THE Royal Navy's largest ever warship has been pictured squeezing through a narrow harbour to return home.

HMS Queen Elizabeth is the largest aircraft carrier ever commissioned by the Navy and weighs in at a whopping 65,000 tons.

It is the jewel of the Royal Navy and assembled in the Firth of Forth at Rosyth Dockyard from nine blocks built in six UK shipyards: BAE Systems Surface Ships in Glasgow, Babcock at Appledore, Babcock at Rosyth, A&P Tyne in Hebburn, BAE at Portsmouth and Cammell Laird at Birkenhead.

On Saturday morning it sailed into the Hampshire port at around 9am, after another trial at sea.

Images show the massive ship dwarfing tugboats that were helping it manoeuvre into port.

She has returned from her latest series of work-ups and trials, so crew can get used to the ship and stretch their sea legs.

Experts reckon the ship is expected to remain in Portsmouth for resupply for a couple of weeks, until being deployed to the US later this summer.

The £3.1bn super ship was first launched in December and was named after a super-dreadnought from the First World War.

Britain's armed forces are massively bolstered by the massive threat posed to any enemies by the colossal aircraft carrier – which can carry up to 60 planes.

It is staffed by around 650 crew and can travel more than half way around the world before needing to be refuelled.

Her sister ship is named HMS Prince of Wales, and is the eighth to bear that name.