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Day 32 CSG Map
red sea

Passage through the Suez Canal and Red Sea

The journey from the Mediterranean towards the Red Sea poses a unique navigational challenge: the Suez Canal. The world’s most used shipping route is just 250m wide at its narrowest point.



But Carrier Strike Group 2025 has traversed the famously winding waterway with ease, as the fleet of powerful warships, submarines, and aircraft makes its way towards the Red Sea.



Set against the backdrop of the Egyptian desert, the Canal is also home to the Suez Canal Memorial of the Inter-War period and the Al Salam Peace Bridge (Suez Canal Bridge), which stands 1,325 feet wide and 230 feet high above the waters below.
 


Travelling alongside HMS Prince of Wales is HMS Dauntless, HMS Richmond, and several NATO allies, including Norwegian frigate HNoMS Roald Admundsen, Canadian frigate HMCS Ville de Québec, and Spanish frigate ESPS Méndez Núñez.



After a month of rigorous training and exercises in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, the group sails onward toward the Indian Ocean.

Joining the mission

Canadian Frigate Render

HMCS Ville de Quebec (Canadian Frigate)

Anti-submarine warfare specialist with missile systems.

Spanish Frigate Render

ESPC Mendez Nunez (Spanish Frigate)

Radar capability for advanced air defence.

Mediterranean sea and red sea

Phases of operation

The Carrier Strike Group conducts joint exercises in the Mediterranean, before making its way to the Red Sea.
Personnel talking

Ionian Sea

The Italian Navy joins CSG for anti-sub warfare and air defence training.

F25Bs

Exercise Neptune Strike

Nato takes command of CSG and allied fleets for its training exercise.

RFA replenishing

Replenishment at sea

300,000 litres of diesel are replenished by Norwegian tankers while at sea.

Suez Canal

The Suez Canal

CSG is accompanied by Canadian, Spanish and Norwegian partners.

Aircraft on deck

The Red Sea

The group heads for the Indian Ocean, once through the Suez Canal.

Personnel holding equipment wearing uniform in a line up
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