A major section of the Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier has been completed ready for its first sea voyage – to Rosyth, where it will be assembled with the rest of the warship.
The forward island, or missions control centre, which will include the bridge of the Queen Elizabeth carrier, has been built at the BAE Systems dockyard at Portsmouth.
The 680-tonne section has been loaded on to a barge which will depart next week for the Forth where final assembly will take place.
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