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HMS Queen Elizabeth

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HMS Queen Elizabeth, the UK's newest aircraft carrier, arrives in Portsmouth for the first time.

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HMS Queen Elizabeth

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A police boat on the Firth of Forth as HMS Queen Elizabeth, one of two new aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy, begins to leave the Rosyth dockyard near Edinburgh to begin her sea worthiness trials

Through the eye of a needle, navy's largest ship sets sail for the first time

HMS Queen Elizabeth, one of two new aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy sits docked in the sunshine at Rosyth dockyard near Edinburgh ahead of her sea trials which are due to begin. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

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