HMS Queen Elizabeth returns from exercises following Covid outbreak

Big Lizzie is back in business: Royal Navy’s £3bn aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth gives sunworshippers a show on its way back from exercises following Covid outbreak The 65,000-tonne, £3.1 billion vessel had to postpone exercises last week after a Covid-19 outbreak on board Seven of its crew tested positive and around 100 were forced … Read more

HMS Queen Elizabeth returns from exercises following Covid outbreak

Big Lizzie is back in business: Royal Navy’s £3bn aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth gives sunworshippers a show on its way back from exercises following Covid outbreak The 65,000-tonne, £3.1 billion vessel had to postpone exercises last week after a Covid-19 outbreak on board Seven of its crew tested positive and around 100 were forced … Read more

Coronavirus UK: HMS Queen Elizabeth postpones sailing due to cases

Big Lizzie goes sick: Royal Navy’s flagship aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth postpones sailing from Portsmouth base after crew members test positive for Covid-19 Up to nine of the ship’s crew members have tested positive for coronavirus   Around 100 further members of crew are isolating onboard and will be retested  The vessel was due to … Read more

HMS Queen Elizabeth postpones sailing after crew members test positive for Covid-19

Big Lizzie goes sick: Royal Navy’s flagship aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth postpones sailing from Portsmouth base after crew members test positive for Covid-19 Up to nine of the ship’s crew members have tested positive for coronavirus   Around 100 further members of crew are isolating onboard and will be retested  The vessel was due to … Read more

HMS Hermes – Britain’s flagship during the Falklands – is sold for scrap

To say the HMS Hermes had a difficult start to life would be understating the fact – construction on the aircraft carrier, initially dubbed HMS Elephant, began in 1944 during World War Two, but conflict ended before she had been completed.  Her hull then sat in the dockyard in Barrow-in-Furness until 1953, when it was … Read more

HMS Hermes – Britain’s flagship during the Falklands – is sold for scrap

To say the HMS Hermes had a difficult start to life would be understating the fact – construction on the aircraft carrier, initially dubbed HMS Elephant, began in 1944 during World War Two, but conflict ended before she had been completed.  Her hull then sat in the dockyard in Barrow-in-Furness until 1953, when it was … Read more

Royal Navy’s newest £100m warship HMS Trent breaks down

Royal Navy’s newest £100m warship HMS Trent breaks down nine days into its maiden voyage and hauled back to port in Gibraltar The 90-metre ship had to be dragged back to port after only nine days at sea    The Royal Navy said she was experiencing a defect and was waiting for parts  The captain and … Read more

HMS Queen Elizabeth ‘will be sent to the Far East to take part in military drills with US and Japan’

One of Britain’s new £3billion aircraft carriers could be sent to the Far East under new plans drawn up by military chiefs, reports today suggest. The class leading HMS Queen Elizabeth is expected to visit the region during its maiden grand voyage next year. The aircraft carrier is set to be involved in joint military … Read more

HMS Queen Elizabeth ‘will be sent to the Far East to take part in military drills with US and Japan’

One of Britain’s new £3billion aircraft carriers could be sent to the Far East under new plans drawn up by military chiefs, reports today suggest. The class leading HMS Queen Elizabeth is expected to visit the region during its maiden grand voyage next year. The aircraft carrier is set to be involved in joint military … Read more

Royal Navy frigate HMS Westminster shadows Russian warship

Royal Navy frigate HMS Westminster shadows Russian warship as it sails through English Channel HMS Westminster monitored the passage of the Russian warship on Sunday  Passage of warships through English Channel are routinely monitored  Commanding officer said the warship conducted itself in ‘safe’ manner  By Sophie Tanno For Mailonline Published: 18:07 BST, 21 June 2020 | … Read more