On 28 February, the Royal Navy's second Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales (R09), sailed up the Mersey to dock at the port of Liverpool for a week-long visit before continuing her sea trials in the Irish Sea. Construction on the ship first began in May 2011 when HMS Prince of Wales was built in sections at six different shipyards by a number of contractors led by a consortium of Babcock, BAE Systems, Thales UK and the MoD. Assembled at Rosyth, the carrier was floated out in December 2017 and commissioned in December 2019.
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