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Old 26th Nov 2010, 15:38
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ORAC
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Hmm, a hint, or a not so subtle plea, to HM.....

Torygraph: HMS Ark Royal: Their final mission

.........While it could take until the end of the decade before the two new aircraft carriers currently under construction are fully operational, there is already talk within Navy circles of renaming one of them Ark Royal in order to maintain this most noble of naval traditions. At present the plan is to name the new carriers Queen Elizabeth and Prince of Wales. But senior officers point out that 30 years ago Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother intervened to ensure that the new Invincible-class carrier was named Ark Royal.....
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