The Guardian: HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier takes to the seas
The £3.5bn cost of the vessel is so high that doubts have been raised over whether the Royal Navy can afford enough fighters for it
Captain Jerry Kyd seems remarkably relaxed given he is scheduled on Monday to take to sea for the first time one of the biggest and most expensive defence projects in British history, the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth.
To reach open sea, he will have to conduct two complicated manoeuvres, firstly to take it from the Rosyth dockyard basin where the carrier was built and then under the three Forth bridges. The calculations are fine but the prospect of miscalculation does not appear to scare him.
As well as all the electronic devices available to him, he will make a gesture towards tradition, conducting a final check with an instrument used by mariners since at least the 18th century, a sextant, before heading under the bridges.
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Update: Royal Navy's largest ever warship, HMS Queen Elizabeth, to set sail (SKY News)
WNU Editor: The Russians are going to be watching .... Russia is set to start huge spying mission on Navy's newest aircraft carrier the moment £3billion ship sets sail for the first time (Daily Mail).
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