![]() Though HMS Prince of Wales had been able to take part in the Exercise Cold Response, the large-scale Norwegian-led deployment that involved more than 35,000 troops from twenty-eight nations, the sidelining of the carrier will mean she is unable to fill its role with the alliance’s Maritime High Readiness Force – the international task group formed to deal with major global events. ![]() It was hardly the Royal Navy’s finest moment, especially considering that the carrier took on the role of NATO flagship earlier this year. That trip was initially scheduled to depart early last week, but the carrier only began her journey late on Friday. The warship was forced to be towed back to Portsmouth, where it underwent further inspections, which determined the carrier would have to return to the port of Rosyth, Fife in Scotland where she was constructed. Inspections by divers and engineers found that the 33-tonne starboard propeller had malfunctioned, with a coupling holding it in place breaking. The £3 billion warship broke down off the Isle of Wight in late August, as she was preparing to head to the U.S. It hasn’t been a good couple of months for the Royal Navy’s most-expensive warship ever built, but on Friday HMS Prince of Wales finally left Portsmouth for Fife for much-needed repairs.
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