Summary

  • HMS Queen Elizabeth sails into Portsmouth Harbour

  • 65,000-tonne ship has been undergoing sea trials since June

  • It is expected to be the Navy's flagship for the next 50 years

  • Thousands line the shore at Portsmouth

Live Reporting

Michael Stoddard, Emily Ford and Stephen Stafford

  1. HMS Queen Elizabeth arrival timetable

    Here are the approximate timings for HMS Queen Elizabeth sailing into Portsmouth Harbour:

    05:50 - Approaches Portsmouth Harbour from the Eastern Solent via the Nab Tower (off Culver Down)

    06:50 - Reaches the Outer Spit Buoy

    07:09 - Arrives at the harbour entrance with flypast of helicopters

    07:15 - Second flypast of helicopter

    07:25 - Alongside at Royal Naval Dockyard

    07:29 - berthing process begins

    09:30 approx - berthing process complete.

  2. Media assemble at historic dockyard for homecoming

    Michael Stoddard
    BBC South

    I'm live at Portsmouth's Historic Dockyard where the media have been gathered in the shadow of HMS Warrior to watch today's arrival of HMS Queen Elizabeth.

    It was an early start for most of us - my alarm went off at 04:45am!

    But the bacon sandwiches have been laid out and we're all getting into position.

    Dockyard

  3. HMS Queen Elizabeth set for Portsmouth arrival

    The UK's new £3bn aircraft carrier is due to arrive in its home port of Portsmouth shortly.

    Spectators are expected to line the shoreline to watch the ship's arrival, expected at about at about 07:10 BST.

    The 65,000-tonne ship has been undergoing sea trials since setting sail from Rosyth dockyard in Fife, where it was built, in June.

    HMS Queen ElizabethStefan Rousseau/PA Wire

  4. Crowds are getting excited as the sun rises and the carrier is expected to come into view

    Carrier