The U.K. Carrier Strike Group (CSG) has begun the next phase of its Operation Highmast mission to the Indo-Pacific and is now in the Indian Ocean.
As per a recent Royal Navy press statement, the flotilla led by Royal Navy flagship HMS Prince of Wales has navigated the Suez Canal, passing from the Mediterranean and through the Red Sea.
The transit into the Indian Ocean marks the end of a month of Atlantic and Mediterranean exercises including most recently Med Strike.
These week-long manoeuvres in the Ionian Sea saw the U.K. CSG teaming up with the Italian Carrier Strike Group for exercises involving 21 warships, three submarines, 41 jets, 19 helicopters, ten patrol aircraft and more than 8,000 personnel.
Other assets currently making up the CSG include Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer HMS Dauntless, Type 23 frigate HMS Richmond, Norwegian frigate HNoMS Roald Admundsen, Canadian frigate HMCS Ville de Québec and Spanish frigate ESPS Méndez Núñez.
Further exercises and port visits will follow in the Indian Ocean, with partners including the U.S., India, Singapore, and Malaysia.
The CSG will also link up with 19 partner nations for Exercise Talisman Sabre near Australia, visit Japan, train alongside the Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force, and conduct a port visit to India.
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You can read more details about the CSG’s most recent exploits on the Royal Navy website