HMS Prince of Wales (R09)
Quick Facts
- Ship Name
- HMS Prince of Wales
- Type
- Aircraft Carrier
- Class
- Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier
- Pennant Number
- R09
- Launched
- 2017
- Built at
- Rosyth Dockyard
- Commissioned
- 2019
- Armament
- F-35B and helicopters
- Propulsion
- Integrated electric propulsion
- Role
- Aircraft carrier
- Notable for
- Modern carrier strike operations
- Fate
- Active
- Status
- In service
HMS Prince of Wales is the second of the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers and forms a central part of modern British maritime power.