HMS Queen Elizabeth makes grand entrance on return to Portsmouth

[@hughfranklin4002]

Welcome home everyone, congratulations on a job well done. Proud of everyone of you.

[@DianaKazimiera-]

All the best and respect for HMS Queen Elizabeth 🇬🇧 🕊️

[@StorytimePublications]

Well done for losing 100 million pound aircraft yes well done

[@kendrickcabe2132]

@@StorytimePublications Nice you would not prob say it to a real naval admiral infront of you

[@TF-xr4pq]

Thanks for your service everyone involved with this!! Making Britain proud 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@Bruce-1956]

Using American and Dutch personeel.

[@julianusvictor327]

@@Bruce-1956 They provided one shop each. We provided the remaining 7 ships. This was to showcase interoperability with our allies but nonetheless we provided most of the personnel and equipment.

[@brocavegaming8640]

@@Bruce-1956 Was a cooperative mission lad, not sure what you're getting at here.

[@williammorley2401]

@@Bruce-1956 , American and Dutch personel! 10 ships, 1 American and 1 Dutch; over 90% British!.

[@tsubadaikhan6332]

Welcome back to being a true Global Power Royal Navy. Much Love from Australia. Love live both your Queen Elizabeths!

[@Bruce-1956]

With the help of the US and Dutch.

[@emmasatherley3324]

@@Bruce-1956 US are just back up.

[@45641560456405640563]

@@Bruce-1956 Whiny little critter eh?

[@brettmitchell1777]

The Queen is Australia’s Queen too you know.

[@williamdodds1394]

Australia under lock down people want out of that prison camp indeed .

[@vtbmwbiker]

What a wonderful welcome home and such an incredible first deployment. Congratulations and bravo zulu from Vermont!

[@380Scania]

Welcome home Big Lizzie and all those aboard you have done your nation proud!

[@thepymes]

Incredible effort by everyone involved in this land mark deployment! It certainly makes me proud to have so many young people demonstrate that this country can still be outward looking, inclusive (working with so many allies) and powerful. BZ to all!

[@Bruce-1956]

Especially the Americas and the Dutch without whom no carrier defence.

[@paulparker8298]

Waste of money considering how knackered the country is !!! Delusions of grandeur!!

[@jayo3074]

You people never cease to amaze me

[@brocavegaming8640]

@@paulparker8298 Knackered country aye? You're a joke lad.

[@chaz2187]

This is very heart warming… 🥲

[@martinchamberlain542]

Welcome home, you’ve done a great job and we are all very proud of you! Lots of navy babies next autumn?!

[@landhopper4296]

So good to see the lads and lasses back again. So proud of you all, and what an impact!

[@donaldmcfatridge4138]

Well done, sending respect from Canada.

[@tarqscam8491]

The whole country is proud of you all.

[@TheAriaFans]

Wow i'm so proud of ya'll, awesome deployment and great success !! Love from Taiwan

[@TheInfamousMrFox]

The carrier group should have made a port call in Taiwan.

[@TheAriaFans]

Taiwan strait is never a part of CCP's territory, it's free and open to everyone. Friendly visit is always welcomed !

[@TheInfamousMrFox]

@@TheAriaFans Never has been and never will be. The free world stand behind peaceful democratic Taiwan, hence the warships from all over Europe recently touring your neighbourhood. :D

[@TheAriaFans]

Yes, i noticed that, it's quite interesting that many warships from all over Europe paid a visit to south china sea recently, which never happen for the last decade. Nice to see that CCP's aggressive movement gradually catches Europe's attention.

[@mariogiresi6792]

Congratulations to our greatest ally🇺🇸🇬🇧

[@johnholt9399]

Welcome home brilliant show of UK fortitude and determination to uphold what is right in the world.

[@trob0914]

As they say, “ The Sun Never Sets on the British Empire!” This carrier group deployment seems to have proved the point! This coming from an American veteran, long live the British Empire!!!🇬🇧

[@Bruce-1956]

That is offensive to millions of people around the world.

[@Togidubnus]

A veteran of what - the War of Independence? Britain has not had an Empire for quite some time now. Before you know it, women will be allowed to vote.

[@richardpoblador6302]

God bless HMS Queen Elizabeth and all that sails in her!

[@johnrice3882]

Glad to see her back in one piece!!

[@Eructation1]

Would love to work on that ship. Shame I’m 60 years old , I’d sign up tomorrow.

[@SurinderKumar-pb2cm]

Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier battle gtoup has very successful mission flying the flag in three oceans and making Britain great again .

