HMS Queen Elizabeth returned to Babcock at Rosyth on Thursday after sailing from Portsmouth.
The £3.2 billion aircraft carrier – part of the Queen Elizabeth class along with HMS Prince of Wales – sailed under the three bridges on the Forth yesterday evening heading for the dry dock.
Although HMS Queen Elizabeth was always due for some maintenance there appear to have been some mechanical issues which now require attention. On social media the ship announced: “A beautiful evening to sail past our affiliated city of Edinburgh. Hundreds of our sailors came onto the flight deck to witness the transit under the iconic Forth Bridges.”
