Royal Navy cancels departure of £3bn warship HMS Prince of Wales

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50% : And it seemed like it would be full steam ahead for the 284-metre (931 foot) ship as excited bystanders lined the walls of Portsmouth Harbour to wave it off to Scandinavia.Crowds of hundreds gathering to wave off the £3billion warship HMS Prince of Wales, ahead of the biggest NATO exercise since the Cold War, have been left bitterly disappointed after it failed to make it out of Portsmouth HarbourThe 65,000-tonne aircraft carrier (pictured, with HMS Queen Elizabeth) seemed ready to make the journey from Portsmouth Naval Base to Norway to take part in Exercise Steadfast Defender which will involve more than 40 shipsIt appeared to be full steam ahead for the 284-metre (931 foot) ship as excited bystanders lined the walls of Portsmouth Harbour to wave it off to ScandinaviaAnticipation had been mounding as Ministry of Defence (MoD) police boats closed off the area and the mouth of the harbour was shut off to traffic.

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