![]() The design emphasises flexibility, with accommodation for 250 Royal Marines and the ability to support them with attack helicopters and troop transports up to and larger than Chinook size. Unlike most large aircraft carriers, Prince of Wales is not fitted with catapults and arrestor wires, and is instead designed to operate V/STOL aircraft the ship is currently planned to carry up to 40 F-35B Lightning II stealth multirole fighters and Merlin helicopters for airborne early warning and anti-submarine warfare, although in surge conditions the class is capable of supporting 70+ F-35B. She will be handed over to the Royal Navy in 2019, and be fully ready for front-line duties around the globe from 2023. Construction of the ship began in 2011 at Rosyth Dockyard and as of May 2018 is in the water being fitted out. She is the seventh Royal Navy ship to have the name HMS Prince of Wales. ![]() HMS Prince of Wales is the second Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier under construction for the Royal Navy, which will be commissioned in 2020. ![]()
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