By Isle of Wight Observer
The Royal Navy’s flagship, HMS Prince of Wales, sailed past Bembridge on Tuesday as part of one of its biggest deployments to date.
The £3bn aircraft carrier set off from Portsmouth, and will take part in exercises demonstrating the UK’s ability to operate fast jets at sea, and carry out large scale military operations on the other side of the world.
Up to 24 of the latest F-35B stealth jets will join the carrier, as it leads a multi-national fleet of warships to 40 countries across the Mediterranean, Middle East, south-east Asia, Japan and Australia.
The 65,000-tonne warship, which can hold up to 1,600 military personnel, will be deployed for eight months.
