Thousands Wave Off UK Aircraft Carrier Ahead of Indo-Pacific Deployment

Thousands Wave Off UK Aircraft Carrier Ahead of Indo-Pacific Deployment
The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth leaves Portsmouth Naval Base in Hampshire for exercises off Scotland before heading to the Indo-Pacific region, on May 1, 2021. PA
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Thousands of well-wishers have packed the harbour walls to wave off the Royal Navy’s flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth as it set sail for exercises and its first operational deployment to the Far East.

The £3 billion ($4 billion) aircraft carrier sailed out of Portsmouth Harbour to cheers from the crowds who filled the walls and the beaches.