The Royal Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales, has broken down as it prepared to cross the Atlantic to join exercises off the U.S. coast.
The 65,000-tonne warship left from Portsmouth Naval Base, Hampshire, on Saturday but hadn’t gone far before it was hit with mechanical problems.
A Royal Navy spokeswoman said, “HMS Prince of Wales remains in the South Coast Exercise Area while conducting investigations into an emerging mechanical issue.”
The Ministry of Defence has not commented on reports on the Navy Lookout website which said there had been “damage to the starboard propeller shaft.”…