HMS Prince of Wales, the Royal Navy’s flagship, is set to lead the Carrier Strike Group 25 deployment – with a number of British warships set to join her on the mission.But what threats might the group of vessels, Royal Navy, Royal Fleet Auxiliary and allied ships alike, face when taking on the deployment?Well, one waterway the group will have to navigate is the Red Sea, a theatre that has seen attacks on British vessels from Houthis in the last 12 months.
