UK Royal Navy ‘confident’ a starboard propeller problem on aircraft carrier not a class-wide issue 01 Feb 2023 Tim Martin
https://breakingdefense.com/2023/02/...ss-wide-issue/
"Once the repairs conclude, the 72,000-ton ship will return to base in Portsmouth to undergo planned maintenance and “re-join operations” in fall 2023, a UK defense committee heard.... Based on “appropriate checks” on starboard and port shafts from sister ship, the Queen Elizabeth, “we’re confident that there is not a class issue with the carriers,” said Rear Admiral Paul Marshall,... The Prince of Wales port shaft is also undergoing repair, in conjunction with the carrier’s starboard fault, said Marshall, during a Jan. 31 UK defense committee hearing. Once the repairs conclude, the 72,000-ton ship will return to base in Portsmouth to undergo planned maintenance and “re-join operations” in fall 2023, he said...."