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Lphot Kyle Heller

A US Navy Osprey aircraft lands on the deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth during night flight training off the US East Coast.

'Bucketball' is a popular sport amongst navy personnel, involving a ball made of duct tape, and a bucket. This image shows the game being played on Type 42 Destroyer HMS Edinburgh.

The view from the bridge as HMS Queen Elizabeth leaves Portsmouth for the North Atlantic, August 2019.

A different view of the sailors 'manning the rails' as HMS Queen Elizabeth leaves its home port of Portsmouth for North Atlantic operations testing in 2019.

A Merlin Mk2 helicopter conducts trials during HMS Queen Elizabeth's North Atlantic crossing.

An F-35B Lightning II prepares to land on the flight deck of the HMS Queen Elizabeth during test trials in the North Atlantic. Landing vertically, the downdraft of the engines displace water on the sea's surface.

Crew gathered on the 'ski jump,' the HMS Queen Elizabeth arrives into New York after crossing the Atlantic.

Visiting ports for long periods can result in unexpected passengers. Two pigeon chicks were found aboard the HMS Queen Elizabeth in a nest without their mother shortly after it set sail from Portsmouth for the U.S. The pigeons – collectively nicknamed the ‘carrier pigeons’ – were cared for then returned to the UK aboard a supplies helicopter to RSPCA.

Mail is delivered to the ship via a CH-63 transport helicopter.

The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth's air weapons party members prepare a Paveway II bomb, carried by the Lightning aircraft on board.