Royal Navy Fleet Flagship

In the Royal Navy, the fleet flagship is, in practice, the warship designated as the fleet's most prestigious vessel, currently HMS Queen Elizabeth.

In the modern era, the fleet flagship has usually been an aircraft carrier, but that changed in 2010 with the assignment of HMS Albion. The flag was transferred to HMS Bulwark in 2011 and HMS Ocean in June 2015,[1] then to HMS Albion in 2018.[2] Finally, the flag reverted to an aircraft carrier when HMS Queen Elizabeth took up her position in January 2021.[3]

  1. ^ "Brazil says it has bagged Royal Navy flagship HMS Ocean for £84m". The Register. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Future flagship Albion completes sea trials after £90m overhaul". Royal Navy. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  3. ^ "HMS Queen Elizabeth takes over the Fleet Flagship role from HMS Albion". Naval Today. 27 January 2021.