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Sold for scrap - Britain's last working aircraft carrier: HMS Illustrious the final surviving warship from the Falklands War is heading for the junkyard | Daily Mail Online
I was under the impression that the two carriers which took part in the Falklands Campaign were; Hermes and Invincible!?!
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I was under the impression that the two carriers which took part in the Falklands Campaign were; Hermes and Invincible!?!
FB
I don't normally go near the Mail these days for a number of reasons, but, alerted by your post here, I pointed out to them that Lusty wasn't even commissioned until six days after the Falklands War ended. I got an email from the DM mods,
Good answer, I thought.
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Please don`t try to introduce facts into DM stories, it can cause confusion !
Saw the title and had hopes - strike at the Wail - that would be nice. But not just the spelling, it is the facts, or opinion dressed as fact. We have a friend who lost his wife and has a new partner who is a bit like a walking Daily Wail app. if you want to know what she will think - no, does not "think" - her opinion on any topic, look at the Wail. Depressing, he is a nice chap too.
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No one has pointed out there are still some other surviving Warships.... Though they are in Argentina
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HMS Illustrious played a vital part in the defence of the FI in 1982. It was a conflict never really declared open or closed by the combatants-she served at a vital time. Sad she is going. Strange that we have good museums for tanks and aeroplanes but not one for warships. why is that? But the RN is many things including entirely being unsentimental.
Tow her out into the North Sea and torpedo her for practice. Please don't sell her for a few ******* cheap foreign shekels.
Tow her out into the North Sea and torpedo her for practice. Please don't sell her for a few ******* cheap foreign shekels.
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HMS Illustrious played a vital part in the defence of the FI in 1982
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Strange that we have good museums for tanks and aeroplanes but not one for warships. why is that?
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What a great dive wreck and fish haven she would make in tge right lication - over the decades she would be worth well more than the salvage price in terms of recreatiinal diving and fishing - and people would remember her much as I remember the shios and U boats I have dived on.
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HMS Scylla, the last Leander class frigate, was sunk in Whitsand Bay a short distance from Plymouth for that purpose and has become a popular dive site. Illustrious would require deeper water given her size so would perhaps be a more dangerous dive although it would be quite something to swim through the aircraft hangar......
Also, as referred to on another thread recently, the newly restored HMS Caroline, the last survivor of the Battle of Jutland, will re-open to the public in Belfast after a ceremony to commemorate the centenary of the battle on 31st May.
The Royal Yacht Britannia is laid up at Leith and is open to the public. Not a warship of course, but a Royal Navy ship, nevertheless.
The Royal Yacht Britannia is laid up at Leith and is open to the public. Not a warship of course, but a Royal Navy ship, nevertheless.
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Having last year visited the USS Missouri [BB-63, "The Mighty Mo] at Pearl Harbor is was quite clear that they were having great difficulty in keeping her in a decent condition. Some areas, particularly the upper deck planking, were in a pretty poor state.
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I was on the Missouri last year and it looked pretty good. There were limited areas that were accessible though. USS Midway in San Diego is pretty well looked after. Again though not all areas are accessible. I guess with such big ships this is a common problem.
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Having last year visited the USS Missouri [BB-63, "The Mighty Mo] at Pearl Harbor is was quite clear that they were having great difficulty in keeping her in a decent condition.
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HMS Belfast, Victory, Warrior, M33, Alliance?