She is the eighth Royal Navy ship to have the name HMS Prince of Wales. Construction of the ship began in 2011 at Rosyth Dockyard and ended with launch on 21 December 2017. She was handed over to the Royal Navy in 2019.

HMS Prince of wales is one of the most powerful surface warships ever constructed in the UK. Her flight deck is 70 metres wide and 280 metres long – enough space for three football pitches – and she holds 45 days’ worth of food in stores. She will have a crew complement (minimum crew) of around 700, increasing to around 1,600 with aircraft onboard.

2023年11月17日 · The Royal Navy successfully tested a General Atomics Mojave UAV aboard aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales off the US East Coast.

2019年11月17日 · Captain Houston spent three years as the second in command of HMS Queen Elizabeth (QNLZ) before becoming the CO of HMS Prince of Wales (PWLS). Having previously brought HMS Dragon out of build and served in HMS Illustrious as a navigator specialist, he was an ideal replacement for Captain Steve Moorhouse.

2022年1月11日 · 2022 will see HMS Prince of Wales begin to get into her stride as an operational warship. Here we report from a ceremony held onboard to mark the RN taking command of the NATO Response Force Task Group.

2024年2月13日 · HMS Prince of Wales sails past the Round Tower as she deploys for Exercise Steadfast Defender. (Royal Navy photo) HMS Prince of Wales will lead a carrier strike group of eight ships – four of them British, including frigate HMS Somerset and two Tide-class tankers from the Royal Fleet Auxiliary – supported by US, Spanish and Danish vessels.

2024年10月1日 · For the first time in nearly 15 years, a Royal Navy fast jet squadron is operating from the flight deck of a Royal Navy aircraft carrier. F-35B Lightning stealth fighters from 809 Naval Air Squadron, supported by their counterpart RAF Squadron 617, The Dambusters, have joined HMS Prince of Wales in the North Sea for a month of training.

2022年3月11日 · Aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales received the state-of-the-art piece of quantum technology before sailing for Norway on Monday to take part in the largest military exercise in a generation in the Arctic.

2024年2月10日 · Just a week after HMS Queen Elizabeth was withdrawn from exercise Steadfast Defender due to a defect, HMS Prince of Wales has sailed as her replacement. This represents a staggering effort by the ship’s company and the support team in Portsmouth. PWLS was at 30 days’ notice to sail but has been prepared to sail in 7 days.

2022年10月7日 · Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales has left Portsmouth to return to her birthplace – the next step in resuming front-line operations. 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 .