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New UK Carrier Starts First Sea Trials

Tuesday, June 27th, 2017

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New UK Carrier Starts First Sea Trials

HMS Queen Elizabeth departs for sea trials in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland. Photo: U.K. Royal Navy.

The U.K. Royal Navy’s HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier went out to sea for the first time as it begins sea trials in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said Monday.The Royal Navy’s largest ship in history moved from its basin at Rosyth, where it was under construction since 2014, into the Forth estuary over the course of four hours.There the ship had to wait until it could pass under two road and…

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