HMS Prince of Wales: Royal Navy carrier departs Portsmouth for Scotland

HMS Prince of Wales has sailed out of the Princess Royal Jetty at Portsmouth Harbour.

The 65,000-tonne vessel started her departure from Portsmouth at approximately 11:15 – which you can watch again on the Forces News YouTube channel.

Next up for the aircraft carrier is a routine ammunition loading serial in Scotland.

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In February, the 65,000-tonne aircraft carrier took part in Exercise Steadfast Defender – Nato's biggest exercise since the Cold War.

Hundreds of people gathered in Portsmouth, including at the iconic Round Tower, to wave the ship off.

The aircraft carrier's departure on Friday morning came three days after her sister ship HMS Queen Elizabeth returned home following four months of unscheduled work to her shaft lines in Rosyth Dockyard.

During the Nato training, HMS Prince of Wales was joined by more than 30 ships, four submarines, multiple aircraft from maritime patrol aircraft to F-35 Lightning jets and more than 20,000 personnel from nations including Canada, Denmark, France and Spain.

HMS Queen Elizabeth had initially been scheduled to lead the exercise, but she had to withdraw due to an issue with her propeller shaft, leading HMS Prince of Wales to step in.