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Back she goes: Britain's £3billion Big Lizzie warship moors in Portsmouth docks after navy chiefs she wouldn't take part in NATO drills after they found 'issue' with propeller shaft
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] The £3.5billion aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth was set to launch in European waters to take part in the largest NATO wargame since the Cold War as fears grow for a wider conflict breaking out with Russia.Engineers found a 'significant issue with her starboard propeller shaft', meaning the British warship could be docked for 'a couple of months' while it is fixed, according to naval experts. This morning the huge aircraft carrier was seen sailing into Portsmouth - hundreds of miles away from the NATO exercise. HMS Prince of Wales will now be readied to replace the faulty ship - a move viewed by some as ironic given the aircraft carrier only went back into service last July after also undergoing repairs that took nearly a year. Announcing the latest problem, the Royal Navy posted on X: 'Routine pre-sailing checks yesterday identified an issue with a coupling on HMS Queen Elizabeth starboard propeller shaft. As such, the ship will not sail on Sunday.
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