HMS Prince of Wales trains with Norwegian navy during Operation Firecrest 2.0

One of the Royal Navy's two aircraft carriers has been exercising off the coast of Norway with the Norwegian navy during Operation Firecrest, footage has shown. 

The Norwegian frigate KNM Fridtjof Nansen is participating in Op Firecrest as part of the UK Carrier Strike Group (CSG), led by HMS Prince of Wales. 

The operation is taking place in the North Atlantic and Norwegian waters and is intended to strengthen Nato's presence, preparedness, and cooperation in the High North. 

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During the deployment, the 65,000-tonne aircraft carrier docked in Namsos, a town in Norway, to receive supplies, the first time the aircraft carrier had been resupplied in a port outside the UK. 

The Norwegians have been conducting gun exercises, with the frigate's main 76mm OTO Melara gun and upper deck machine guns. 

HMS Prince of Wales is being accompanied by Type 45 destroyer HMS Dauntless, as well as F-35 jets, Merlin Mk4 Commando and Mk2 anti-submarine helicopters, Wildcat helicopters and Malloy drones. 

More than 1,200 British personnel are deployed as part of the CSG, working closely with allies including Norway, Denmark, and Germany. 

Earlier this month, British F-35Bs from 617 Squadron and Norwegian F-35As escorted a US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber for the first time on Exercise Global Thunder. 

In April, the First Sea Lord General Sir Gwyn Jenkins said the security of the High North and North Atlantic depends on our ability to act together with allies, permanently at pace.