AS war canoes go, this one’s a whopper.

The grey leviathan known at HMS Prince of Wales was spotted off the Teignbridge last week

Weighing in at 65,000 tonnes the Royal Navy’s latest aircraft carrier, photographed here off Teignmouth, is currently undergoing an intensive series of basic operational sea training and trials following several months of extended maintenance at Portsmouth Naval Base.

HMS Prince of Wales is one of the most powerful surface warships ever constructed in the UK.

Her flight deck is 70 metres wide and 280 metres long, that’s enough space for three football pitches, and she can embark 36 F-35B aircraft and four Merlin helicopters when operational along with a crew of up 1600 personnel.