[@paulshaw4056]

Welcome home HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH from a once great sea port ( Liverpool ) dont worry about the loss of a plane the pilots life and the saftey of the crew is more important. well done all.

[@alanstanley9465]

Welcome home, proud of you all.

[@JammyDodger45]

🤐 ... Don't tell any Matelots but as a Bootneck for almost 20yrs I have bags of respect and admiration for the professional way the Andrew goes about it's business. The Army and RAF can't even get close you their level.

[@GlasgowBandit]

The Navy looks amazing I've been in the Army but if I could go back in time I would of joined the navy 💪

[@jayo3074]

The navy is for weak men

[@GlasgowBandit]

@@jayo3074 🤣what about the Royal Marines and SBS they are navy

[@jayo3074]

@@GlasgowBandit they go on more deadly missions so I don't include them

[@kevinlove4356]

@@jayo3074 Also, they have different marches. "Heart of Oak" vs. "A Live on the Ocean Wave."

[@jayo3074]

@@kevinlove4356 wow I never knew that. Do you have any experience with either of them?

[@sheikhamin6252]

Very great reunion. It's a sign of global Britain power to spread the message of freedom, respect but determine to resist the of defence to protect the democracy around the world.

[@SNOWDONTRYFAN]

One hopes that they made a fly on the wall documentary , more so to see how the USMC got on with the Matelots

[@1chish]

The same bloke (Chris Terrill) who did videos on Westlant18 and Westlant19 was on this trip as well. Expect a couple of documentaries soon.

[@robertcook2572]

They're professionals - they'll have got along just fine

[@pip5461]

Welcome back...!

[@Rufinoman]

Very emotional!

[@martinhogg5337]

Great stuff!

[@reenycampbell8618]

Attn: Her Majesty:

[@robertmiller5258]

So proud

[@eakaratsarsukh1033]

THANKS AGAIN

[@steveh5005]

Welcome home!

[@georgeholmes6254]

Welcome home, you beautiful bastards!

[@GeorgeChoy]

welcome back, glad you're all safe

[@rmstitanic8163]

Welcome home! Very proud! 🇬🇧👍✌️

[@dealerinhope]

Back in time for Xmas! :-) Enjoy being back with your loved ones, make the very most of it. Merry Xmas to you all.

[@eakaratsarsukh1033]

BEYOND THE STAR ⭐️

[@이진유-s5d]

영국 항모 멋있당

[@bdf8608]

Well done...have a great Xmas

[@hbombharry]

Welcome home shipmates

[@jakehudson6992]

Welcome home 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@hannannah1uk]

How did we lose the plane? Hope the pilot/s are safe.

[@Keyswiz71]

The pilot ejected ok, though probably had a sore back for a few days! Looking at the footage I would suggest there was an engine malfunction that led to insufficient airspeed to get away from the carrier. I guess the military air accident investigation branch investigation will release a report in the near future with more details.

[@ertugciftci]

@@Keyswiz71 From what I've read, an engine cover wasn't removed, resulting in indeed an engine malfunction

[@acecraige6419]

Congratulation, Strike Grup ,Hope u Stay, 10, Years in West,Philipines,sea,,

[@jamesbrien1944]

Fantastic!

[@kendrickcabe2132]

Good job to those people!

[@ericcsn]

Real sacrifice to be away deprived from loved ones, spouses, partners.

[@brettmitchell1777]

Build two more QE class for Australia and Canada.

[@jimkeener3773]

Congratulations. RN.

[@philipwood9526]

We get by with a little help from our friends.

[@reenycampbell8618]

Attn: Her Majesty: Technology tortured with weapons and is why you see errors below.

[@gaylehunter7744]

Someone tell me why the jet’s take off with whatever that is up in the air wouldn’t it considerably slow it down

[@raywhitehead730]

Now off on a "secret mission" ?

[@kevinlove4356]

I am mildly curious as to why the ship was named "Queen Elizabeth," and not "Elizabeth II." There are plenty of other people named Queen Elizabeth, starting with the mother of Elizabeth II.

[@lumpyfishgravy]

Have a quick pint then it's back to the Black Sea, lads.

[@michaelmitchell6629]

I served in us navy most decorated war ship Uss New Jersey bb62 deck dept first division that other reason will not be getting any virus shots

[@MrBBBLADY]

👍👍👍

[@LastingFootprints]

Time to send them back out war never stops

[@morganthunder290]

Great. Now please can you drop anchor off the Dover Straights and protect your country from the dinghy diver invasion 🙏.

