when will hms prince of wales be floated
2020
title: HMS Prince of Wales (R09) text: Prime Minister David Cameron announced that the aircraft carrier would be brought into active service. This commitment was later reaffirmed in the government's Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 in November 2015. "Prince of Wales" was formally named on 8 September 2017 at Rosyth dockyard by HRH The Duchess of Rothesay, the wife of the current Prince of Wales. Her first seagoing commanding officer will be Captain Stephen Moorhouse. The original 2008 design envisaged flying F-35B Lightning II Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) jets from a ski-jump ramp. However, in May 2010, the government decided it would acquire the title: HMS Prince of Wales (R09) text: The SDSR therefore directed that "Prince of Wales" would be built and then either mothballed or sold. In 2012, contrary to the decisions made in the SDSR, the Royal Navy published its yearbook, "A Global Force 2012/13", which stated that: "both carriers are likely to be commissioned and may even be capable of operating together". During the 2014 NATO Summit in Wales, Prime Minister David Cameron announced that "Prince of Wales" would be brought into active service, rather than sold off or mothballed. This was later confirmed in the government's 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review. "Prince of Wales" was title: Future of the Royal Navy text: construction on the "Queen Elizabeth" class, two 70,600 ton STOVL configured supercarriers. The primary weapons system of these ships will be the F-35B Joint Combat Aircraft. The lead ship HMS "Queen Elizabeth" entered the water in July 2014, with sea trials in 2017, flight-deck trials expected in 2018 and interim operating capability by 2020. In September 2014 David Cameron announced that the second ship HMS "Prince of Wales" will enter service alongside her sister-ship, ending years of uncertainty about her future. According to Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015, one of the carriers will be adapted towards amphibious operations as title: HMS Prince of Wales (R09) text: 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. 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. In 2010, the British government announced that "Prince of Wales" would be either sold or mothballed due to budget cuts. In 2014, during the 2014 NATO Summit in Wales, title: HMS Prince of Wales (R09) text: HMS Prince of Wales (R09) HMS "Prince of Wales" is the second under construction for the Royal Navy, which will be commissioned in 2020. She is the seventh Royal Navy ship to have the name HMS "Prince of Wales". Construction of the ship began in 2011 at Rosyth Dockyard and is in the water being fitted out. She will be handed over to the Royal Navy in 2019, and be fully ready for front-line duties around the globe from 2023. Unlike most large aircraft carriers, "Prince of Wales" is not fitted with catapults and arrestor wires, and is instead designed