WE Branch Fanatic, HMS Ark Royal HAS been sold.
The MOD confirms that the Turkish firm
Leyal Ship Recycling has bought her for for £2.9m. She is to be towed early next year to the same facility in Izmail, Turkey where Invincible is currently being dismantled by the same company!
MoD confirms Ark Royal to be scrapped - Defence - Portsmouth News
A couple of years ago, on another discussion board, a Turkish poster said that Turkey was planning to build 2 carriers to operate F-35Bs. Most of us pooh-poo'd him, but considering the Chinese track record with ex-Soviet/Russian carriers...
Could this be the secret plan of those cunning Turks?