HMS Queen Elizabeth to embark Merlins

The Royal Navy will embark Merlin HM2 helicopters from 820 Naval Air Squadron on the new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, being scheduled for late 2017. Based at Royal Naval Air Station on Culdrose, Cornwall, the 802 NAS Merlin HM2s, will be the first aircraft to land on board HMS Queen Elizabeth as she sails from Rosyth to make her debut at her home port of Portsmouth.