Lewin of Greenwich Naval History & Forum

PoW On the Firth of Forth this afternoon.
R09 will now anchor in the Firth of Forth for a few days and undergo further system and engine checks before heading out under the 3 Forth Bridges at a suitable low tide and into the North Sea for a further days of full engine/propulsion shake down tests.
The oily smoke is a temporary short affair resulting from oil pooling in the engines if they haven't started for a while!
On completion of those, R09 HMS Prince of Wales will head for her Portsmouth homeport, and both QEC carriers will be reunited again there after over 9 months.

Through the eye of a needle....HMS Prince of Wales leaves Rosyth Dockyard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rljH4Eg5po

Prince of Wales departing..longer video..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72YNf1JIs7k

Off to the N. Sea for trials.

UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGES

More here - https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=69 ... 6553079752

65 kilo tonnes of heavy metal makes calm seas rage...

Power tests complete...

More tomorrow...

Brief video at - https://twitter.com/HMSPWLS/status/1684655549172854785

HMS Prince of Wales pictured on entry to Portsmouth after nine months of repairs at Rosyth.

HMSPWL Day time... Night time... Anytime...on R09
A few days left but next time we sail it's much much more!
https://twitter.com/HMSPWLS/status/1686809185088856064

HMS PWLS final maintenance work underway in Portmouth ahead of deployment to US in the coming weeks.
https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/ ... 2621776896

Store Ship

8 trucks of SCRAN
700 pallets of stores
Final preps complete for deployment
The squadrons are on their way.
4 Photos at - https://twitter.com/HMSPWLS/status/1697 ... 40/video/1

First ever RN fixed wing carrier drone landing!

Many more to come...SEE - https://twitter.com/HMSPWLS/status/1700066162095075468 - [From little acorns etc.]
First ever Strike Carrier fixed wing drone launch - https://twitter.com/HMSPWLS/status/1700060923006771638