Find out when Britain's Biggest Warship is on TV, including Series 1-Episode 2: In at the Deep End. “We rather electrified the stuffy individuals inside. The USS Gerald R. Ford is without a doubt the largest, most powerful aircraft carrier ever put to sea. Charting life on board the Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth as she is taken to sea for the first time on sea trials that test ship and crew to the limit. She's almost capable of sailing into battle, but first the massive vessel and her crew must pass a series of grueling sea trials. Portsmouth Naval Base is a hive of activity, preparing HMS Queen Elizabeth for her voyage to the east coast of America to operate with the F-35 aircraft for the first time. On iPlayer She was known as the ‘Grey Ghost’ during this period when she conveyed tens of thousands of men across the Atlantic. It's the product of 20 years of technical development, eight years of construction, and two years of crew assembly. British supersonic F-35 Lightning jets have been conducting operational trials off the East coast of the USA, including rigorous take offs and landings on board the HMS Queen Elizabeth. Troopship liner Queen Mary sinks HMS Curacoa Former Luxury Liner, now Troopship, SS Queen Mary at a British Port. Here's how the Queen Elizabeth and the Ford stack up to other carriers worldwide. The Queen cherished her memory of seeing people linking arms and walking — “all of us just swept along on a tide of happiness and relief.” Margaret Rhodes remembers Elizabeth and her companions doing the conga through the front door of the “stuffy and formal” Ritz. Star: Caroline Catz While Portsmouth is preparing for her departure, a new documentary looking at her history, from concept to commissioning, is due to be shown on April 15. As she embarks on gruelling sea trials, we see ship and crew pushed to breaking point. THE Royal Navy's biggest and most powerful warship the HMS Queen Elizabeth has set sail from the Rosyth dockyard in Fife on its maiden voyage today. Find out when Britain's Biggest Warship Goes to Sea: Don't Feed the Birds is on TV. HMS Queen Elizabeth is the largest and most powerful warship ever built for Britain's Royal Navy. The Navy captain who was kicked off HMS Queen Elizabeth was allegedly letting his wife use the aircraft carrier's car for the school run. Episode guide, trailer, review, preview, cast list and where to stream it on demand, on catch up and download. 21 May 1942, Gourock Bay. HMS Queen Elizabeth is the largest and most advanced warship ever constructed in Britain.