HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carriers sail together for first time The two Royal Navy sister ships were pictured side-by-side at sea
HMS Prince of Wales (left) and HMS Queen Elizabeth (right) pictured at sea together for the first time (Image: POPhot Jay Allen / Royal Navy)
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The Royal Navy's two aircraft carriers have been photographed sailing together side-by-side for the first time.
In a striking photograph, sister ships HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales were pictured at sea - the first time the two warships have met at sea.
It comes as HMS Queen Elizabeth gets ready to head off on her maiden deployment to Asia with the UK Carrier Strike Group (CSG) on Saturday (May 22).
The aircraft carrier returned to Portsmouth on Wednesday (May 20) following her final training exercise off Scotland, with bad weather changing her plans.
The CSG and NATO allies took place in Exercise Strike Warrior, ahead of the CSG's seven-month deployment. It saw HMS Queen Elizabeth's F-35 fighter jets conduct missile firings, the first time British jets have done so at sea for 15 years.
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