HMS Queen Elizabeth is heading across the Atlantic Ocean to replace her sister ship, HMS Prince of Wales, in joint manouevres with the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marines, and the Royal Canadian Navy.
The Prince of Wales had been due to take part in the Westlant 22 exercises but suffered a “mechanical failure,” which turned out to be a broken starboard propeller shaft, after it left its home port of Portsmouth late last month.
The £3 billion aircraft carrier now faces several months of repairs in dry dock at Rosyth in Scotland.
The crew of the HMS Queen Elizabeth were told last week they would be redeployed because their sister ship was out of action….