HMS Prince of Wales comes home! Largest warship in the UK is fixed π§ π¬π§
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Published 2023-08-04
The Royal Navy aircraft carrier was welcomed back to HMNB Portsmouth by family, friends and supporters on Friday, August 4th, following 9 months of repairs in Rosyth, Scotland. The Β£3 billion ship was en route to the US in August 2022 when it suffered an issue with the propeller on the starboard side, which led to damage to the rudder on the vessel. After repairs and a period of sea trials, the 65k tonne carrier returned ahead of an upcoming deployment in autumn.
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The HMS Prince of Wales is designed to embark F-35B Lightning II vertical take off fighter jets, as well as a number of helicopters. Aircraft are typically not on board while in port. Serco provided several tugs to help guide the ship in, while Ministry of Defence Police, working with Hampshire Police, escorted the vessel into Portsmouth Harbour.
All Comments (21)
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As an American, I love seeing England have carrier capability again. Both UK carriers are incredible pieces of engineering and force projection. Whenever a world military crisis unfolds, one of the first questions asked is....."where are the carriers"
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These beautiful craft were built a mile from my home here in Fife, Scotland, I believe they are built to the same recipe as Irn-Bru, made from girders.
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Thanks Cobra! Exciting times for HMS Prince of Wales later this year... She's due to sail to the US to conduct further flight trials. The expectation is that this will include further Shipborne Rolling Vertical Landings (SRVL) to broaden the flight envelope - i.e. increased bring-back loads, etc. I also suspect that she will begin Mojave UAS trials as the RN has contracted the lease of an airframe from General Atomics. This could be a really exciting development as the introduction of UAVs to the QEC air group could be a game changer!
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A Friday afternoon job that one! Never worked properly since it was built! Hereβs hoping for a better future!ππ
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Nice the HMS prince of wales Return Home. Makes me proud to be British!
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Police in full show off mode that day.
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Awesome! I love watching all those ribs and other police vessels scurrying about! Can't be too careful in this day and age!
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Thanks for that. Portsmouth is such a busy port where there is always something interesting going on. I like the bit where the Kings harbour master was giving that cruiser the hurry up to get out of the way.
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Great Video as always ππ
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Now all we need is the rest of the 148 F-35's that were supposed to be ordered! I believe we have 32 so far, RAF & RN combined.
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How about sending a Navy vessel to patrol British Waters, instead of waving one off to USA π€π¬π§
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Super vid. Thanks.
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Thankyou mateπ
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Well on wards and upwards for HMS Prince of Wales the journey starts Now good luck π proud the Royal Navy has two massive aircraft carriers to take on All challenges π€ππ
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Beautiful, beautiful site sight to see, I was also waiting for all the trolls to come out. U.K. is so lucky to have this at their doorstep I hope it won't take too long to fix. whatever is wrong with it. ALL THE BEST WISHES FOR U.K. FROM N.Z.β€β€ CHEERS 8:11
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A lovely sight, and now with both of the carriers in port at the same time. It seemed a bit naked as it had no phallanx CIWS fitted yet, but that's probably for its first visit to the US. As they are both in, I'm tempted to do the 3hr trip from the Midlands just to see them close up.
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Fun to watch! Welcome home!
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Good stuff.
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How long are they in port for? Im due to visit in a couple of weeks...
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welcome home xx
