HMS Queen Elizabeth has taken more than eight years to build and is the first of two new carriers for the Navy; a second, the Prince of Wales, will follow in two years' time.

Britain's newest aircraft carrier has sailed out of Rosyth dockyard for the first time. The £3bn HMS Prince of Wales entered the Firth of Forth on Thursday afternoon ahead of extensive sea trials ...

Capt Jerry Kyd, the carrier's commanding officer, added: "Crossing a major ocean with 1,500 ... Testing with these aircraft is expected to take place onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth next year.

The UK could deploy its flagship aircraft carrier the HMS Queen Elizabeth to the Red Sea to counter threats from Iran-backed Houthi rebels, the armed forces minister has announced. James Heappey ...

Aircraft carriers still provide mobile airfields that are arguably more survivable than ... the failed effort to rehabilitate the Sao Paulo (the former French Foch), although Brazil’s acquisition of ...

The Royal Navy’s HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier has arrived in Scotland for resupply. The 65,000-tonne vessel berthed at Glen Mallan on Loch Long in Argyll and Bute on Friday, ahead of ...