ONE of the UK’s largest and most advanced warships was spotted off Inverclyde this morning.
HMS Queen Elizabeth sailed up the Firth of Clyde on her way to Glen Mallan in Argyll and Bute.
A Royal Navy spokesperson told the Tele that the flagship aircraft carrier was headed to the jetty there as part of a ‘routine logistical visit’.
The vessel is one of two vessels which form the central component of the UK Carrier Strike Group – with the other being HMS Prince of Wales.
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She can carry up to 40 aircraft, and has five gyms, a chapel, and a medical centre on board.
The 65,000 tonne ship’s flight deck covers four acres – the equivalent of almost three football pitches.
Four fighter jets can be moved from her hangar to the flight deck in a minute.
Both HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales have nine decks between the hull and flight deck, as well as a further seven in each of their two islands.
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