
HMS Queen Elizabeth Sets Sail For Maiden Deployment
The £3.2bn aircraft carrier will lead the UK Carrier Strike Group on the Royal Navy's largest deployment in more than a decade.
The £3.2bn aircraft carrier will lead the UK Carrier Strike Group on the Royal Navy's largest deployment in more than a decade.
The Carrier Strike Group will visit 40 countries over 28 weeks during the deployment and will sail through the disputed South China Sea.
The front and rear blocks have been joined to show off the full size of the ship, for the first time.
The ship has departed Portsmouth Naval Base for sea trials.
The 'dazzle' camouflage paint scheme became a popular tactic for vessels to deceive an enemy in the First and Second World Wars.
The Carrier Strike Group is set to deploy next month, travelling 26,000 nautical miles over 28 weeks.
They will be a new class of surface warship, designed to protect territorial waters and provide a persistent presence for the UK overseas.
The paint scheme was first introduced by the Royal Navy in the First World War and will be applied to the whole Batch 2 River-class fleet.
The cause of the disappearance of the vessel is still uncertain.
All 53 crew members are believed to have died but no bodies have been found so far.
Commander Charlie Wheen will be taking charge of HMS Argyll into a busy period of training, defence and UK-based operations.
The Indonesian navy chief said the submarine was expected to run out of oxygen by roughly 03:00 local time on Saturday 24 April.
The Astute-class submarines are the biggest and most powerful submarines ever built for the Royal Navy.
The submarines can circumnavigate the globe submerged and produce their own oxygen and drinking water.
Nine vessels, aircraft from five squadrons and 3,700 personnel will make up the Carrier Strike Group.
HMS Anson emerged from the Devonshire Dock Hall and entered the water for the first time at BAE Systems' site in Cumbria.