UK Royal Navy’s New £3bn Aircraft Carrier HMS Prince of Wales Will Be At Port For Six Months After Second Flood Wrecks Its Electrical System

HMS Prince of Wales, left, alongside sister vessel HMS Queen Elizabeth, at HMNB Portsmouth. CROWN COPYRIGHT 

Daily Mail: We aren't sailing! Royal Navy's newest aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales is stranded for six months after £3bn warship flooded for second time 

 * HMS Prince of Wales will now be stranded in Portsmouth until May next year after sea water entered vessel 

 * Vessel's electrical systems have been damaged after water poured into engine room for more than 24 hours  

* The £3.1billion state-of-the-art ship was due to depart for the U.S. to carry out tests with the F-35 stealth jets 

Britain's newest aircraft carrier will be stranded in Portsmouth until May next year after a second flood wrecked the vessel's vital electrical systems. 

HMS Prince of Wales has been banned from setting sail from its home port on safety grounds after thousands of gallons of sea water poured into the vessel's engine room for more than 24 hours this week and damaged the electrics. 

It comes just months after the £3.1billion state-of-the-art ship, which was due to depart for the U.S. to carry out tests with the F-35 stealth jets this year, was flooded to the depth of 3ft after a water leak in the engine room in May. 

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Video Shows Water Pouring Into £3Billion HMS Prince of Wales Aircraft Carrier

Daily Mail: We are bailing! Video shows water pouring in to £3billion HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier after sister ship HMS Queen Elizabeth suffered the same fate

* A pipe leaked on the HMS Prince of Wales on Friday at Portsmouth Naval Base
* A video on the Facebook group Jackspeak shows the warship's ankle-high flood
* This comes after HMS Queen Elizabeth had flooding over several decks last July

The Royal Navy has launched an investigation after a pipe leaked on the £3billion HMS Prince of Wales warship, causing an ankle-high flood.

The leak is said to have taken place on the 65,000-ton aircraft carrier on Friday while it was at Portsmouth Naval Base.

A video posted on the Facebook group Jackspeak shows water gushing through the ceiling and flooding an entire room of the warship.

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Update: Royal Navy investigates HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier leak (Plymouth Herald)

WNU Editor: It's a pipe leak.