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BBC documentary The Warship: Tour of Duty shows HMS Queen Elizabeth on her maiden deployment, Carrier Strike Group 21 (CSG21).
BBC documentary The Warship: Tour of Duty shows HMS Queen Elizabeth on her maiden deployment, Carrier Strike Group 21 (CSG21).
The seven-month CSG21 deployment was led by Royal Navy flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth.
HMS Kent spent seven-and-a-half months away from home – 224 days or 32 weeks – with Carrier Strike Group 21.
And what did CSG21 achieve?
HMS Queen Elizabeth and her accompanying vessels sailed 500,000 nautical miles through 10 different time zones.
The Type 23 frigate was the only Plymouth-based warship deployed on the Carrier Strike Group 21 mission.
The Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier's return was brought forward by a day because of concerns about the weather.
The monarch congratulated UK forces and allies involved in the landmark Carrier Strike Group deployment, wishing them a "restful" Christmas.
Aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has returned to the UK with a missing £88.8m jet after the deployment.
The aircraft carrier is on the return leg of her maiden deployment – here's an alternative look at the mission.
The Strike Group, led by HMS Queen Elizabeth, has travelled more than 40,000 nautical miles to the Indo-Pacific and back.
The personnel, deployed on the Carrier Strike Group 21 mission, arrived back at their Cornwall base on Wednesday.
The two Type 45 destroyers arrived in Portsmouth after being part of the UK-led Carrier Strike Group 21 mission around the world this year.
The Lightning aircraft, worth about £88.8m, was deployed on the Carrier Strike Group 21 mission when it ditched into the sea
The Carrier Strike Group 21 is in the final stages of its maiden deployment, led by HMS Queen Elizabeth.
The ship is one of two Royal Navy frigates deployed with HMS Queen Elizabeth approaching the final days of CSG21 deployment.