“While our plans to push the boundaries of the UK’s carrier innovation are temporarily on hold, I am immensely proud of the ship’s company who have risen to the challenge of preparing for repairs while facing the short-term disappointment of a postponed deployment. “While alongside in Rosyth, they will continue to crew and train on the ships systems for their operational roles while also taking advantage of their temporary new home’s stunning Scottish landscape to undertake leadership and adventurous training activities during the autumn and winter months.”Ĭaptain Richard Hewitt was quoted as saying:
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The Royal Navy were also keen to point out in their statement that the ship has sailed with a full complement of crew – 750 men and women – who will remain with the ship and continue training for renewed operations as well as supporting the maintenance package while in Rosyth. In the meantime the mighty 33-ton starboard propeller was removed ahead of her journey to the Firth of Forth.” Top brass remain optimistic “The extent of and the timescale for the repairs will not be fully known until the ship is in dry dock and has been thoroughly inspected by engineers, but the goal is to return HMS Prince of Wales to front-line operations as quickly and safely as possible. The Royal Navy HMS Prince of Wales departs Portsmouth for Rosyth (mod.uk) that since the aircraft carrier returned to Portsmouth Naval Base in early September, the ship’s engineers have been working with divers and expert naval architects and engineers from Babcock – who run the dockyard at Rosyth – and the MoD’s Defence Equipment and Support organisation to work out what is needed to return HMS Prince of Wales back to operations. The fastest and safest way to repair it and return the ship to operations will mean the carrier will enter dry dock in Rosyth, one of the few yards capable of accommodating the 65,000-tonne warship.” Timescale for repairs still unknown
Inspections by divers revealed the shaft coupling had failed. “The aircraft carrier is heading for Rosyth for work on her starboard (right hand) propeller shaft which suffered a mechanical defect as the ship left for New York last month. instead.Īccording to the Royal Navy in a statement, inspections by divers revealed the shaft coupling had failed and the “fastest and safest way” to fix the massive warship is to return the vessel to the drydock in which it was assembled at the Babcock yard in Rosyth. As it was unable to make the trip, sister-ship HMS Queen Elizabeth deployed to the U.S. As first reported by the UK Defence Journal, the vessel broke down off the Isle of Wight in August as it had deployed to the United States.
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