Britain’s £3.5billion warship HMS Prince of Wales is held up from sailing to Norway…because it’s foggy

HMS Prince of Wales arrived in Oslo about 24 hours late after its captain decided heavy fog made sailing through a narrow fjord too risky. The £3.5 billion aircraft carrier was heading to security events attended by naval leaders; a defence source described the decision as good seamanship because there was time to spare.

The 65,000-tonne, 920-foot carrier is deployed to the Arctic and High North with destroyer HMS Dauntless and F-35B jets, and is taking part in Nato exercises involving 17 nations, 20 warships and 40 aircraft. The delay drew mockery from some naval observers, while the ship has also faced past technical problems, including a 2022 shaft coupling failure that reportedly cost £25 million to repair.