U.K. Carrier HMS Price of Wales Set for Pacific Deployment

HMS Prince of Wales (R09) will depart its homeport in Portsmouth on April 22 and deploy as the lead ship in the U.K. Carrier Strike Group 2025 to the Mediterranean and Indo-Pacific, the U.K. Ministry of Defence announced Tuesday. The last time the U.K. deployed a carrier strike group to the Indo-Pacific was in 2021, which was led by aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08). Upon departing Portsmouth, the carrier will proceed to join a formation of warships, supply ships and aircraft off the coast of Cornwall and head to the Mediterranean. The carrier strike group will initially be placedRead More