[@peterlloyd8313]

7 months ,long trip? A dog watch compared with the old navy. 12 ,13 months and more sometimes.

[@simonhool3073]

This isn’t the longest the crew will be away, no one has said this is it ‘no more than x months away’. What’s your point in the comparison? Deployments have always varied in length, regardless of vessel type for decades. If you can get more out of a crew through rotations or shorter more frequent deployments then it’s worth it.

[@daviddenley3512]

Has the Pilot who parked his very expensive aircraft at the bottom of the sea been let out of the Cells yet? 😉 Only joking...I hope he's ok and had no injuries, thank God for ejector seats.

[@Infiniteparsatx]

I wouldn't want his spine

[@peterstreet4430]

@@Infiniteparsatx Apparently they’re a lot better than they used to be.

[@DunedinMultimedia2]

It's coming out of his pay.

[@andywfr]

Legend has it he donated it to the submariners 😳

[@Thorpex1960]

Martin Baker have been making ejection seats now for 70 years and each is an improvement on the prior one

[@nottmfunguy]

It's a good step forward for the RN, you cant fault the effort. Now HMS QE is back, normally the ship will be in refit for 18 to 24 months. Maybe it should be a chance to get EMALS and arrester gear fitted, I know despite the forward fitting mounts for EMALS it could be upto 3 years before she is back in service. But for the long term i would be beneficial, plus get her crew trained up on on US carriers for CATBAR operations. I do get the feeling the MOD aren't so fussed about F35b more then the carrier variant.

[@simonhool3073]

Both carriers ads going out next year

[@ThatCarGuy]

Keep up the great work UK. Hope to see more type 45s or AB class. Hope to see you beat China to the punch on nuclear carriers, keep up the amazing work becoming the power you once were on the waves. Great job, wish all of NATO could/would spend at least as much as you guys. GBUS.

[@brettmitchell1777]

Shut up about nuclear carriers fool.

[@dabo5078]

Unlikely considering the British hadn't even got working catapult technology.

[@ThatCarGuy]

@@dabo5078 I have faith in our allies :)

[@brettmitchell1777]

@@dabo5078 Unlikely as it’s not wanted by the RN you mean. The UK invented cat and trap! Any idea when we can see the Ford in operations? how long has it been now? 🙄

[@reenycampbell8618]

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[@hourbee5535]

Minus one very expensive F-35

[@joem0088]

Back just in time to defend PM Boris !!

[@litchi4507]

What happened to the fallen F35?

[@woolyimage]

I believe it has been recovered

[@drproctologist]

mornin' hms queen elizabeth, no luck finding them f35 then?

[@simonpotter7534]

According to reports its been recovered

[@JohnSmith-ts8xp]

It's just the 1 F-35, actually.

[@Pasdidentifiant00]

This crew should be punished for having lost a plane ... what a shame!

[@henryhaigh7575]

Safely home we lost an f35

[@colinyuan5404]

this ship is easy to sunk

[@arealbobbydazzler2520]

Good job Welcome back to prison island

[@merrybolton2135]

A great waste of tax money .

[@simonhool3073]

Explain.

[@goelnuma6527]

Which ship kept breaking down all the time?

[@effkay84]

Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov

[@andyberryman3148]

Diamond, unfortunately.

[@noelcahill6707]

More planes need cats should be fitted for more plane options

[@simonhool3073]

Cats and traps are expansive and not reliable, when one breaks all fail. They take up more space too.

[@noelcahill6707]

@@simonhool3073 i fully get that big time but at the min even to fill the gap theres not enough f35s we could easy buy 20 french jets tried and tested good planes to go along side while f35 nos go up

[@gspotmop8242]

Just down one multi-million dollar fighter🤣

[@reenycampbell8618]

:

[@illest28s]

Well done Britain ur still way off the other country's when it comes to army's you used to be the biggest

[@reenycampbell8618]

🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧But the LORD Almighty will be exalted by his justice, and the holy God will be proved holy by his righteous acts.Beloved of the Lord of Hosts My cousins I send Love and sound advice, love Reeny Isaiah 5.16 But the LORD Almighty will be exalted by his justice, and the holy God will be proved holy by his righteous acts.🧧When you feel that temptation to make a deal. Remember they have your life at their heel. 🧧Matthew 4.4 🧧Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧Genesis 3.15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”🎁🎁🎁🎁

[@joem0088]

Welcome her home - AND KEEP HER THERE. Next time send ballet company, Turner exhibit or Shakespear play to Asia to signal friendship. If you send war signals again - you will get war !!

