Jonathan Moynihan 29th April 2025 at 3:38pm
HMS Prince of Wales has led Carrier Strike Group 25 to the Mediterranean after it set sail last week.
The 65,000-tonne aircraft carrier, along with most of her strike group – which includes the submarine HMS Astute, Type 45 destroyer HMS Dauntless, Type 23 frigate HMS Richmond, and Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels RFA Tideforce and Tidespring – has now passed the Strait of Gibraltar.
Spanish frigate Méndez Núñez, Norwegian ships HNoMS Maud and HNoMS Roald Amundsen joined the other vessels to form an impressive formation.
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Royal Navy photographers captured breathtaking images of the formation using one of 815 Naval Air Squadron’s Wildcat helicopters.
CSG25, also known as Operation Highmast, is a multinational deployment to the Indo-Pacific.
Led by the Royal Navy’s flagship, it aims to reaffirm the UK’s commitment to the security of the Mediterranean and Indo-Pacific, while providing an opportunity to promote British trade and industry.
The CSG25 deployment will traverse the globe down to Australia, conducting several exercises and operations with air, sea and land forces of a dozen allies.
Almost 4,500 British personnel will be working on the deployment, including around 600 RAF personnel, 900 soldiers and 2,500 Royal Navy sailors and Royal Marines.
The first UK Carrier Strike Group happened four years ago against the backdrop of the Covid lockdowns because of the pandemic.
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