2686 isn’t that the name of one of the new Dreadnought class boats?

[@randombritishguy2686]

@@majorclanger8997 might be, but going of a historical pretense warspite would have been better than ark royal.

[@ThePalaeontologist]

@@BlueSteel331 *Should have named the entire class the _Royal_-class and built 3 instead of 2, and called them: - HMS _Ark Royal_ - HMS _Royal Oak_ - HMS _Royal Sovereign_

[@dt2788]

Two super carriers at sea in commission. Other countries look out. Britannia is alive and thriving.

[@DinoNucci]

Aww that's cute

[@adelef8280]

Better make the most of the F35b, 18 and no more.

[@adelef8280]

@H L How do you work that one out?

[@bigearedmouse17]

Yet she carries no aircraft ?

[@kbeau9538]

The aircraft are based elsewhere they join the ship once it is at sea!

[@d.m.e.2275]

She's got no aircraft on her deck so she's currently like a toothless tiger. :(

[@spitfire8790]

The UK is buying 48 F-35B 18 has already arrived 3 still in the US for training and 8 on board of QE and the rest in No.617 "Dambusters" squadron stationed in RAF Marham

[@paultanton4307]

The F35's will join the QE at sea for her deployment,but the POW has yet to qualify them herself yet,she will be undergoing FOST which doesn't require them.

[@Jabber-ig3iw]

Yes let’s put lot of aircraft on it while it’s sat in Portsmouth doing nothing. It’s not like they could be doing anything like training is it🙄🙄🙄. You only put aircraft in aircraft carriers when in deployment or on an exercise where you will be using the aircraft. Not rocket science.

[@G0ogs]

Have a good look at it ,you help pay for it.

[@Gametime-ii9lw]

Floating Target lol!!!