[@45641560456405640563]

Yeah, thanks for that deeply thought out contribution.

[@airhab]

Only 1 fighter plane misplaced this tour🤣🤣😂

[@stevetaylor8298]

what on earth is a "Strike Group"? What did they strike?

[@graemef6852]

Most expensive cruise in history. £100 million F35 lost, not through enemy action, yeah great, really great. Oh and now it's Christmas any threat stops?

[@Akm72]

Well we could always lock them up in secure climate-controlled warehouses and never fly them. That way none of them would ever crash and it would be a much better use of our limited defence budget!!

[@Liberty2025]

How about defending us against the invasion ocurring within the English Channel? It is a cloaked invasion so to not alarm us to reality that we ARE BEING INVADED while our Nazy does nothing!!!!

[@45641560456405640563]

@@Liberty2025 Grow up.

[@jjsmallpiece9234]

At lease there is a bit more hangar space on the carrier and a £100 missing from the Treasury.

[@organicgardener1112]

And they lost ond f-35? Hahaha Very successfull. I suppose Mr. BEAN WAS A PILOT?

[@binhma8589]

So far one of the F35b is not return . If the HMS goes to war with other countries it may not be able get back to it based at all.

[@simonhool3073]

What?

[@raywhitehead730]

Yet 3 US carriers are now deployed with over 200 planes, the UK now has.. NONE.

[@jamesrobert4265]

The US IS 40x the size of the UK. At least we have 2 World class ACs

[@raywhitehead730]

In the early 80s and well before the UK beloved a much larger and capable Navy. The UK denuded itself of a first rate navy. Its current carrier s can't give the full functions of a modern carrier. It is the product of a series of poor device by its government to reduce costs. Even now, there are rumbling misgivings about it....you got a poor carrier. Design.

[@45641560456405640563]

Butt-hurt?

[@raywhitehead730]

Simply making it back is a success?? How low can the Royal Navy go in your eyes

[@45641560456405640563]

@@raywhitehead730 Soooo, that's a yes. Think we can add attention seeking and whiny to your issues. Certainly some triggered troll elements in your make up as well. Given the level of your last gambit we aren't likely to need to add intelligent to that list.

[@brianarnold3250]

QE2 AIRCRAFT CARRIER Wonderful arrival thousands of sailors BUT NO AIRCRAFT. QE2 has no aircraft or helicoptors. The only carrier in the world which has no aircraft, but has to borrow them from the RAF and the Americans.

[@Benjd0]

Aircraft generally leave carriers before they enter port, just makes it easier than having them take off in the middle of a city. Obviously they have helicopters, and while technically first F-35 squadron is part of the RAF, it's a joint squadron with both RAF and Navy personnel, much like the Harrier force. The current commander of the squadron is a Royal Navy officer.

[@brianarnold3250]

@@Benjd0 Not true

[@Benjd0]

@@brianarnold3250 Which part isn't true?

[@brianarnold3250]

@@Benjd0 Go to Norfolk, San Diego, Pearl harbour have a look. Unless they go into dry dock or long-term mantenance.

[@Benjd0]

@@brianarnold3250 Yes if they're only going to be there for a short period, they may keep their aircraft aboard. When they're going to be there for an extended period of time, after returning from deployment for example, then they aren't going to keep their aircraft aboard to be stuck there for potentially months. Not even sure why you're arguing this, it's well known this is what they do and it's the reason they've entered port without its complement of F-35.

[@brentsummers7377]

Get rid of the ski ramp & the F35's, & equip the ship with some reliable jets that have half the operating costs of the F35's.

[@simonhool3073]

Like what?

[@reenycampbell8618]

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[@reenycampbell8618]

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[@newton18311]

less one plane,

[@BIBIWCICC]

Limping in on one turbine. This ship is so bad. Nothing works on it. Even the planes fall off the end because we bought junk of the Americans. What an embarrassment.

[@woolyimage]

If you leave covers on to be ingested by the engine.........

[@Benjd0]

Haven't heard of anything about it only running on one of the gas turbines, although it also has 4 diesel engines so it's not really going to be limping if that's the case. Aircraft aboard carriers crash fairly regularly too, that's not unusual, the F-35 has a pretty good record so far compared to many fighters to be honest.

[@reenycampbell8618]

Attn: Her Majesty:

[@reenycampbell8618]

🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧Attn Her Majesty: 🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