Britain is about to have two aircraft carriers at sea

Royal Navy's massive warship sets sail as new NATO mission confirmed

The Royal Navy's 65,000-tonne warship HMS Prince of Wales set sail from Portsmouth to prepare for a NATO mission challenging Chinese and Russian activity in the Arctic Circle

Britain is about to have two aircraft carriers at sea

Britain is set to have two aircraft carriers available for operations simultaneously for the first time in a while, after HMS Queen Elizabeth completed a major maintenance period at Babcock’s Rosyth dockyard this week, and HMS Prince of Wales is due to sail from Portsmouth this evening for the first time since returning from her eight-month Indo-Pacific deployment. HMS Queen Elizabeth’s return to operational readiness follows a protracted period…