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UK’s Largest Warship Sets Sail for New York, Ready to Deploy Fighter Jets and Drones

Entertainment — 04/19/2024

Certain crew members aboard HMS Prince of Wales are ecstatic to be visiting New York City for the very first time. However, this journey is anything but pleasurable. Commencing a significant deployment, the largest and most recent aircraft carrier of the British Navy will traverse the Atlantic Ocean, thereby enhancing collaboration with the United States Navy and Marine Corps.

United Kingdom-United States naval cooperation attained two significant milestones in the past year. Initially, during its maiden deployment, the HMS Queen Elizabeth carrier strike group of the United Kingdom was significantly assisted by the United States military. F-35 Lightning aircraft made their inaugural appearance on the deck of HMS Prince of Wales, the most recent aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy, throughout the course of the vessel’s Sea Acceptance Trials.

This year, the two most significant carriers of the Royal Navy will conduct F-25B aircraft training in separate locations. HMS Queen Elizabeth is scheduled to embark in the Mediterranean and the Baltic later this autumn, whereas HMS Prince of Wales has already set sail from Portsmouth in its way to New York. The HMS Richmond frigate, the RFA Tideforce tanker, as well as helicopters and drones, supplement it. They will be accompanied to the United States by F-35B stealth combat aircraft once they have arrived.

The forthcoming trainings involving unmanned aircraft and fighter warplanes are described by the Royal Navy as “landmark aviation trials” for its fleet. During his stay in New York, the HMS Prince of Wales will also serve as the venue for the Atlantic Future Forum, a conference designed to further strengthen collaboration between the United States and the United Kingdom.

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The HMS Prince of Wales, which weighs 65,000 tons, is comparable to all other vessels of the new Queen Elizabeth class in that it can accommodate 36 F-35B aircraft on its deck and a Chinook helicopter in its hangar. They are regarded alongside HMS Queen Elizabeth as the most formidable surface warships ever constructed for the Royal Navy.

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