HMS Queen Elizabeth had to withdraw from Exercise Steadfast Defender due to the problem with her starboard propeller (Picture: Royal Navy)

HMS Queen Elizabeth’s departure from Portsmouth naval base to travel to Rosyth for repairs has been delayed due to the risk of high winds as she leaves the harbour.

The Royal Navy flagship had been due to leave her home port on Monday evening, but is now expected to set sail on Tuesday morning.

The 65,000-tonne aircraft carrier will then head to the dockyard on the Firth of Forth to allow any necessary work to be carried out on her starboard propeller shaft coupling.

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The warship’s departure to lead Exercise Steadfast Defender – the largest Nato exercise since the Cold War – was cancelled at the last minute after the problem was spotted during final checks.

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A Royal Navy spokesperson said: “The aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth is preparing for her sailing window to travel to Rosyth in Scotland so any necessary repairs can be carried out on her starboard propeller shaft coupling.

“As ever, sailing will be subject to suitable tide and weather conditions.”

This setback comes 18 months after her sister ship HMS Prince of Wales broke down off the Isle of Wight as she sailed for the US, having suffered a malfunction with a coupling on her starboard propeller.

On that occasion, HMS Queen Elizabeth sailed in her place and deployed to the US to undertake parts of HMS Prince of Wales’ deployment.

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UK sailors and Royal Marines have seized £290.66m of drugs in two narcotic busts in the Caribbean Sea.

Personnel on HMS Trent worked alongside the US Coast Guard to recover more than 3,000kg of cocaine and other class-A drugs being smuggled on speedboats in the region.

HMS Trent’s fast sea boats and a US patrol aircraft tracked down and chased a suspected smugglers’ speedboat south of the US Virgin Isles, recovering more than 2,700kg of cocaine and other drugs, with an estimated street value of £220.56m.

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It was the offshore patrol vessel’s (OPV) second bust in just three weeks, having seized £70.1m of cocaine as part of a separate operation in January.

Royal Marines coxswains and the US Coast Guard (USCG) boarding team took control of a vessel and detained four crew members, who tried to offload their illegal cargo during a high-speed chase.

The OPV’s 60 crew members searched 24 sq miles of ocean for the narcotics, and eventually retrieved almost 900kg of cocaine.

A Royal Marine who took part in the operation, but cannot be named for operational reasons, said: “This was a challenging operation and required us to push the boats to their limit. 

“Despite their best efforts to evade us, they finally gave up the chase and we were able to get alongside and enable members of the US Coast Guard to seize the vessel.” 

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Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said: “This operation sends a clear message: The Royal Navy remains resolute in its efforts to disrupt and dismantle the operations of drug traffickers across the world. 

“We will continue to ensure that those who seek to profit from illegal drugs face the full force of justice.

“I’d like to congratulate the ship’s company for their invaluable work keeping illegal drugs off our streets.”

HMS Trent’s Commanding Officer, Commander Tim Langford, said: “The achievements of this ship and her crew in the last nine months have been spectacular, and it is brilliant to see the hard work and dedication of this amazing team paying off.   

“The team is rightly proud of their efforts, and those of our USCG colleagues.” 

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HMS Queen Elizabeth’s departure from Portsmouth naval base to travel to Rosyth for repairs has been delayed due to the risk of high winds as she leaves the harbour.

The Royal Navy flagship had been due to leave her home port on Monday evening, but is now expected to set sail on Tuesday morning.

The 65,000-tonne aircraft carrier will then head to the dockyard on the Firth of Forth to allow any necessary work to be carried out on her starboard propeller shaft coupling.

• Teething troubles: The problems faced by the crews of the Royal Navy’s two carriers
• Deploying HMS Prince of Wales on Steadfast Defender sends clear signal of UK’s lofty Nato ambitions
• Royal Navy’s Carrier Strike Group gathers momentum ahead of Exercise Steadfast Defender 

The warship’s departure to lead Exercise Steadfast Defender – the largest Nato exercise since the Cold War – was cancelled at the last minute after the problem was spotted during final checks.

