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The £3.1bn aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has been hit by another flood after a sprinkler system misfired.

The mishap comes just weeks after the ship was found to be leaking 200 litres an hour due to a faulty propellor.

Huge water jets were triggered by accident in one of the ship’s main hangars, and the problem on the UK's largest ever warship was all captured on camera.

Footage shows the water showering down into the aircraft storage area on Sunday.

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All sailors could do was watch on until the fault was rectified but officials said it took just a few minutes to shut the system down.

They also confirmed the water was drained and there was no damage caused.

This is a further problem for the ship after its faulty propellor seal was discovered last month.

The 65,000 ton carrier was delivered with the defect by ship building partnership the ­Aircraft Carrier Alliance.

Millions were expected to be spent fixing the problem, with the ship dry docked.

But repairs were made by the Aircraft Carrier Alliance and not the Ministry of Defence.

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At the time an insider said: “We’re about to uncover the true cost of carrier ­operations.

"There is a feeling that the ACA mugged us off by not sorting this before the handover.”

This time, the new leak occurred when the ship was in her home port of Portsmouth for a training exercise at the weekend.

A source said: “The alarm for flood went around but it was only minor.

“No one knows why the sprinkler went off. It certainly is ­effective — that’s good to know.”

The Queen officially unveiled the carrier on December 7, 2017.

A Royal Navy spokesman said: “She remains on track with her trials programme.”