Royal Navy Flagship Returns Home Without £100M Fighter Jet

Royal Navy Flagship Returns Home Without £100M Fighter Jet
The Royal Navy’s flagship, HMS Queen Elizabeth pictured before returning to the Portsmouth in the UK on Dec. 9, 2021. Andrew Matthews/PA
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The Royal Navy’s flagship is to return home following the first operational deployment of the carrier strike group (CSG), which has been dogged by incidents including the loss of a £100 million fighter jet at sea.

The aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, with seven warships and a submarine, set off from Portsmouth Naval Base following a visit by the Queen in May for its show-of-force voyage to the Far East.