The military aircraft carrier, equivalent in size to three football pitches, boasts a project cost exceeding £6bn. It now sets sail for the USA, seeking to resume after malfunctioning off the Isle of Wight last year. Supporters created a stirring seascape of wagging flags and modern nationalisms.
Navy sources claim the future of the HMS Prince of Wales is under threat The ‘cash-strapped’ Royal Navy could be forced to sell the HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier, sources have claimed. Senior figures within the Navy have spoken out after next week’s Budget revealed there won’t be a significant rise in defence spending this year. In a move dubbed a ‘HS2 moment’ for the Navy, sources fear the HMS Prince of Wales, which cost £3.
Retired Royal Navy Commander Tom Sharpe said: ‘If I was a carrier-sceptic, and there are plenty, I would be gunning for one of them right now. ‘It does not help their cause that when a near-perfect opportunity to use a carrier presented itself in the Red Sea, we didn’t take it for political reasons. ‘We must recognise the threat to the second carrier, that is the unpleasant reality; the nuclear deterrent is the UK’s only ring-fenced capability.
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