HMS Prince of Wales was deployed to take the place of the £3bn fleet flagship on the major exercises.

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A Royal Navy spokesperson said: “The aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth is preparing for her sailing window to travel to Rosyth in Scotland so any necessary repairs can be carried out on her starboard propeller shaft coupling.

“As ever, sailing will be subject to suitable tide and weather conditions.”

This setback comes 18 months after her sister ship HMS Prince of Wales broke down off the Isle of Wight as she sailed for the US, having suffered a malfunction with a coupling on her starboard propeller.

On that occasion, HMS Queen Elizabeth sailed in her place and deployed to the US to undertake parts of HMS Prince of Wales’ deployment.

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She was launched by William Cramp and Sons Shipbuilding Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., 22 April 1945: and sponsored by Mrs. Clark Wallace Thompson. The cruiser’s construction was suspended when nearly complete on 24 June 1946; and the hull assigned to the Philadelphia Group of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. She was reclassified CL-93 on 4 February 1956; then reclassified to CLG-3 on 23 May 1957; and commissioned at Philadelphia 28 May 1958, Captain J. B. Colwell in command.

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San Diego Naval Base, as seen from a commercial airliner

Date
11 August 2008

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Starboard view of the screw sloop HMS Torch at anchor.

HMS Torch 1905. 

Australia Station flagship HMS EURYALUS with HMS TORCH

The 12,000 ton Cressy Class armoured cruiser HMS EURYALUS, last of her class, served as the flagship of the Australia Station’s Commander-in-Chief Vice Admiral Sir Arthur Fanshawe in 1904-1905, having relieved HMS ROYAL ARTHUR.

Seen in foreground here is the 960 ton steel screw sloop HMS TORCH built at Sheerness Dockyard and completed in October 1895. She joined the Australia Station squadron in February 1897 and was one of the RN ships still present when the new Royal Australian Navy fleet squadron made its ceremonial entry into Sydney Harbour on October 4, 1913.

In 1917 she was handed over to the New Zealand Government and re-named FIREBRAND. Eventually sold into trade she became a refrigeration vessel named RAMA for a fishing fleet operating off the Chatham Islands, and was lost there when she struck an uncharted rock on Nov. 17, 1924. No lives were lost.

Torch was launched at Sheerness dockyard on 28 December 1895, completed in October 1895 and sailed to join the Australian Station in February 1897. In 1898 and 1899 she served in New Zealand waters. In 1901 she formed part of the naval escort during the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York to Australian and New Zealand. In 1910-1911, after many years of patrol work around the Pacific Islands, she was refitted in Sydney and it is probable there were some changes to her rigging and armament. By the time the First Australian Fleet Unit arrived in Sydney in 1913 she was paid off. In 1917 she was handed over to the New Zealand government and renamed Firebrand. She was sold and fitted out with refrigeration for the Chatham Island fishing trade and renamed Rama. On 17 November 1924 she was holed by an uncharted rock approaching the harbour of the Chatham Islands, beached and abandoned.

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HMS A1 was accidentally run down by mail steamer SS Berwick Castle on 18 March 1904 with the loss of all her crew.

HMS A1 was the Royal Navy‘s first British-designed submarine, and their first to suffer fatal casualties.

She was the lead ship of the first British A-class submarines and the only one to have a single bow torpedo tube. She was actually sunk twice: first in 1904 when she became the first submarine casualty, with the loss of all hands; however, she was recovered, but sank again in 1911, this time when she was unmanned. The wreck was discovered in 1989 and was designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act in 1998.^[2] The wreck is a Protected Wreck managed by Historic England.

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HMAS Paluma (IV) (A01)

A coastal survey ship commissioned by the Royal Australian Navy in 1989. The ship was designed for hydrographic surveys in northern Australia’s shallow waters. It is named after the town of Paluma in North Queensland.

September 2021 Retired

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