One of the UK’s two state-of-the-art aircraft carriers will not take part in the largest Nato exercise in Europe since the cold war after last-minute checks identified a problem with its propeller.
The Royal Navy said HMS Queen Elizabeth, which had been due to sail on Sunday evening, would be replaced by its sister ship, the HMS Prince of Wales, in the mission on Norway’s Arctic coast.
In a message posted on social media platform X, it said routine checks before sailing found an issue with a coupling on the starboard propeller shaft of the carrier, which had been set to be the naval centrepiece of Nato exercise Steadfast Defender 2024.
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