The 65,000-tonne warship is returning to the Rosyth dockyard where it was assembled in order for an issue with its starboard propeller coupling to be rectified.
A massive blaze has ripped through the Royal Navy’s HMS Queen Elizabeth. The £3 billion ship caught fire last week while docked at Glenmallan on Loch Long, in Scotland
Senior figures fear HMS Prince of Wales, which cost £3.5billion to build, could be mothballed or sold for a knockdown price to a friendly nation, over the fleet's flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth.
The £3.5billion behemoth set sail from Portsmouth on Monday to join the biggest Nato wargame in 40 years, replacing sister ship HMS Queen Elizabeth, which needs to be repaired.