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HMS Queen Elizabeth Set Sails for her Maiden Operational Deployment - CSG21
HMS Queen Elizabeth setting sails for CGS 21 at dusk on 22 May 2021. Royal Navy picture.

HMS Queen Elizabeth Set Sails for her Maiden Operational Deployment – CSG21

Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth yesterday set sail as the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 21 (CSG21) from Portsmouth naval base in the twilight. As part of CSG21, the aircraft carrier's maiden deployment, the task group will visit 40 nations including India, Japan, Republic of Korea and Singapore in a deployment covering 26,000 nautical miles.

Xavier Vavasseur 23 May 2021

The group will also join up and take part in exercises with French carrier FS Charles De Gaulle in the Mediterranean as well as navies and aircraft from allies such as the US, Canada, Denmark, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan and the UAE.

While in the Pacific, ships from the Carrier Strike Group will mark the 50th anniversary of the Five Powers Defence Arrangements between Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and the UK by taking part in Exercise Bersama Lima.

Joining HMS Queen Elizabeth on her maiden deployment are destroyers HMS Diamond and Defender; frigates HMS Richmond and Kent; an Astute-class submarine in support below the waves; and Royal Fleet Auxiliary support ships RFA Fort Victoria and RFA Tidespring.

Dusk departure of @RoyalNavy Flag Ship @HMSQNLZ with her full #CSG21 air group embarked#RoyalNavy #HMSQueenElizabeth #Portsmouth #F35 #Merlin #OPFortis #aerialphoto #drone pic.twitter.com/b8ZgjISHVW

— Shaun Roster Photography (@ShaunRoster) May 22, 2021

More than 30 aircraft are part of the task group including F-35 jets from 617 Squadron, the Dambusters, and the US Marine Corps’ VMFA-211; Wildcat helicopters from 815 Naval Air Squadron and Merlin helicopters from 820 and 845 Naval Air Squadrons.

Royal Marines from 42 Commando are aboard the carrier.

Dutch frigate HNLMS Evertsen and American Arleigh Burke destroyer USS The Sullivans are also part of the strike group.

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Posted by : Xavier Vavasseur
Xavier is based in Paris, France. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems and a Master of Business Administration from Florida Institute of Technology (FIT). Xavier has been covering naval defense topics for nearly a decade.

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