Britain’s biggest warship halted by mechanical issue shortly after leaving port

LONDON, Aug 29 (Reuters) – Britain’s biggest warship, HMS Prince of Wales, has suffered a mechanical issue shortly after leaving southern England for what the Royal Navy described as a “landmark mission” off the coast of North America and in the Caribbean.
The 65,000-tonne aircraft carrier, which cost 3.1 billion pounds to build, left Portsmouth on Saturday for a three month exercise working closely with the United States on stealth jet and drone operations.