PICTURES: Massive flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth turns heads in Scotland during four-day visit as aircraft carrier undertakes 'routine logistics visit'
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THE nation's flagship, HMS Queen Elizabeth, has sailed from Glen Mallan in Loch Long today after a four-day visit.
The giant aircraft carrier, the largest and most powerful vessel ever constructed for the Royal Navy, was at the multi-million-pound Glen Mallan ammunitioning jetty for a routine logistics visit.
Following her sailing today she will return to sea as the UK’s Very High Readiness Strike Carrier.
HMS Queen Elizabeth is the largest and most powerful vessel ever constructed for the Royal Navy.
The warship is capable of carrying up to 40 aircraft.
As well as state-of-the-art weaponry and communications systems, HMS Queen Elizabeth boasts five gyms, a chapel and a medical centre.
The flight deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth comes in at an enormous four acres, and will be used to launch the new F35 Joint Strike Fighter fast jet.
Four fighter jets can be moved from the hangar to the flight deck in just one minute.
The ship’s two propellers weigh 33 tonnes each.
The powerplant behind them generates enough power to run 1000 family cars.
