Royal Navy: HMS Queen Elizabeth and Carrier Strike Group's deployment in numbers including nautical miles, sausages eaten and more

HMS Queen Elizabeth and the rest of the Carrier Strike Group have returned to Portsmouth.
HMS Queen Elizabeth return to Portsmouth. Picture: PO Jenkins/MoD Crown Copyright/PA WireHMS Queen Elizabeth return to Portsmouth. Picture: PO Jenkins/MoD Crown Copyright/PA Wire
HMS Queen Elizabeth return to Portsmouth. Picture: PO Jenkins/MoD Crown Copyright/PA Wire

The Royal Navy carrier and other warships have spent the vast majority of the year out at sea on deployment.

Setting off from Portsmouth in May, the mission saw Queen Elizabeth travel to the Far East and back.

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The Ministry of Defence has put the mammoth 224 day deployment in a series of incredible numbers.

It includes a cumulative 500,000 nautical miles travelled by the nine ships, including three oceans and five seas.

During the deployment the CSG visited or interacted with 44 different countries.

The Air Wing, which included 32 jets and helicopters, flew a combined 4,732 hours – 3,433 of which were during the day and the other 1,290 hours were at night – and exercised with 64 different aircraft types from 17 nations.

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The 3,700 sailors, aviators and marines have consumed; 25.5 tonnes of sausage, 190,000 potatoes, 2.01 million eggs, 22,700 kg of dessert.

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